VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v11.8, the latest version of its powerful point cloud and mesh processing software. VRMesh is the best solution for creating an accurate digital twin to represent industrial facilities and the environment in urban planning. It provides you with automatic point cloud classification, intelligent feature extraction, and accurate point cloud meshing.

This new release adds more functions, for example, mapping an image onto a surface, embossing a surface according to the luminance value of a texture, supporting LandXMI file format, etc.

VRMesh provides a comprehensive toolset and flexible workflows for a wide range of industries such as construction, land surveying, mining, energy, utilities, architecture, manufacturing, VR gaming, etc. to make engineers' jobs easier and to maximize productivity at work.

For a live demonstration, please stop by Booth 426 at Geo Week from Feb. 13 - 15, 2023 at Colorado Convention Center in Denver. We are pleased to show you our innovative technologies.

VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v11.7, the latest version of its powerful point cloud and mesh processing software. This release focuses on the cut and fill volume calculation.

The new version of VRMesh provides you with a push/pull tool to create cut and fill parts for accurate volume calculation, instead of traditional methods using cut or fill depth multiply the value by area of the grid cell to get an approximate volume. The cutting-edge technologies in VRMesh make easy-to-use tools for your mining and construction projects.

Cut and Fill Volume Calculation

VRMesh covers point cloud classification, feature extraction, and point cloud meshing. It provides a streamlined workflow and a comprehensive toolset for making engineers' jobs easier and maximizing productivity at work. VRMesh customers span across various industries such as land surveying, construction, mining, energy, utilities, architecture, entertainment, medical/dental, etc.

VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v11.6, the latest version of its powerful point cloud and mesh processing software. VRMesh is best known for its unique technologies including automatic point cloud classification, feature extraction, and accurate point cloud meshing. This new release not only adds more functions to point cloud processing, but also provides users with more flexibility to customize workflows for maximizing productivity at work.

The key improvements include:

• Providing auto-segmentation for UAV trajectory and overlap cutting for LiDAR strips.

• Allowing you to edit the extracted lines as you see fit.

• Generating a texture from a colored point cloud.

• Customizing a wizard for batch processing actions.

• Supporting DotProduct DP format and a trajectory format generated from Geodetics LiDAR Drone system.

Extract and edit lines

VRMesh provides flexible workflows for processing all kinds of point clouds collected from airborne/mobile/terrestrial LiDAR. You can auto-classify and clean up point clouds, extract different feature lines, generate accurate surface meshes, and make an inspection and measurement. VRMesh customers span across various industries such as land surveying, construction, mining, architecture, manufacturing, VR gaming, etc.

For a live demonstration, please stop by Booth 822 at ILMF/SPAR3D 2022 from Feb. 6 - 8, 2022 at Colorado Convention Center in Denver. We are pleased to show you our innovative technologies.

VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v11.4, the latest version of its powerful point cloud and mesh processing software. This release adds more functions into the streamlined workflow provided by VRMesh for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry.

VRMesh is the best known software tool for point cloud classification. In this release, it adds a new function to let you perform classification on meshes directly. You can detect different planes and parts, which makes it easy to manage and visualize assets for digital twin applications.

Classify meshes

Another new function added, extracting section lines, focuses on building information modeling (BIM). It provides you a set of tools to trace cross-section lines automatically and edit lines manually for creating a detailed 2D plan on point clouds.

Extract section lines

Meanwhile, some commands are enhanced. Uniform remesh is added in the refinement command. ASPRS reserved class field can be easily renamed according to your applications. The arrow navigation is improved.

With these cutting-edge technologies, VRMesh provides flexible workflows for a wide range of industries, such as construction, architecture, land surveying, mining, energy, manufacturing, etc.

VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v11.3, the latest version of its powerful point cloud and mesh processing software. This new release focuses on automatic breakline extraction from point clouds.

VRMesh provides an industry-leading solution for point cloud classification and feature extraction. It can extract building footprints, powerlines, poles, tree crowns, and curbs from point clouds automatically. One of the new features included in this release, inspired by customers' feedbacks, allows you to trace breaklines directly among different point cloud classes with one click only. As an improvement, curb detection is also redesigned to extract curb breaklines instead of curb centerlines from point clouds.

