Birth Point Cloud OP | From scanner data or...

[MAF]

It's a real good thing to birth from point clouds, from 3d scanning hardware or photo geometric software.

[Orthopteroid]

I second this, point cloud support would be amazing.

[TubeSmokeGuy]

I never tried this but I can imagine the following:
3dsmax has native point cloud support. You can use the point cloud object as birth object or birth surface. Maybe you have to mesh it first.