Solid Point Cloud prerequisites

The prerequisites for Solid Point Cloud include:

• Graphical requirements

• Installation requirements

Graphical requirements

Solid Point Cloud publishing and rendering requires a reasonably powerful graphics card with the latest drivers. It has been developed using NVidia graphics cards, and Point Cloud Manager recommends using these where possible for optimum performance and reliability.

Do not rely on Windows graphics driver properties to update to the latest version, instead use the NVidia tools. To obtain the latest version, visit http://www.nvidia.com/download/scan.aspx?lang=en-us.

The supported OpenGL version information is saved in the Point Cloud Manager log file on start-up, which can be found in the Temp folder as shown below which reports v4.5. The minimum needed is v4.3.

• 12: GL Major version supported: 4 115

• 13: GL Minor version supported: 5 127

  Note: Updated graphics drivers may be needed to meet the OpenGL requirement.

Installation requirements

To publish Solid Point Cloud data, Point Cloud Manager must be installed in Advanced Mode.

To only view Solid Point Cloud data, a Point Cloud Manager license is required; Point Cloud Manager need not be installed in Advanced Mode in this case.