VRMesh has been the best tool for converting point clouds to accurate meshes. With accurate meshes as a foundation, automatic breakline extraction from meshes, avaliable since the previous version, has also been VRMesh's leading feature. In this new release, you can extract breaklines either from surfaces as before or directly from point clouds. These functionalities of extracting breaklines provided by VRMesh will make engineers' jobs easier and maximize productivity at work.

This release also includes a new feature which enables you to calculate the property value (Intensity/Slope/Elevation/Curvature) for individual points and reclassify these points. The functions of extracting powerlines, poles and trees are enhanced from previous versions as well.

VRMesh provides a comprehensive streamlined workflow from classification to feature extraction. With these cutting-edge technologies, VRMesh serves a wide range of industries including, but not limited to, construction, architecture, land surveying, mining, energy, and manufacturing.

VirtualGrid announced today the release of VRMesh v11.2, the latest version of its powerful point cloud and mesh processing software. This release presents a new method of point cloud meshing that enables users to convert point clouds to a two-sided mesh for visualizing intricate environments such as construction sites.

As a technology pioneer in the field of point cloud meshing, VRMesh has been famous for creating an accurate mesh to represent original objects with high details. Today, VRMesh is pleased to present a new functionality that creates a two-sided mesh surrounding point clouds, which works well on thin shapes, such as tree leaves, and poor scans. This functionality is suitable for visualizing large-volume scans. Overall, the point cloud to mesh function in VRMesh has become more powerful as it not only can produce an accurate mesh in great detail but also can create a two-sided mesh for visualization and measurement. Furthermore, VRMesh v11.2 supports 3DConnexion SpaceMouse.

This release also includes multiple new marking tools that allow users to label the regions they want for creating visual deliverables and to extract breaklines with slope analysis.

Today, the cutting-edge technology of VRMesh is especially well known in the geospatial and reverse engineering industries. It provides a streamlined workflow and the most comprehensive toolset in the market to make engineers' jobs easier and to maximize productivity at work. VRMesh customers span across various industries such as land surveying, construction, mining, architecture, manufacturing, entertainment, medical/dental, etc.

For a live demonstration, please stop by Booth 414 at International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) 2020 in Washington, DC. from March 23 - 25. We are pleased to show you our innovative technologies.

Sep. 17th, 2019 - VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v11.0, the latest version of its powerful point cloud and mesh processing software. VRMesh is best known for its cutting-edge technologies in point cloud classification, feature extraction and point cloud meshing. It provides a streamlined workflow for the AEC industry.

The key highlights in this new release include:

• Speeding up the point cloud meshing significantly.

• Adding more classification and feature extraction functions into the BIM world.

• Supporting IFC format for construction verification.

In version 11, VRMesh introduces a new engine of point cloud meshing that makes the process of converting point cloud to mesh ten times faster than previous versions. For example, converting 10 million points to meshes takes a few minutes using the new engine. Comparably, it takes a few hours to process such a large dataset in previous versions on the same computer. For this reason, the new version of VRMesh lets the point cloud meshing function become more powerful than before. The program works with any type of point clouds generated from LiDAR or photogrammetry and any size of point clouds.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/10BWbT9TicE

Another exciting thing in this new release is that VRMesh provides more classification functions for architecture and construction. With these functions, the program can detect lines in point clouds automatically, which allows you to extract lines directly from 3D scan data of buildings, bridges, tunnels, etc. Additionally, the program can detect floor/ceiling/walls and extract all pipes from point clouds with just one click.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/8WTz_bBljxo

Meanwhile, IFC format is supported in version 11 that allows you to load a CAD model into VRMesh for construction verification with point cloud data. STEP and IGES are also supported.

With these cutting-edge technologies, VRMesh provides comprehensive point cloud and mesh processing tools and flexible workflows for a wide range of industries, such as construction, architecture, land surveying, mining, energy, manufacturing, etc.

Apr. 3rd, 2019 - VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v10.3, the latest version of its powerful point cloud and mesh processing software. This release has added a new feature for water catchment analysis.

