Importing point clouds in Rhino 8

Grasshopper
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Hi!
Up until Rhino 8 I’ve been using Volvox for importing point clouds, which has been smooth. i could then create Cockroach clouds or use them as points. However, since it’s not being maintained, it no longer works for Rhino 8.

Right now I use the “Import from”-component from Pancake, but that requires exploding the point cloud which is very time-consuming when working with large point clouds.

So, does anyone have any good method of importing point clouds?

Thank you
/Kaj

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Hej Kaj -

Both the default Import 3DM and Import Content components in Rhino 8 should import files that Rhino can import. Is there a specific file that you are having problems with?
-wim

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Hi!

No, sorry, I was a bit unclear.

I can import them without issue, but since I need to explode the point cloud, it takes a very long time, perhaps 10 time as long as it did with the Volvox component in Rhino 7.

Thank you
/Kaj

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Hej Kaj -

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I’m seeing approx. 6 seconds to explode a 5M point cloud here. Can you give an example of what you used to get in Volvox?
-wim

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Hi!

I did some trials, and it seems like the step after the explosion is the time-consuming one.

I tried with a 14,6M cloud, first in Rhino 8, and then in Rhino 7 with Volvox. Quite a big difference.

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