This video tutorial goes through the steps to import Lidar point cloud data into Rhino and convert this into a usable mesh or poly surface. This video utilises a script called 'ASCIIGridImporter.py' which can be acquired from here:
https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/problem-to-import-asc-file/97045
The key steps in this video can be found below:
00:00 - Introduction
00:23 - Acquiring lidar data from digimaps
01:38 - Using the 'ASCIIGridImporter.py' script using 'RunPythonScript'
02:25 - ASC file import options and mesh creation
04:45 - Generating contour lines from the mesh
Lidar data can be downloaded from:
https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/
https://gisgeography.com/top-6-free-lidar-data-sources/
