3 August 2026 · 3 min
LixelStudio or Lixel CyberColor: choosing the processing pipeline
Two pipelines leave the same scanner. One produces survey deliverables; the other produces photorealistic, navigable scenes. Choosing well starts with the deliverable.
Every XGRIDS capture can flow into two different pipelines, and the right choice depends entirely on who consumes the output.
LixelStudio — the measurement pipeline
LixelStudio is the desktop point-cloud workstation: one-click SLAM processing, PPK correction for centimetre-class georeferencing, Map Fusion for merging multiple scans, quality reports, and measurement, sectioning and volume tools. It exports LAS, E57 and RCP — the formats surveying, BIM and GIS workflows already consume. If the deliverable is a drawing, a model, a volume or a certificate, this is the pipeline.
Lixel CyberColor — the experience pipeline
Lixel CyberColor (LCC) is the 3D Gaussian Splatting engine: photorealistic scenes built from the same capture, compressed by up to 90% in the LCC2 format, with aerial-ground fusion, AI object removal and plugins for Revit and Unreal Engine. Output runs in web viewers, game engines and VR. If the deliverable must be walked through by a stakeholder rather than measured by an engineer, this is the pipeline.
In practice, mature workflows use both from a single site visit: LixelStudio for the record of measure, LCC for the record of experience. Mettle Works configures and supports the complete pipeline as part of supply.