The pointcloud data presents a huge challenge due to its size. Over the years working with many partners in Oil & Gas, Shipping and Construction industries we have evolved an effective strategy. The current solution stands as below and then we can extend how we can be effective with Azure.

Project file .bce

This is “full” resolution model that typically has a very large size. There is a small metadata file that references several large binary datasets. The master copy of such a project can be archived on Azure, however, for faster performance it is currently best to download on local disk. The project has a lazy load, unload and reload mechanism that significantly helps dealing with large datasets.

Component file .bcec

This is a “full” resolution component file. Users can break up their model into several components and archive them on Azure. These components can be retrieved and imported into another project or an empty project.


DesktopView .bcex file

This is “medium” resolution file that contains the entire visible part of the projects. The user with master .bce file can generate any .bcex file. Typically our users have found useful to have a .bcex of size around 500Mb. Most engineers and designers find that it is adequate to have this resolution. This file can be stored along with Webdata, and opened BloomCE Desktop. It can be downloaded from Web application and LAN explorer.


WebView data – This is a “low” resolution version that is suitable for view on mobile phones, tablets in the web browser. LAN explorer and Web application use this dataset.




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