Point Cloud location Using Model Sharing or Trimble Connect
Not version-specific
Tekla Structures
Environment
Not environment-specific
Question: Is there any way to share locations of the point cloud from user to user. I have a point cloud that was moved and rotated, but I am the only one who can see it.
For Model Sharing
Unfortunately, point clouds are not shared through Model Sharing as the files created for them are stored in App Data, and that is not a shared directory. For additional information about this limitation, see our linked article for Point Clouds (at the bottom of the preface).
You could, however, take the files from the cloud cache folder (%localappdata%\Trimble\Tekla Structures\PointClouds) and place them on a cloud drive such as Google Drive, One Drive, or Dropbox, which allows you to share with other users. You could also use the cloud drive and change the XS_POINT_CLOUD_CACHE_FOLDER advanced option/ variable to point at the drive's location. This folder structure needs to be from your local drive or a network drive and not a URL.
Users can create a shared folder with any supplier that features an app.
Example: M:\DropBox\TeklaCloudCache\
Example: C:\Users\username\OneDrive\TeklaCloudCache\
For Trimble Connect
Likewise, you can set the advanced option XS_POINT_CLOUDS_WEB_CACHE to a local Trimble Connect folder if needed. In this video on How to use a Trimble Connect folder as the project or firm folder, you can see that Trimble Connect is synced with a local directory on the workstation.