How to get 3D site context

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    Hi, I am looking for a solution to get moderately detailed surrounding buildings into my Revit model. My goal is to be able to then export the Revit file (with my building and the site context) as a 'exe standalone' from Enscape to use with virtual reality. The closest solution i have found so far was Cadmapper- which worked great except for the fact it did not have enough building data. Therefore when i tried to export a site that was further from center city (for reference i am working in the Philadelphia area) it only gave me like 5 buildings and completely flat roads-no bridges or highways.

    We need to convince ENSCAPE to support POINT CLOUDS... People (civil engineers) with DRONES and a point cloud gathering system can then send you back quite convincing 3d map of the surroundings (in color!)...


    But Enscape does not yet support point clouds....


    I just did a GOOGLE Earth screen grab... 360 deg pano from the center of my site (but with the garbage trees and buildings turned off...

    Works well for the distant mountain range, but not gonna work if you want to see your building next to the neighbor's building..

    Quote from Phil Read

    Enscape renders geometry. Point clouds are not geometry. You'll have to triangulate the point clouds first and map with photogrammetry.

    Thanks for sharing, Phil. The second part of your post would require bringing the rcs file into Blender or Rhino to triangulate, correct?