You may want to become a member of AUGI and add that to the wish list for Autodesk to make it work. Unfortunately, object snap cycling with point cloud snaps does not work at this time. Q: Does object snap cycling work with PC snaps? I have 2014, I guess I need 2016Ī: You do need to have 2016 to gain access to the point cloud object snap modes. If it does not, press to release all selected objects. Once selected, the contextual Point Cloud tab should appear. Do I need to open a point cloud first?Ī: The Point Cloud ribbon only appears if you have a point cloud in the drawing that you can select.

I have the AutodeskFeatureExtraction.msi.

did you combine 2 point clouds prior?Ī: Yes, I combined multiple scans within Autodesk ReCap. Q: You have info from outside the building and inside the building. So check with the manufacturer of the equipment being used. This process will be different depending upon which laser scanning instrument is used. You will create these files by opening Autodesk ReCap, importing the point cloud file(s), then save the point cloud project or scan file.Ī2: Setting the classification for points within a point cloud happens during the collection process. Q: Please repeat the file formats again (at the end), also Visualization/Classification - what process or software (Lidar process?) enabled the ground verse the building coloursĪ1: The file formats are. Also, make sure that your point clouds do have segmentation data. However, the sections are only accurate if you have a point cloud that is dense enough to create linework from it. Q: Does this only affect the point cloud, or all dwg contents?Ī: Creating linework automatically is only off of the point clouds when you use the tools I demonstrated in the webcast.Ī: Yes, the sections do work.

The more dense the point cloud, the more accurate your linework will be. Point clouds come from laser scanners and other reality capture technology. One thing that I failed to make clear is that point clouds do not come from traditional survey instruments. Below the video link are the questions that came up during the presentation along with answers to them. As promised, you can replay the webcast by clicking the link below. Thank you to everyone that attended the 'Working with Point Clouds in AutoCAD 2016' webcast on Wednesday, April 15th.

Autocad 2016