Extract Slices
Clicking the Extract Slices button in the
Extract panel of the Action
Tab will put the current mode into Extract
Slices.
Centerline Name has two options;
Polyline which uses an existing polyline in the
scene via the Screen Pick option and
Centerline File which will load in an existing Carlson
centerline (.CL) file
Station Interval is the space between each slice.
Start Station allows a starting station to be set.
Polyline Layer Settings sets the layer that the newly
created data will go into. Click on Select to bring up the
layer manager and Code to open the PointCloud Code
table.
Create Cross Sections enabling this allows the Cross
Sections layer to be set along with being able to set the
accompanying code.
Include Cloud Profile includes the cloud points in the
selection.
General is where Features can be entered in. Click on the
red Plus icon to add.
Once OK is selected, the routine runs and the Extract Slices
dialog box appears. In here, there are a number of options where
the user can step through the slices to view data from the loaded
scene. By using the Cross Section Features ongoing polylines
can be created using the different Snap settings available.
The Sample Offset can be modified along with
the Sample Width.
If the option Create Cross Sections was enabled, once the
user exits out of the Extract Slices routine, the cross
sections will be available to view in the Project Tree under the
Sections heading. There is also the option Export
Sections to save the sections as a Carlson xsct or sct
file.
Panel and Button: Extract Slices
Prerequisite: Open scene of a scan or cloud