VRMesh provides a streamlined workflow covering everything from automatic point cloud classification to accurate point cloud meshing. Analyzing water catchment becomes easy based on a high-quality 3D terrain surface. The program can quickly calculate the direction water will flow, find catchment areas, trace water flow paths, extract catchment boundaries, as well as do some measurements, such as the length/average slope of a flow path and the area of a catchment. VRMesh provides detailed water flow information for realistic 3D hydrological modeling.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/pbfA3JnaqKs

With these cutting-edge technologies, VRMesh becomes the most comprehensive point cloud and mesh processing software tool in current market. Our customers come from a wide range of industries, including land surveying, construction, transportation, energy, environment, mining, etc.

Jan. 23rd, 2019 - VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v10.2, the latest version of its powerful point cloud and mesh processing software. This release has added a new feature that can automatically trace water flow paths.

Unlike traditional point cloud classification workflows that have to extract ground points first before classifying vegetation and buildings, the first fundamental step in VRMesh classification is to detect vegetation directly. The major benefit of our workflow is to make it working well under extreme variations in terrain. Furthermore, VRMesh meshing functions can create high accurate surface in details from ground points. The two key technologies: point cloud classification and meshing, promise VRMesh can trace water flow paths correctly.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/RzvvZMHDkTg

Meanwhile, some commands are enhanced. The distance widget supports slope calculation between two points. The Points by Slope command adds a value label to show the degree of a slope and allows you to export a screenshot to a PDF report. The two functions can be used to check out the floor flatness.

Additionally, the Pick Road Markings command is enhanced to trace polylines based on colored points from intensity as well as from RGB values.

For a live demonstration, please stop by Booth 810 at International LiDAR Mapping Forum 2019 in Denver from Jan. 28 - 30, 2019. We are pleased to show you our innovative technologies.

Nov. 6th, 2018 - VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh plugin for AutoCAD/ Civil 3D 2019 and 2018, which allows Autodesk customers to send data between AutoCAD/Civil 3D and VRMesh.

VRMesh is best known for its unique technologies in the fields of 3D point cloud and mesh processing, including automatic point cloud classification, feature extraction, high accurate triangle meshing, and advanced mesh editing. It works with all kinds of point cloud no matter from airborne, mobile, terrestrial LiDAR, or from photos, and provides flexible workflows to Civil 3D users for helping them make augmented reality modeling much easier.

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/xq8E6lF01M4

A large set of tools in VRMesh enables users to quickly clean up and organize point clouds, effectively analyze and extract valuable features from massive data, and easily generate high-quality mesh surfaces for a broad array of applications, such as road resurfacing, corridor redesign, tunnel construction, track gauge measurement, etc. VRMesh helps Civil 3D users maximize their productivity and make their civil construction work become easier.

For a live demonstration, please stop by Booth A310 at Autodesk University 2018 in Las Vegas from Nov. 13 - 15, 2018. We are pleased to show you our innovative technologies.

Nov. 1st, 2018 - VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v10.1, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. VRMesh is best known for its unique technologies including automatic point cloud classification, feature extraction, high accurate triangle meshing, and advanced mesh editing. This new release has added new features and streamlined work processes to focus on point cloud cleanup and road resurfacing.

VRMesh v10.1 provides a simple and fast way for cleaning up and organizing point clouds. It adds a new feature for region reclassification, redesigns plane detection, and enhances the file split functions that allow you to classify BIM point clouds, separate points into different files, and export them directly into an Autodesk index file (*.rcp) for use in Autodesk software suites.

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/AY7bvFm5jYo

Meanwhile, a Terrain Resurfacing command is added with the aim of improving the workflow of road resurfacing. You can easily fit a spline surface on a terrain surface with the control of slope and elevation to generate a new surface. It can also be used to inspect surface roughness.

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/Dl9S2TzTIhw

Additionally, the measurement features are improved with better labeling. The Measure Deviation command shows an accurate and easy-to-read cross section chart. The Inspection command adds value labels to an object in the main window and allows you to export a screenshot to a PDF report.

With this new release, VRMesh provides more flexible workflows for processing all kinds of point clouds generated from airborne, mobile, terrestrial LiDAR, or from photos. You can quickly classify and clean up point clouds, extract different feature lines, generate high accurate surface meshes from point clouds, and make an inspection between surfaces or measure deviations in the cross-section viewport. In short, VRMesh is an industry-leading software product that maximizes your productivity and makes your job easier.

