Carlson Point Cloud-Software

A modular drone post-processing software, which provides the ability to go from field scan to finished plat. Carlson Point Cloud delivers powerful automation for large data sets - view and process up to 1 billion points.

Point Cloud is available in Basic or Advanced versions

• Register scans to local coordinates, filter or decimate points, and overlay raster images in 3D

• Snap to edges and code descriptions for automated Field-to-Finish processing of linework and symbols

• Create contours, profiles, sections, and breaklines within the Point Cloud

• Powerful curb extraction routine

All surface models, points, contours, breaklines, grid, and profiles can be exported to CAD.

Important: This is a new end user license. If you are a current Carlson software user, please contact us to discuss renewal options.

DATA EXTRACTION

• 3D extraction of poles, trees, and hydrants

• Extract data from clouds or meshes — TINs, Contours, Profiles, Sections and Breaklines

IMPORT & EXPORT

• Import/export of grids

• Import/export point clouds containing up to 1 billion points

• Import additional cloud formats, including Lidar (las/laz) Leica (pts/ptx), Faro (requires installation of conversion software), E57, DEM/ESRI (dem/adf/asc/img), GeoTiff (tif/tiff), Quarryman (fsc), PLY, PCG, RCS, Carlson CRD & Surface, PCD, and generic txt files

MULTIPLE SCAN CONSOLIDATION

• Register multiple scans into one cloud

• Merge clouds

ANOMALY REDUCTION

• Reduce anomalies with Clean Cloud and reduce density with Resample Cloud

DATA IMPROVEMENT TOOLS

• Continue data improvement with Smooth Mesh and Simplify Mesh (this reduces the size of the model by removing least significant data points

FIELD-TO-FINISH

• Use the full power of Carlson Field-to-Finish with Point Cloud data. You can use the same FLD files you use with GPS or conventional total stations with Symbols, Line Work, and Labels all drawn in CAD

VIEWING CLOUD DATA

• Color Adjustment

• View multiple clouds at once

• Color by Elevation or Intensity

• Adjust point size and cloud detail

• View as cross sections

DRAW LINEWORK

• Multiple snap modes to extract edges and slopes

SURFACE DATA COMMANDS

• Load Surfaces — Import scan data from various sources

• View Surface — 3D viewer for point cloud data

SCAN UTILITIES

• Resample and filter scan data

BREAKLINES

• Automatic 3D breakline creation based on surface zones

GENERATE PROFILES & SECTIONS

• Trace an alignment across the site and generate profiles or sections

• Improved functionality and interaction between mouse cursor and cloud when drawing and editing polylines

• Selecting polyline from project panel now highlights in scene as well

• Polyline selection now limits to those that exist in the current scene

• Added prompt to view imported polylines into existing scene when imported into a project

• Added the ability to control elevation units of DEM/GeoTIFF if none are contained in the file

• Improved speed of inserting and deleting objects in cloud

• Added informative prompt if user attempts to create a new scene when one already exists containing those same objects

• Improved color edge identification which includes preset defaults for grass and pavement

• Added improved edit tools to trim and adjust color edges

• Improved Autosave function including matching CAD save time and ability to disable

• Added Undo function to Draw All Parking Lines

• Improved Paint Line and Parking Stripe detection

• Added recognition of existing Paint Stripes and Parking Lines to avoid duplication

• Improved feature extraction for poles, hydrants and trees including ability to draw perimeter base

• Color Polyline now works in all color modes

• Added unit based defaults dimensions and additional control over curb extraction

• Added Red warning labels for missing items in the Project Tree

• When performing Bare Earth to Regions, the Regions tab is automatically displayed

• Profile extraction now uses a modeless dialog box for more controlled view

• Improved cloud visibility with Intensity Color by automatically setting Minimum and Maximum range limits

• Added adjustment options for Parking Lines and the ability to count and export Stall Numbers

• Added ability to extract Parking Lines, Paint Stripes, and Color Edges in other than direct color mode

• Added more options for color selection including sphere, window, and perimeter

• Added Shift-> right Click Menu Point Filters when creating and editing polylines

• Added new Building Extraction feature

• Added prompts to view cloud when modified with commands such as Clean or Bare Earth

• Added option to set CAD view to approximate cloud view

• Added Station and Width control for Polyline Cross Section view in Camera Tab

• Improved user interaction for Extract Plane command

• Added angle parameter to rotate the survey by grid points

• Added point preview for survey by grid