Toggle Solid Point Cloud

AVEVA Point Cloud Manager 4.4.2 and later offers a new way to view and interact with 3D laser data, which is called the Solid Point Cloud. This new point rendering technique offers immediate clarity without the need to select regions of interest to view in high detail. The Solid Point Cloud consequently offers significant benefits to a user who wants to quickly navigate through the scene, as the view appears more solid at the outset and when moving.

The Solid Point Cloud can be loaded alongside the Navisworks CAD model for convincing immersive design reviews with as-operated laser scanned conditions.

One important feature of this view format is that more 3D capture devices can be fully supported. BubbleView and HyperBubble resources can be produced only from static terrestrial scans, which has presented a challenge to users wishing to use a variety of capture devices on a project, without losing the visual clarity that they have been accustomed to.

With the introduction of the Solid Point Cloud, all mobile devices can contribute data to this new visual format, which include:

• Hand-held

• Vehicle based

• Airborne

• Static

To toggle the Solid Point Cloud directly within the Navisworks environment, select the Toggle Solid Point Cloud button shown below:

You may need to refresh the Navisworks window to see the Solid Point Cloud. To turn the Solid Point Cloud off, select the Toggle Solid Point Cloud button again to return to the 3D point cloud.