For a live demonstration, please stop by Booth A310 at Autodesk University 2018 in Las Vegas from Nov. 13 - 15, 2018. We are pleased to show you our innovative technologies.

Mar. 14th, 2018 - VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v10.0, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. VRMesh is best known for its unique point cloud classification method, extensive feature extraction functions, and accurate triangular meshing capabilities. This new release has added another exciting construction module that enables you to automatically fit polygonal surface to noisy point clouds for detecting road edges, curbs, traffic barriers, tunnels, etc. and also allows you to extract planar area from point clouds to create a low polygon building.

The new construction module contains the following features:

• Fit a polygonal curb/edge/pipe to point clouds

• Create a polygonal surface by fitting profile to point clouds

• Create break lines automatically

• Extract planes from point clouds to create a low-poly building

• Remove small parts from point clouds to get desired surface points

With these cutting-edge technologies, VRMesh becomes the most comprehensive and powerful point cloud and mesh processing software in current market. Our customers come from a wide range of industries, including land surveying, construction, transportation, mining, architecture, manufacturing, gaming, medical and dental, etc.

Oct. 12th, 2017 - VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v9.5, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. This new release provides a simple and fast way for LiDAR strip adjustment with high accuracy. It adds a new feature to separate overlapping LiDAR strips, redesigns and speeds up global registration over 10 times faster, and also allows you to generate a PDF report for viewing the quality of registration.

The complete workflow of strip adjustment includes:

Step 1: Separate overlapping LiDAR strips based on the selected trajectories

Step 2: (Optional) Automatically classify vegetation in each strip to get a clean surface

Step 3: Run global registration to fix the misalignment between the laser scanner and the inertial measurement unit (IMU)

The unique classification features in VRMesh can easily identify some noisy objects on the surface, e.g. vegetation, in each LiDAR strip to prevent these noises from disturbing strip adjustment. The global registration method works well for unstructured point clouds. With these cutting-edge technologies, VRMesh provides a flexible and accurate strip adjustment solution for both airborne and mobile LiDAR data. VRMesh is truly an industry-leading software product that maximizes productivity and reduces overhead costs.

For a live demonstration, please stop by Booth 529 at Commercial UAV Expo 2017 in Las Vegas from Oct. 24 - 26, 2017. We are pleased to show you our innovative technologies.

April 20th, 2017 - VirtualGrid announces the availability of VRMesh v9.4, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. VRMesh v9.4 offers more feature extraction tools allowing you to quickly pick a line along a ridge, railway, powerline, etc. You can process any data not only acquired from airborne, terrestrial, or mobile laser scanners, but also generated from UAV images. Furthermore, in this version, more measurement tools are available.

The key improvements have been summarized as follows:

• Quickly pick a line along a chosen ridge, ditch, railway, powerline, and road markings

• Allow classifying points using a brush

• Easily measure track gauge, vertical height, perpendicular distance, vertical area, etc.

• Has the ability to align point clouds to ground control points

• Automatically detect edges and corners

• And more...

This new release improves the workflow efficiency of VRMesh in the field of land surveying, construction, transportation, mining, architecture, manufacturing, etc. For a live demonstration, please stop by Booth 1230 at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2017 in Dallas from May 8 - 11, 2017. We are pleased to show you our innovative technologies.

Oct. 28th, 2016 - VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v9.3, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. VRMesh is best known for its cutting-edge technologies including automatic point cloud classification, feature extraction, high accurate triangle meshing, and advanced mesh editing. This new release has added texture and several concept design tools, with the aim of improving the workflow efficiency of VRMesh in the field of land surveying, construction, transportation, architecture, manufacturing, entertainment, etc.

The texture add-on is able to convert vertex colors to texture. Later, these 3D textured meshes can be decimated to an appropriate size for visualization and 3D printing. This new feature has expanded the capabilities of VRMesh to better serve our customers and satisfy their requirements when processing data from airborne, mobile, terrestrial LiDAR, and UAV images.

