Clouds

Clouds are the most basic of the three large dataset objects supported by Carlson Point Cloud. Clouds consist of a set of positions and can also contain color, intensity, and classification associated with each point.

Point Cloud has several functions that can help reduce, clean, and generally prepare Clouds to be manageable in a CAD application. In the Current Project tree structure, clouds are categorized under their own folder, Clouds.
Clouds have a couple of unique functions that make them distinct from other data objects, in addition to the general actions common to other data elements with 3D data.

Import a Cloud
(from an external file)

Create a Cloud
(from a selection of points, etc)

Clean a Cloud
(eliminate noise points and duplicated points)

Resample a Cloud
(to reduce total point count)

Transform a Cloud
(rotate, translate, etc)

Scale a Cloud
(from feet to meters etc)

Change the Projection
(Lat/Long to State Plane etc)

Adjust Color
(brighten, darken, or drape image)

Bare Earth by Grid
(keep only the low points from the cloud)

Register a Cloud
(match pre-entered control points to hand-picked target points)

Merge Clouds

Subtract Clouds
(remove one cloud's area from another cloud)

Export Cloud
(to LAS, ASCII, or PDF)

Create a Solid