POINTCLOUDREFERENCE command

Attaches point cloud files to the current drawing.

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Description

Opens the Point Cloud Reference Manager dialog box where you can load point clouds from cache or insert new point clouds to the current drawing.

  1. Preprocess a new scan
  2. Cache used
  3. Available space
  4. Cache settings
  5. Table of scans

Preprocess a new scan

Attaches a point cloud file by launching the POINTCLOUDATTACH command.

Cache used

Specifies the total amount of the used cache.

Available space

Displays the total amount of available cache.

Cache folder settings

Opens the Settings dialog box to set the POINTCLOUDCACHEFOLDER system variable value that specifies the folder(s) where point cloud cache files are stored.

Table of scans

Lists the available preprocessed point cloud scans.

Right click a column header to display the table context menu:
  • Columns list: Show/hide a table columns by clicking on its name in the list.
  • Show all columns: Shows all table's columns.
  • Restore column positions: Restores the default position of all table's columns.
Table columns
You can show or hide columns by right clicking on a column header and selecting column names in the context menu.
Name

Displays the point cloud file name.

Note:
  • The point cloud cache name is a user specified name for the preprocessed point cloud. It's the default point cloud name if you do not specify a point cloud name for insertion.
  • The double-byte characters are accepted for the point cloud name.
Path
Displays the point cloud file location.
Size
Displays the point cloud file size in MB.
Status

Displays the point cloud file status:

  • In progress bar: the file is in pre-processing.
  • Ready: available for Insert or Delete.
  • Inserted: the file is inserted in the current drawing.
Action area
Cancel
Allows you to interrupt the preprocessing of the file. Once the point cloud file is preprocessed and ready to use, the Cancel button disappears.
Insert
Opens the Attach Point Cloud dialog box and attaches the point cloud file in the current drawing.
Note: Multiple insertions can have the same or a different point cloud name.
Delete
Removes the point cloud file from the cache.
Note: It also removes all the insertions (if any) of that point cloud in the current drawing.
Type
Displays to which type the inserted file has been preprocessed. If the POINTCLOUDHSPC system variable is ON, the file is inserted as an HSPC type.