VRMesh v9.3 has also added several mesh editing tools for mine modeling, such as Open Cut, Pavement Brush, Elevation Brush, Sculpt Contour, etc. These new tools let customers do interactive terrain design directly on 3D scan data.

Meanwhile, classification and mesh processing functions have been speeded up significantly. For a live demonstration, please stop by Booth 610 at Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas from Oct. 31 - Nov 2, 2016. We are pleased to show you our innovative technologies.

July 8th, 2016 - VirtualGrid announces the availability of VRMesh v9.2, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. VRMesh v9.2 adds a new function which automatically traces curb edges and fits curbs seamlessly on a surface mesh. Furthermore, in this version, point cloud classification is able to classify point clouds not only acquired from airborne, terrestrial, or mobile laser scanners, but also generated from UAV images.

This new release provides a complete workflow solution for transportation and urban design users, including automatic point cloud classification and feature extraction tools, accurate surface generation tools, and powerful curb fitting tools. It greatly shortens the time for road design and makes reality computing much easier.

The key features added in version 9.2 include:

• Classify Points from Photos command to classify point clouds generated from photos

• Fit Curb command to automatically trace curb edges and fit curbs on a surface mesh

• Create Spline Patch command to create a spline surface from two parallel curves

• Seam Patch command to join a patch into a target object seamlessly

• Indexing native file formats from Faro, Reigl, and Z+F scanners: *.fls, *.rdbx, and *.zfs

To celebrate the new release, VRMesh provides a limited-time offer - save 20% on all product options. Meanwhile, VRMesh has created a lite version of VRMesh Survey for users who need the classification functions only.

Feb. 18th, 2016 - VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh for AutoCAD, a plugin application for AutoCAD 2016 and its family products (Architecture, Civil 3D, Map 3D...). This release includes two plugins, VRMesh Studio and VRMesh Reverse, which allow AutoCAD users to quickly and easily classify point clouds, extract features and create accurate triangle meshes.

VRMesh Studio for AutoCAD includes all features in VRMesh covering from point cloud classification to triangle mesh generation. It uses a simple and straight-forward approach to help users generate a clean ground surface. It allows users to extract building footprints, poles, curbs, railways, power lines and tree crowns from point clouds. It also delivers best-in-class point cloud clean-up tools and mesh processing functionalities.

VRMesh Reverse for AutoCAD enables users to handle large datasets of triangle meshes. Users can decimate and de-noise point clouds, convert point clouds to accurate meshes, reshape road curbs, extract pipes, compare cross-sections of a scanned object to its CAD model, etc.

VRMesh provides AutoCAD users a comprehensive set of point cloud and mesh processing tools which makes reality computing much easier.

Feb. 1st, 2016 - VirtualGrid is exited to announce the availability of VRMesh v9.0, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. VRMesh is best known for its unique point cloud classification workflow, extended feature extraction capabilities, and high accuracy of triangle meshing. This new release offers more control than ever over these cutting-edge technologies through a new intuitive user interface, new integrations, and enhanced work efficiency.

The key improvements have been summarized as follows:

• Work faster with a modern interface, a customizable Quick Access toolbar and contextual tabs

• Make data easier to work with by adding a widget box for dynamic adjustment

• Offer more flexibility to a walkthrough animation

• Allow creating a round pipe or a square pipe from point clouds

• Measure the deviation between two surfaces at each cross-section

• Rendering speed increased significantly

• And more...

With the launch of version 9.0, VRMesh has reached a new level of maturity. Our customers come from a wide range of industries, including land surveying, civil engineering, mining, architecture, manufacturing, gaming, etc.

Jun. 30th, 2014 - VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v8.5, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. This new release has significantly extended and enhanced the usability of VRMesh Survey module for LiDAR point cloud processing.

The key improvements in version 8.5 include:

• Automatic extraction of powerlines, poles and tree crowns from LiDAR point clouds

• Automatic extraction of boundary curves along the classified points in a desired region

• Enhanced workflow for placing catenary strings along points

Automatic Feature Extraction from LiDAR Point Clouds

With these new and enhanced capabilities, VRMesh has significantly improved the workflow efficiencies of VRMesh Survey. It becomes the most complete solutions for automatic point cloud classification,feature extraction, and triangulation in the field of airborne and mobile LiDAR processing.

