POINTCLOUDCROP command

Creates a crop boundary on a point cloud.

BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

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Description

Creates a crop boundary on an attached point cloud, displaying only the part of the point cloud inside or outside a prismatic or cylindrical volume.

Method

If the current drawing has more than one point cloud attached, you are prompted to select which point cloud to crop.

If the current drawing has only one point cloud attached, it is automatically selected for the crop operation.

You can then immediately start selecting points based on the previously selected crop option (shown as <default>).

Alternatively, select a different crop option and proceed with the points selection.

Note: The command automatically turns off the Perspective view mode. To turn it back on, select it in the LookFrom control or set the PERSPECTIVE system variable's value to 1.

Options within the command

Rectangular

Crops the point cloud with a cuboid shape.

Note: The crop boundary creates a rectangular volume of points perpendicular to the view in which you defined it.
Polygonal

Crops the point cloud with a polygonal prism shape.

Note: The crop boundary creates a polygonal volume of points perpendicular to the view in which you defined it.
Circular

Crops the point cloud with a cylinder shape.

Note: The crop boundary creates a circular volume of points perpendicular to the view in which you defined it.
Segment

Crops the point cloud by image recognition.

Hover the cursor over the point cloud to show a preview of a boundary based on image segmentation.

Press the Tab key to cycle through possible candidate segments (for example, a window in a door, the door, the facade, etc.).

Click to confirm the segment in the view, then select between the Inside and Outside options.

Invert

Inverts the current cropped part. Switches between Inside and Outside.

Inside
Displays the part of the point cloud inside the volume only.
Outside
Displays the part of the point cloud outside the volume only.
show Toggle

Turns the point cloud crop display on or off.

remove Last

Removes the most recently added cropping volume.

remove All

Removes all cropping.