The project manager is the central place of operations for Carlson Point Cloud. To bring up the Project Manager, first ensure that the Point Cloud module is loaded by clicking on the lightning bolt icon in your CAD application. The manager can be brought up by either clicking the Point Clouds ⇒ Project Manager or by entering the command PC_TOOLBAR1 into your CAD applications command window. The title bar of the PointCloud Manager window will display the version, build date of the software and the active Point Cloud engine. Pointtools is the default Point Cloud engine.
Every function and operation that can be performed in Point Cloud is accessed through the Project Manager. These functions are divided up among five major categories represented as tabs in the project manager: Project, Scene, Camera, Action, and Data.
The Command History panel maintains a list of all major functions used since execution of Point Cloud began, and is also the central place where information regarding the results of all functions is posted, much like the command window in AutoCAD or IntelliCAD. For instance, after execution of the mesh simplification function has finished, details about the number of faces removed from the mesh will be appended to the Command History.
Pulldown Menu Location(s): Point Clouds
Keyboard Command: pc_toolbar1
Prerequisite: None