{"id":11,"date":"2024-03-11T17:30:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openscantools.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:26:02","slug":"free-and-open-source-point-cloud-software","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openscantools.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Point cloud software for AEC industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1790\" height=\"898\" src=\"https:\/\/openscantools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OST-main-image.jpg\" alt=\"OpenScanTools - Tree\" class=\"wp-image-215\" style=\"width:1032px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openscantools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OST-main-image.jpg 1790w, https:\/\/openscantools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OST-main-image-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openscantools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OST-main-image-1024x514.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openscantools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OST-main-image-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openscantools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OST-main-image-1536x771.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1790px) 100vw, 1790px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Unleash the power of 3D point clouds<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Digital twins are transforming the way engineers, surveyors and industrial companies work. Thanks to terrestrial laser scanners, mobile mapping systems and drones, reality capture has become an essential part of modern projects, reducing risks, improving accuracy and accelerating decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">OpenScanTools helps professionals explore, analyze and exploit massive 3D point clouds with speed and precision. Designed for demanding projects, it provides advanced visualization, measurement, inspection and data management tools while remaining intuitive and efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Originally released as an open source project, OpenScanTools has evolved into a commercially supported product to ensure its long-term development, sustainability and continuous innovation. The legacy open source edition remains available for the community, while new features and future developments are now part of the commercial editions.<br><br>Whether you work in AEC, industrial plants, energy, oil &amp; gas, water treatment, forensics, mining or academia, OpenScanTools is designed to accelerate your workflows and help you get more value from your reality capture data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To ensure long-term development, professional support and continuous innovation, OpenScanTools is now developed as a commercial product. The legacy open source edition remains available for users who wish to continue using it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Try OpenScanTools free for 30 days<\/strong>. <strong>No obligation. No credit card required. 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If you wish to unsubscribe, simply send us an email requesting removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also contact us at: <a href=\"mailto:openscantools@gmail.com\">openscantools@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the trial period, you can purchase a Standard single-user license for <strong>\u20ac290\/year<\/strong> or <strong>\u20ac790 for 3 years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tutorials:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@OpenScanTools\/playlists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/openscantools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Youtube_logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19\" style=\"width:94px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openscantools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Youtube_logo.png 640w, https:\/\/openscantools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Youtube_logo-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legacy Github access:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/open-scan-crew\/OpenScanTools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/openscantools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GitHub_Logo1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.4395782643957826;width:93px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openscantools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GitHub_Logo1.png 1000w, https:\/\/openscantools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GitHub_Logo1-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/openscantools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GitHub_Logo1-768x315.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Operating system: Windows 10 &amp; 11<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hardware requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Multi-core processor,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dedicated 3D GPU (recent &gt; 2017), Vulkan compatible. Integrated GPUs (UHD, Iris Xe) may not work,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16Gb RAM or more*,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SSD storage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>*32 Gb is ideal. More RAM is needed in case you want to import \/ export large merged or unified scans.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The software has been signed (Certum signing) and is therefore perfectly safe, but you may get a Windows Defender screen. It just takes a little time for Microsoft&rsquo;s reputation to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also invite you to sign the Open Point Cloud Formats petition. 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