Set how the point cloud looks from the Point clouds settings in the 3D view. This page covers the Quality and Appearance presets; for the individual settings behind them, see More detailed point cloud options.
Open the point cloud settings
In the view controls at the top of the screen, click the arrow next to 3D to open the point cloud settings.
Select the Point clouds tab.
The tab shows the Quality and Appearance presets. Expand More settings under either one to adjust its individual values.
Quality presets
Open the Quality drop-down.
Select a preset. Each one applies the values below:
Quality preset | 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 |
For the individual values, expand More settings. See Individual quality settings.
Appearance presets
Under Appearance, select a preset thumbnail. Each one applies the values below:
Appearance preset | Opacity | Brightness | Color style | Point size mode | Point size | Point shape |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colored (default) | 1 | 1000 | Full color | Attenuated | 0.3 | Square |
Single color | 1 | 1000 | Single 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 |
Expand More settings under Appearance for Hide walls & ceilings, Automatic activation, and Hide overlapping data. See https://knowledge.navvis.com/docs/detailed-point-cloud-options
Appearance presets
The orthographic appearance presets are available only in Dataset alignment, Site model, and Point cloud cleaning modes.
Open the Orthographic appearance presets.
Select a preset. Each one applies the values below:
Preset | Opacity | Color style | Point size | Point shape |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Colored (default) | 1 | Full color | 0.3 | Square |
Single color | 0.3 | Single color | 0.3 | Square |
Elevation | 0.3 | Elevation | 0.3 | Square |
Normals filtering is on for the orthographic appearance. For the individual values, see Individual orthographic appearance settings.
Normals filtering applies rules such as: keep only points whose normals point upward (to extract floors, tabletops, and ground surfaces); remove points with chaotic or inconsistent normals (to reduce noise and outliers); or keep points within a normal-angle range (for example, within ±10° of vertical to isolate walls).