Pointcloud Showcase

Deborah Schmidt

Head of Helmholtz Imaging Support Unit, MDC Berlin

Sep 17, 2025

Slides available at https://ida-mdc.github.io/workshop-visualization/2-5_point-clouds-showcase/

Project BESSY2 Reconstruction

Helmholtz Imaging Collaboration with Jan-Simon Schmidt (HZB)

Jan-Simon Schmidt (HZB), Ole Johannsen (DKFZ, Helmholtz Imaging), Deborah Schmidt (MDC, Helmholtz Imaging)

Project BESSY2 Reconstruction

Workflow & Tools

Extract point clouds from frames of drone video footage
Clean & rotate, and merge point clouds (using CloudCompare)
Render results in Blender for inspection & visualization
Integrate room layout by converting SVG file to Mesh & import it in Blender
Convert to Potree format (multi resolution)
Upload to public server → Accessible in browser with Potree (open-source WebGL based point cloud renderer for large point clouds)

Blender fly-through

Floor plan

Blender floor

Potree / Entwine-generated EPT format