Feb. 11st, 2014 - VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the formal release of VRMesh Triangulation for AutoCAD, a plugin application for AutoCAD 2014 and its family products (Architecture, Civil 3D, Map 3D...). It allows users to quickly and easily wrap point cloud data into accurate triangle meshes as well as create cross-section curves within the AutoCAD environment.

Key features include:

• Advanced point cloud decimation

• Accurate triangulation

• Efficient denoising with edge-preserving capability

• Cross-section curve generation

• Finding the line of intersection between two planes

• No limit concerning the point cloud and mesh size

• Supporting *.txt, *.asc, *.xyz, *.las, *.ptx, *.pts, *.stl, *.obj

With VRMesh's cutting-edge technologies, the plugin provides AutoCAD users with a powerful tool for point cloud and mesh processing that can be used in the field of urban planning, architecture, civil engineering construction, transportation, gaming, etc.

Jan. 30th, 2014 - VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the availability of VRMesh v8.0, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. VRMesh provides cutting-edge solutions for automatic point cloud classification, feature extraction, and accurate triangle mesh generation. This new release has mainly focused on improving workflow efficiencies of VRMesh Survey and VRMesh Reverse, with the aim of enhancing the usability of VRMesh in urban planning and civil engineering construction.

In VRMesh Survey module, new features are added to automatically detect railways and curbs in LiDAR point clouds. Grid surface can be exported as Esri ASCII Grid format for use in downstream applications. Meanwhile, building roof identification has been enhanced. Building footprint extraction becomes more accurate.

In VRMesh Reverse module, point cloud decimation has been speed up and also reorganized to make more uniform distribution of points on flat regions. The process of point cloud triangulation has been significantly improved.

With these new and enhanced capabilities, VRMesh becomes the most powerful point cloud and mesh processing software in current market. Our customers come from many fields such as defense, transportation, urban planning, architecture, mining, manufacturing, gaming, etc.

Mar. 18th, 2013 - VirtualGrid announces the availability of VRMesh v7.6, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. This new release mainly focuses on performance improvement in all functional areas.

The key improvements in version 7.6 include:

• Reduced memory usage and improved performance on several commands, such as Index/Attach, Point Cloud to Mesh, Seam Gaps, etc.

• More accurate boundary tracing for building footprints.

• A batch process module added for streamlining the design of dental drill guides.

• More mesh repair and editing tools added.

• Enhanced workflow for creating NURBS surfaces.

With the launch of version 7.6, VRMesh has reached a new level of maturity. It delivers best-in-class solutions for point cloud classification, triangle meshing, and STL editing. Our customers come from a wide range of industries, including land surveying, mining, manufacturing, architecture, dental implant, gaming, etc.

Mar. 18th, 2013 - VirtualGrid announces the availability of VRMesh v7.6. This release adds several new capabilities to streamline the process of creating a drill guide for dental implant surgery.

The entire workflow for dental drill guide design includes:

• Separate cylinders and tubes from a dental cast.

• Extract a desired region for producing a drilling template.

• Fit cylinders and tubes to the template.

• Execute Boolean operations to generate a drill guide for 3D printing.

The new version combines all these steps into a batch process module to provide users a simple way for creating a drill guide, which significantly reduced the number of clicks that users need to take. Users just need to define a region of interest, and the program will automatically generate a water-tight drill guide for 3d printing.

For detailed information, please refer to the following materials:

Drill guide design - PDF tutorial:

Drill guide design - YouTube video: http://youtu.be/91rRfCKL0To

Jan. 14th, 2013 - VirtualGrid is pleased to announce the release of VRMesh plugin for ArcGIS Desktop 10.1. This release includes two plugins, VRMesh Classification and VRMesh Triangulation, which enable users to automatically classify point clouds and generate accurate triangle meshes within the Esri ArcGIS environment.

VRMesh Classification for ArcGIS provides best-in-class point cloud classification and feature extraction technologies for LiDAR data processing. It uses a simple and straightforward approach to extracting vegetation, building roofs, and ground points from airborne and mobile LiDAR data. 99% classification jobs can be done automatically and accurately. It also allows you to extract building footprints and create 3D buildings in one click.

