Warning This plugin was initialy written in 2014 during my college days for a Boeing competition. It may not be compatible with the latest version of Blender. I've been receiveing a lot interest in getting the plugin to work, so I will look into what I can do, but I can't make any promises. I've made some recent changes that seem to be working ok, but the code needs some major updates to really be usable.

This is a Blender LiDAR Importer I built for importing LASer (LAS) point cloud data sets. This addon currently ONLY supports the LAS file format.

1. First, you'll need to install laspy[lazrs]. Open Blender, go to the Scripting workspace, and in the Interactive Console type:

import sys; sys.executable

This will tell you where the python interpreter is that Blender is using. For example: '/usr/bin/python3.10'

Now, open a Terminal and install laspy by replacing the path to the interpreter to the one you just discovered above:

Linux:

/replace/with/path/to/python -m pip install laspy[lazrs]

Note: You may need to use sudo on Linux if your OS requires it.

Windows (replace the path with the correct version):

"C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender x.x\x.x\python\bin\python.exe" -m pip install laspy[lazrs]

2. Next, Clone this GitHub Repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/nittanygeek/LiDAR-Importer.git

3. In Blender, Navigate to Edit > Preferences, and click on Add-ons tab. Click "Install" at the top, and Select the _init_.py file from cloned repository. Finally, Activate the Addon.

File > Import > LiDAR Format (.las) > Select your LAS file and click "Import LiDAR File" Note: Large LAS files will take a long time to import. Be patient.

This code is available under the MIT License (see LICENSE.txt for more information)