---
title: "Point Cloud Pre-set Options"
slug: "setting-point-cloud-options"
description: "Choosing how you want the point cloud to look in your site is determined in the Setting view menu. The details of settings point cloud views are described here and in More Detailed Point Cloud Options."
tags: ["Perspective Options", "Point Cloud Views", "Quality Pre-sets"]
updated: 2026-05-12T16:18:59Z
published: 2026-05-12T16:18:59Z
canonical: "knowledge.navvis.com/setting-point-cloud-options"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Point Cloud Pre-set Options

Choosing how you want the point cloud to look in your site is determined in the [Setting view](/v1/docs/exploring-a-site-3) menu. The details of settings point cloud views are described here and in [More Detailed Point Cloud Options](https://knowledge.navvis.com/docs/detailed-point-cloud-options).

1. Go to [Setting Views](https://knowledge.navvis.com/v1/docs/exploring-a-site-1).
2. Toggle on**Point clouds**.

The **View**menu displays the pre-set options for quality and perspective views. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/image-1777990205812.png)

### Quality Pre-set Options

1. Click the **Quality**pre-sets drop-down menu.![Settings panel displaying options for point clouds, automatic activation, and quality adjustments.](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/image-1760624856099.png)
2. Select one of the following quality pre-sets from the table below. The table below shows what each of the pre-sets include.

| 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 |

For individual settings for quality refer to [Individual quality settings](https://knowledge.navvis.com/docs/detailed-point-cloud-options#individual-quality-settings).

### Perspective Pre-set Options

1. Click the **Perspective appearance** pre-sets drop-down menu. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/image-1749024910613.png)
2. Select one of the following perspective pre-sets:

| Pre-set options | 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 | Sing 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 |

For individual settings for perspective appearance refer to [Individual perspective appearance settings](https://knowledge.navvis.com/docs/setting-point-cloud-options#perspective-preset-options).

### Orthographic appearance

The Orthographic appearance setting is exclusively accessible in Dataset alignment, Site model, and Point cloud cleaning modes.

1. Click the **Orthographic appearance** pre-sets drop-down menu.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/image-1771603747436.png)

1. Select one of the following orthographic pre-sets:

| Pre-set options | Opacity | Color style | Point size | Point shape |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Colored (default) | 1 | Full color | 0.3 | Square |
| Single Color | 0.3 | Sing color | 0.3 | Square |
| Elevation | 0.3 | Elevation | 0.3 | Square |

Normals Filtering is checked on.

For individual settings for orthographic appearance refer to [Individual orthographic appearance settings](https://knowledge.navvis.com/docs/setting-point-cloud-options#perspective-preset-options).

A three-dimensional representation of an environment, made up of many points. A point is defined by x, y and z coordinates, and it may or may not contain RGB, an intensity value, and normals.

Normals Filtering:

Normals filtering applies rules such as:

- **Keep only points whose normals point upward** → useful for extracting floors, tabletops, ground surfaces
- **Remove points with chaotic or inconsistent normals** → reduces noise and outliers
- **Select points within a normal-angle range** → e.g., keep surfaces within ±10° of vertical to isolate walls