Points clouds editing

Specific selection tools are available for editing point clouds.

Points clouds selection

The first set of commands allow to perform a selection of points cloud that helps with Delete commands to delete an area of the point cloud.

  • Click Cloud.

  • Click Rectangle screen to perform a rectangular selection of the point cloud.

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  • Click Circle screen to select points by defining a circular area of the screen.

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  • Click Polygon screen to select points by defining a closed polygon on the screen.

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  • Click Polyline to select point by specifying an existing polyline.

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  • Click Cancel to cancel current selection.

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Points clouds delete

After the points have been selected it is possible to proceed deleting the points.

  • Click Delete inside to delete the points inside the current selection.

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  • Click Delete outside to delete the points outside the current selection.

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  • Click Restore to restore the original point cloud.

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Points clouds divide

The command Divide allows to cut the points cloud selection in a new point cloud.

  • Click Divide.

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  • Enter the name of the new points cloud.

  • The selection is cut in a new points cloud, available in the Project Manager.


Points clouds copy

The command Copy allows to copy the points cloud selection in a new point cloud.

  • Click Copy.

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  • Enter the name of the new points cloud.

  • The selection is copied in a new points cloud, available in the Project Manager.


Merge clouds

The command creates a new point cloud starting from existing points clouds.

  • Click Merge cloud.

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  • Select in the new window the points clouds to merge and enter the new point clouds name.

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  • Select the merge parameters.

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    • Point selection strategy:

      • Grid 3D: the merged point will have points selected from a gird 3D, the density is selected in the field 3D density.

      • Decimation: the merged point cloud is decimated using a Decimation value.

      • All points: all points available are used.

    • Click Start to merge the points clouds and generate a new one in the Project Manager.

This function can also be used to decimate a single point cloud if in the point cloud selection, a single point cloud is selected.