VRMesh Triangulation for ArcGIS allows you to wrap point cloud data into accurate triangle meshes. It delivers the most advanced point cloud clean-up and triangulation functionalities for generating an accurate TIN surface from LiDAR data no matter how complex the terrain topography is.

Product Brochure PDF:

VRMesh Classification YouTube Video: http://youtu.be/ZfjV6yxwK1M

VRMesh Triangulation YouTube Video: http://youtu.be/uFkurJm2O_k

Oct. 9th, 2012 - VirtualGrid announces the release of VRMesh library, providing advanced technologies for point cloud classification, triangle meshing, and mesh editing. These technologies can be used in a wide range of industries such as land surveying, manufacturing, medical and dental, etc. Our goal is to give you advanced technologies at an affordable price to build better quality applications in less time, help you succeed, and win in your market.

VRMesh library consists of three parts:

• VRMesh-Survey: provides automatic point cloud classification and feature extraction tools, working well under extreme variations in terrain, no matter the data is gathered from steep slopes covered with dense vegetation or areas where there is very few ground points available.

• VRMesh-Wrap: provides point cloud clean-up and triangulation tools, handling large datasets with high accuracy and efficiency.

• VRMesh-Editing: provides powerful mesh repair and editing tools, allowing practitioners to easily prepare STL files for 3D printing.

VRMesh library is written in C++, compiled as DLL files, and compatible with Microsoft Windows. The input and output (I/O) methods are left open to your application. We welcome enquiries from companies interested in adding or integrating our technologies with their products and solutions. Please contact us for complete details and scheduling.

Sep. 19th, 2012 - VirtualGrid announces the availability of VRMesh v7.5, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. VRMesh provides an advanced solution covering the complete workflow from automatic point cloud classification to accurate surface mesh generation. This new release has specially focused on the high accuracy and efficiency in triangulation of large point clouds.

The key improvements in version 7.5 include:

• Data reading speeds up. VRMesh has reorganized the structure of data reading that allows you to quickly retrieve inquiring points into the window. The interaction time of an indexed file has been speeded up.

• Point cloud classification adds more accuracy.

• The triangulation method has been redesigned for handling large datasets in excess of 100 million points with high accuracy and efficiency. Non-manifold edges have been significantly reduced.

• More tools of mesh repair are added, such as seam gaps, remove undercuts, remove narrow bridges, etc.

• The performance of NURBS creation has been enhanced.

With these new and enhanced capabilities, VRMesh becomes the most powerful point cloud and mesh processing software in current 3D scanning market. Our customers come from many fields such as defense, mining, urban design, transportation, manufacturing, medical and dental, gaming, etc.

April 2nd, 2012 - VirtualGrid announces the availability of VRMesh v7.1, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. This new version delivers extended capabilities for LiDAR data processing.

New and Enhanced Features include:

• Automatic plane detection in point clouds, which provides users a convenient tool to detect vertical walls.

• More accurate point cloud classification for mobile LiDAR data.

• Boolean operation on two curves, which is useful for calculating the cross-sectional area of a mine tunnel.

• A maximum of sixteen cores supported.

Feb. 27th, 2012 - VirtualGrid releases VRMesh version 7.0.2 with enhanced capabilities for automatic point cloud classification.

The improvements in this release include:

• More accurate classification on high roofs.

• More cleaned-up ground points in steep regions.

• Bugs fixed in the Extract Building Footprints command.

• Bugs fixed in the Extrude Surface Curve command.

• A maximum of eight threads supported under the current list price.

VRMesh provides a next-generation solution for automatic point cloud classification and feature extraction. Please feel free to try a demo version of VRMesh v7.0.2.

January 23rd, 2012 - VirtualGrid announces the availability of VRMesh version 7.0 at the International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) in Denver. Please visit Booth 95 to learn about our cutting-edge point cloud classification and feature extraction technologies.

This new release has significantly extended and enhanced the usability of VRMesh Survey module in the field of LiDAR data processing. The key contributions of VRMesh Survey are its unique capability to automatically classify point clouds under extreme variations in terrain and its excellent functionalities that allow you to extract building footprints and create 3D buildings in one click.

