PointCloudAttach – BricsCAD Help Center

Attaches point cloud files (that were previously converted to BricsCAD's BPT format) to the current drawing.

Accessing the Command

Keyboard: pointcloudattach
Toolbar: Point Cloud

:PointCloudAttach

Displays a dialog box:

Option	Description
File name	Specifies the name of the BPT point cloud file to attach. Point cloud files in other formats must first be converted to BPT with the PointCloudPreprocess command.
Open	Opens the point cloud file, then displays the Attach Point Cloud dialog box; see below.
Cancel	Cancels the attachment process.

After you click Open, the program displays a dialog box:

Option	Description
Name	Specifies a name for the point cloud to be attached. You can use the name of the file, or give it another name.
Path	Specifies the path to the folder holding the point cloud. The droplist lets you choose whether to Full path - keep the full path Relative path - relative to the folder of the current drawing No path - at all
Insertion Point	Specifies where the lower left corner of the point cloud should be located in the drawing Specify on-screen - prompts you for the insertion point after you close the dialog box X, Y, Z - specifies the x, y, and z coordinates for the insertion point
Scale	Specifies the size of the point cloud: Specify on-screen - prompts you for the scale factor after you close the dialog box X, Y, Z - specifies the scale factor for each of the three directions Uniform Scale - forces all three scale factors to be the same The point cloud is scaled relative to the insertion point.
Rotation	Specifies the angle at which to position the cloud: Specify on-screen - prompts you for the rotation angle after you close the dialog box Angle - specifies the angle The point cloud is rotated relative to the insertion point.
OK	Attaches the point cloud into the current drawing.
Cancel	Cancels the attachment process.

PointCloud - opens the Drawing Explorer to the Point Cloud section; converts, loads, and unloads point cloud file attachments.

AttachmentsPanelOpen - displays the Attachments panel from which point clouds and other attachments can be loaded and controlled.

PointCloudBoundary - sets the display of the bounding box of point clouds.

PointCloudColorMap - colorizes the points based on Intensity, Elevation, and Classification of the point cloud.

PointCloudCrop - crops a point cloud entity, displaying only the part of the point cloud inside or outside a prismatic or cylindrical volume.

PointCloudPointMax - defines the maximum amount of points shown per point cloud.

PointCloudPointSize - specifies the size of points.

PointCloudPointSize_Minus - decreases the size of points.

PointCloudPointSize_Plus - increases the size of points.

PointCloudPreprocess - converts point cloud files to BricsCAD BPT format.

PointCloudUncrop - removes all croppings from a point cloud.