adding attributes to the points

[shayannikoohemat]

Is it possible to add the attribute or material of the surface to the point clouds? For example, if the ray is hitting a tree surface, in the point cloud, we save the label as a tree. If you guide me to the correct place in the code I can work on it.

[fnoi]

Have a look at this plugin, it could be helpful: https://github.com/neumicha/Blender2Helios

[han16nah]

You can differentiate the individual sceneparts as stored in the .XML-file by the hitObjectId. If you are looking for a way to distinguish different materials, you can add the helios custom attribute helios_classification to the mtl-file to assign a class, e.g. 5 for "high vegetation" for your tree. Add the line helios_classification 5. If a laser pulse is then hitting a surface with this tree material, the respective point will get this class.

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