12d Model and Point Clouds
With laser scanning and Lidar information becoming more and more prevalent in the day-to-day operations of our 12d Model users, we thought it was a good time to remind you that 12d Model has been able to work with very large data sets for a while now!
The 12d Model Bigfoot points module was released way back in 12d Model 9, and new technology and computer specifications have made it so much easier for more 12d Modellers to utilise this data rich format.
And with the ability within 12d Model to manage the viewing via OpenGL views and drawing density control you don’t even need a super-computer to work with them. 12d NZ recently imported a 7 billion point cloud into one of our staff member’s laptop!
There are some great functions in 12d Model to manipulate the point cloud data to make it easier to work with in your normal 12d survey and design operations such as:
- Point Cloud thinning
- Point Cloud categorisation
- Adding or removing categorised points within the point cloud
- Deleting points via tin ‘areas’ and relative heights
If you would like to learn more we will be happy to share these tips either via an online demonstration or in person.
(With thanks to 12d NZ Ltd for this special content.)