Licensing options for this format begin with FME Professional Edition.
The ASTM E57 Reader/Writer allows FME to access data in the E57 format.
Overview
The E57 file format is a compact, vendor-neutral format for storing point clouds, images, and metadata produced by 3D imaging systems, such as laser scanners.
A single E57 file may contain any number of point clouds and rasters.
E57 files are structured as a tree. A path is a string that specifies the sequence of element names when traversing the tree.
Point cloud data is read from path /data3D. Raster data is read from path /images2D.
An E57 file may contain attributes and geometry traits. Elements at the root of the tree are treated as attributes, e.g. /guid. Elements within a geometry node will be treated as geometry traits, e.g. /data3D/0/points/guid.
Note: All features will share the same attributes, but traits will differ per feature.