The mobile device just links to the unit versus continuously transferring data to the iPad like ReCap Pro for mobile. While Recap relied on the images taken to do field registration, Cyclone FIELD 360 has point to point registration as well as photo registration where needed. Here are a few things that you may notice when trying out Leica’s Cyclone FIELD 360 while controlling the BLK360. Ability to see a 3D view of your point cloud registration as well as a 2D top-down view.FIELD 360 allows you to use the onboard infrared camera for thermal analysis, which was not available with the Recap mobile workflow.When utilized with Leica’s BLK3D device, we can include geotag markups as well as controlling the BLK360.Very robust field registration (photo and point to point registration).Ability to use on multiple mobile devices (iPads, phones, tablets, android devices, etc.).It runs on standard tablets and smart phones enabling direct quality control in the field. Users of the Leica Cyclone 360 mobile app can take full advantage of the latest BLK360 device capabilities.” What is Leica Cyclone FIELD 360?įor those that may not know and so far, may have just utilized a strict Autodesk workflow… Leica Cyclone FIELD 360 is a 3D laser scanning data collection software. What did Autodesk say? “…because updates to ReCap Pro for mobile are regularly required in order to take advantage of the latest BLK360 firmware, it was determined that customers would be better served if they use the Leica Cyclone FIELD 360 mobile app. What else is 2020 going to throw at us? Why has Autodesk decided to discontinue ReCap Pro for mobile?Īs we know, ReCap Pro for mobile worked in conjunction with Leica’s BLK360 laser scanner. I know, bummer right!? I have been using it for 3 years now and when I first read the news, all I could do was throw up my hands up and shrug my shoulders.

Ultimately it means that we will not be able to use Recap Pro for Mobile on the iPad to run the Leica BLK360 anymore in just a few short months from now.

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