Merging dense clouds with python

[Major Domo]

Hi,

I have lidar loaded several lidar scans into Metashape via python.
All the dense cloud sit under the same chunk, but now I want to merge the dense clouds to mesh.
I can do this via the UI, but wanted to do this programmatically, but haven't found what command to use yet.
Is there a command for this?

Many thanks in advance!

[Alexey Pasumansky]

Hello Major Domo,

I suggest the following code to merge all the available dense clouds in the active chunk into new dense cloud instance:

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import Metashape
chunk = Metashape.app.document.chunk
chunk.dense_cloud = None #making no active dense cloud
task  = Metashape.Tasks.MergeAssets()
task.assets = [cloud.key for cloud in chunk.dense_clouds]
tasks.apply(chunk)


[Major Domo]

Many thanks Alexey!

Worked a treat, I just changed a couple of typos below and runs like a treat.
And it also shows me just how well implemented Python is into Metashape...really exciting times ahead!

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import Metashape
chunk = Metashape.app.document.chunk
chunk.dense_cloud = None #making no active dense cloud
task  = Metashape.Tasks.MergeAssets()
task.assets = [cloud.key for cloud in chunk.dense_clouds]
task.apply(chunk)

Thanks!