@shilpak (Locus) Thank you for your question! At this time the work is ongoing and we will be assessing the work further in 2024. Currently there is not a clear timeframe of when an official version will provide support for point clouds in our I3S writer. For more context and help our Developers, we would appreciate details of your work that requires or would benefit from the I3S writer supporting point clouds. I can then share those details with our Developers and advocate on your behalf regarding the I3S writer.

@edgarbaculi , is there an “unofficial” way to create SLPK point clouds from las or other formats? The main reason we purchased FME Server some years ago was for the creation of point cloud SLPKs and there’s a growing sentiment in the business that FME is never going to make good on what was promised on your website about point cloud support. 

 @swit012 Thank you for your question! We appreciate you purchasing FME Flow and your support. As mentioned work is ongoing and we will be assessing the work further in 2024.

In the meantime the following community response and article may offer some ideas and help you:

• https://community.safe.com/data-7/convert-las-to-esri-slpk-24894
• https://support.safe.com/s/article/Creating-Point-Clouds-from-Rasters 

For more context and help for our Developers, we would appreciate details of your work that requires or would benefit from the I3S writer supporting point clouds. I can then share those details with our Developers and push/advocate on your behalf regarding the I3S writer. We thank you for sharing your needs!