Automatic Activation

If Automatic activation is enabled, all {{glossary.Dataset}}s in a {{glossary.Site}} are automatically displayed in {{glossary.Point cloud}} mode. If Automatic activation is disabled you need to manually select the datasets that you want to see in point cloud mode.

Quality {{glossary.Point cloud}} Options

Individual Quality Settings

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Range (m): Controls the maximum distance (from the camera perspective) at which points are still displayed.
Level of detail: Controls the size and resolution at which the points are rendered. The minimum resolution is 5 mm.
Point count target (M): Controls how many points are shown (in millions). Beyond that number no more points are rendered. This setting strongly influences performance.
Minimum node size (px): Show points only if they are part of a node larger than indicated (in pixels on the screen, e.g. 10 x 10). A node is a group of points. A higher minimum node size means points in smaller nodes are ignored.

Quality Pre-sets

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Quality pre-set options	Range (m)	Level of detail	Point count target (M)	Minimum node size (px)
High performance	50	4	1	50
Balanced (default)	150	6	4	50
High quality	300	12	15	50
Outdoors	1000	6	4	50

Perspective Appearance {{glossary.Point cloud}} Options

Individual Perspective Appearance Settings

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Opacity: Render points transparently (low opacity) vs. opaque (high).
Brightness: Controls how much "light" points give off. Only available when Opacity is different from 1.
Color style: Choose how the point clouds are colored.
- Single color: Uses the dataset color as set in Alignment mode. This setting will colorize the whole point cloud into asingle color, showing a better visualization of the depth and edges of thepoint cloud.
- Full color: Shows colored point clouds. Point clouds are colored during post-processing using color information from images.
- Elevation: Points are rendered in rainbow colors corresponding to their height value. At the Min height (m), points are blue, and at the Max height (m), points are red.
- Normals: Points are colored based on direction of their {{glossary.Normals}}.
- Intensity: Points are rendered based on the intensity of the reflected laser.
- Intensity gradient: Points are colored on a blue to red gradient based on the intensity of the reflected laser.
Point size mode: Choose how point size is determined.
- Fixed: All points have the same size, as controlled by the Point size setting.
- Attenuated: Takes distance of point from camera into account.
- Adaptive: Takes distance from camera and point cloud resolution into account.
Point size: Point diameter.
Point shape: Choose whether to render the points as squares or as circles.
Enhance edges: Adds a black border to the points.

Perspective Appearance Pre-sets

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Pre-set options	Opacity	Brightness	Color style	Point size mode	Point size	Point shape
Colored (default)	1	1000	Full color	Attenuated	0.3	Square
Elevation	0.3	1000	Elevation	Attenuated	0.3	Square
Transparent color	0.25	1000	Single color	Attenuated	0.3	Square

FAQ

What is Automatic Activation in point cloud mode?

If Automatic activation is enabled, all Datasets in a Site are automatically displayed in Point cloud mode. If disabled, you need to manually select the datasets to view in point cloud mode.

What does the Range setting control in Quality Point cloud Options?

The Range setting controls the maximum distance (from the camera perspective) at which points are still displayed.

What are the available Quality pre-set options?

The available Quality pre-set options are High performance, Balanced (default), High quality, and Outdoors.

Can I adjust the opacity of points in the Perspective Appearance settings?

Yes, you can adjust the opacity to render points transparently (low opacity) or opaque (high opacity).

What color styles can I choose for point clouds?

You can choose from Single color, Full color, Elevation, Normals, Intensity, and Intensity gradient for coloring point clouds.

Is it possible to enhance edges in the point cloud visualization?

Yes, you can enhance edges by adding a black border to the points.

What does the Point count target setting influence?

The Point count target setting controls how many points are shown (in millions) and strongly influences performance.

What is the minimum resolution for the Level of detail setting?

The minimum resolution for the Level of detail setting is 5 mm.

Can I choose the shape of the points in the visualization?

Yes, you can choose to render the points as squares or circles.

What is the default Point size mode for point clouds?

The default Point size mode is Attenuated, which takes the distance of the point from the camera into account.

Adjusting Point Size in Point Cloud Mode

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