Point Cloud Getting Started

Carlson Point Cloud is an application designed to run alongside IntelliCAD or AutoCAD and bring to the user ease in processing large point datasets. It provides several methods to reduce, clean, extract from, and otherwise manipulate these datasets so that they can be processed within CAD software without the typical memory limitations found in CAD applications.

All actions performed in Point Cloud are initiated through the Point Cloud Project Manager. This manager can be brought up from your CAD application (assuming that the Point Cloud module is loaded) via the Point Clouds -> Point Cloud Project Manager menu option or with the PC_PROJECT_MANAGER command. Work in Point Cloud is arranged into projects and each project maintains a tree structure of all the data it contains. 

If you have not used Point Cloud before, you may want to go through the Point Cloud Step By Step Tutorial

If you need to activate one of the legacy engines you can do so in the Point Cloud Setup via the Point Clouds -> Point Cloud Setup menu option.  

Please view the Recommended Specifications.