Point cloud manager panel

To open the Point Cloud Manager panel, run the POINTCLOUDMANAGERPANELOPEN command or right-click a ribbon panel/toolbar and choose Point Cloud Manager from the Panels list.

The Point Cloud Manager panel creates and manages regions in a point cloud and controls the display of point clouds based on scans/waypoints, classification and regions.

Note: Scan information will only be available if the point cloud is preprocessed in HSPC format. Only structured point clouds contain scan information. Classification information will be available if the point cloud data source contains classification information (some *.LAS/*.LAZ files) and it is preprocessed in HSPC, or if the point cloud is classified using the Hexagon point cloud classifier (POINTCLOUDCLASSIFY command).
  1. Point Cloud Manager tab
  2. Render Settings tab

Point Cloud Manager tab

  1. New region
  2. Remove region
  3. Search
  4. List of point clouds and their scans, regions, classes, and building information
  5. Visibility
New region
Allows you to create a region by running the POINTCLOUDREGION command:
Draw region
Runs the Draw option of the POINTCLOUDREGION command.
Convert crop solids to region
Runs the Convert option of the POINTCLOUDREGION command.
Remove region
Removes the selected region.
Note: The Unassigned Points region cannot be removed.
Search
Allows you to search for a specific scan, class or region name. The list is shortened and only shows the items that contain the entered sequence of characters, regardless of where they are located in the item's name.
List of point clouds and their scans, regions, classes, and building information
Displays a tree view list of point clouds with their scans, regions, and classes. Building information (building/floor/room) is also displayed after the POINTCLOUDDETECTFLOORS and POINTCLOUDDETECTROOMS commands (BricsCAD BIM only) have been used.
Right-click an item in the list to open a context menu:
Note:
  • The Toggle Visibility option, available in each item's context menu, allows you to switch On/Off the visibility of the selected item.
  • Where available, the Delete option deletes the selected item/items from the list and removes the classification of the corresponding points.
Scans
Rename
Allows you to type in a new name.
Note: Double click an item to activate the rename mode.
Open scan in bubble viewer
Opens the Bubble viewer displaying the selected scan.
Note: Hover over scan items in the list to show a preview of the scan.
Regions
Rename
Allows you to type in a new name.
Note: Double click an item to activate the rename mode.
Classes
Add new class
Allows you to add a new class to the Classes list by selecting one from the predefined lists: Lidar, Indoor, Construction, or add a custom class using the Custom... option.
Note: Use the POINTCLOUDCLASSIFY command to automatically classify points.
Add points
Launches the POINTCLOUDMODIFYCLASS command. Allows you to manually classify points under the selected class by selecting points in the point cloud. Two selection methods are available: Rectangular and Polygonal.
Select
Allows you to add more points to the selection set.
Finish
Finishes the selection process and classifies the points.
Note: Use the POINTCLOUDCOLORMAP command and select Classification for Color Stylization to better visualize how the points are classified.
Building floors
Right-click a floor item to display a context menu:
Detect Rooms
Automatically detects rooms in the selected floor (see POINTCLOUDDETECTROOMS command).
Add room
Allows you to manually add a new room by selecting a point cloud area.

Enables the Top view and lets you define a closed polyline.

Building rooms
Right-click a room item to display a context menu:
Edit
Allows you to edit the contour of the selected room.

Enables the Top view and lets you reposition the vertices of the closed polyline.

To exit the editing mode, right-click the room item again and select Accept or Decline.

Rename
Allows you to type in a new room name.
Note:
  • This option can also be accessed by double-clicking a selected room's name.
  • The room keeps the number assigned during the detection process.
Multiple building rooms
Select multiple room items and right-click to display a context menu:
Merge rooms
The points corresponding to the selected rooms are classified under a single room.
Visibility
Displays the current visibility state of listed items. Click the icon to switch On/Off the visibility of the selected items.

Render Settings tab

  1. Bubbles settings
  2. Adaptive Display
  3. Dollhouse Rendering
  4. Point Size
  5. Eye Dome Lighting
  6. Gap Filling
Bubbles settings
Show Bubbles ()
Allows you to set the visibility of scan bubbles in Model space:

Off: hides all bubbles in the point cloud.

On: displays all bubbles in the point cloud.

Visible Only: displays non-cropped bubbles only.

Note: This setting applies to all point clouds inserted in the drawing.
Bubbles Size
Allows you to set the size of scan bubbles in Model space.
Adaptive Display ()
Toggles the adaptive display of point sizes.
Note: Available for Windows and Linux.

When enabled, point sizes are adjusted according to local point density and distance from the camera to the position of the scanned points.

Dollhouse Rendering ()
Toggles the display of points with normals in the view direction.

When enabled, points with normals pointing away from the camera are not shown.

Note: Only works when normals are available.
Point Size ()
Sets the size of points displayed.
Eye Dome Lighting ()
Allows you to set the non-photo-realistic shading to improve depth perception.
Gap Filling ()
Fills gaps between points on surfaces.
Note: Only works in perspective view, not in orthogonal view.