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Hey there,

when i'm using the command line mode and want to convert a E57-file into a LAS file, i'm using the following command pattern: and it "works", but not really: When i load the resulting "pointcloud.las" into CloudCompare, i don't see any pointcloud but "[ccGLWindow] Entity/DB has a null bounding-box!"

So, is it a problem with my command or is there a problem with converting to LAS via command line mode in general?

Thank you!

Is this a cloud with high coordinates?
if yes use a proper global shift during loading.
try the command below:

Is this a cloud with high coordinates?

No, it's not, max values around 1200.

I tried your command but the result is the same. Applying a global shift or not when loading also doesn't seem to make any difference. I noticed the following print during the processing:

[LAS] Will use the minimum bounding-box corner (X, Y) as LAS offset

Still i'm not sure what's wrong, because the input E57 cloud works fine.

is it the latest beta? Can you share your cloud? Can you try saving as something else? because las reader/writer were replaced in the 2.13 beta, so maybe we could know the issue is there. Or can you try it with another release 2.12 stable for example?

I didn't realise there are newer releases of 2.13 than the one i used. I tried the latest one now and it works!
Thanks a lot