Unlike traditional LiDAR data processing workflows that have to extract ground points first before classifying vegetation and buildings, the first fundamental step in VRMesh Survey is to detect vegetation. It provides a next-generation solution to automatically extract vegetation, buildings, and ground points from LiDAR data, no matter the data is gathered from steep slopes covered with dense vegetation or areas where there is very few ground points available.

Key features of VRMesh Survey empower users to:

• Automatically classify LiDAR point clouds with high accuracy.

• Extract building footprints and create 3D buildings in one click.

• Detect powerlines and conduct a clearance analysis.

• Create a grid surface or an accurate meshed surface from point clouds.

• Import and export the shape file.

• Batch process multiple files.

Please stop by Booth 95 at ILMF 2012 for a live demonstration. We are pleased to show you our innovative technologies. We provide stand-alone applications, and also provide customized versions upon customers' specifications.

Nov. 17th, 2011 - This year at Autodesk University, VirtualGrid will introduce VRMesh Survey, their latest software product for automatic and accurate point cloud classification. Please visit Booth 6A (Nov. 29th - Dec. 1st, 2011, Las Vegas) to learn about the powerful point cloud capabilities in VRMesh Survey.

VRMesh has become known for its cutting-edge point cloud and mesh processing functionalities. The latest product VRMesh Survey, an automatic point cloud classification solution, has been used worldwide by surveying, mining, civil engineering, and urban design companies, as well as governmental and university organizations.

Key features of VRMesh Survey empower users to:

• Automatically classify LiDAR point clouds as ground, vegetation, building, and others, working well under extreme variations in terrain including steep slopes with dense vegetation.

• Automatically detect hidden man-made structures that are fully covered by canopies.

• Automatically extract building footprints and create 3D building models.

• Accurately decimate millions of point clouds.

• Accurately generate triangle-meshed models.

The new and enhanced features in VRMesh v7.0 Survey will give users the ability to detect ground points in steep terrain and the ability to create 3D buildings based on extracted footprints.

Please stop by Booth 6A at AU 2011 for full demonstrations. Or watch an introductory video from here.

February 18th, 2011 - VirtualGrid announces the availability of VRMesh v6.0, the latest version of its powerful 3D point cloud and mesh processing software. This release has significantly extended and enhanced its point cloud processing capabilities.

The biggest breakthrough in this release is the new VRMesh Survey module introduced for automatic LIDAR point cloud classification and bare-earth extraction. These innovative technologies provide users a simple workflow to automatically and accurately classify LIDAR point clouds into ground, vegetation, building, and others. More than 90% identification jobs will be done in a one-click process. And also, manual adjustments can be easily performed in a cross section view.

Compared to others on the market, the major advantages of VRMesh Survey module are as follows:

• Directly work on irregularly distributed point clouds

• Simple and straightforward parameter setting

• Short data processing time

• Accurate bare-earth generation

• Intelligent point cloud thinning

February 18th, 2011 - VirtualGrid announces the availability of VRMesh v6.0. Besides the introduced VRMesh Survey module, another significant update in this release is the enhancement of its STL repair and editing capabilities.

The new version includes numerous improvements, such as Boolean, offsetting, hole-filling, triangle error fixing, etc., which have greatly improved VRMesh usability and performance in 3D printing industry. The VRMesh Design module, delivering advanced STL file repairing and editing capabilities, is especially suitable for dental implant treatment planning, orthographic surgery planning, customized shoe insole design, etc. It allows practitioners to easily prepare STL files for template fabrication. The following image illustrates the effective use of VRMesh Design in surgical template preparation for dental implants. View Case Study »

"It is a pleasure working with VRMesh team. They were attentive to our needs, understood what we were trying to accomplish and went above and beyond to provide support and answer questions. They even modified the software to create a module that makes the software easier for us and our partners to use." said Michael Saltzman, Director of Blue Sky Plan, "I highly recommend the VRMesh software to anyone looking for a valuable STL editing tool."

In addition, several new STL editing features have been included in this release, e.g. triangle refinement, edge connection optimizing, labeling, etc.

		Refinement

Please feel free to try the demo version and compare the results with your favorite STL editing suite.