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■ Filtering Point Cloud Data (page 1024)
■ Exporting Point Cloud Data (page 1451)
To add a point cloud to your map
1 In the Display Manager, click Data ➤ Add Point Cloud Data ➤ From
Index File.
2 In the Select Point Cloud Index dialog box, select the index file for the
point cloud data store to add to your map
3 Click Open.
AutoCAD Map 3D adds a point cloud layer to the Display Manager, and
add the point cloud drawing object to your map.
To add a point cloud to your map using the Point Cloud Manager
NOTE You cannot add point cloud index files created in AutoCAD (.PCG files)
using the Point Cloud Manager.
1 In the Point Cloud ribbon tab, click Index File to display the
Point Cloud
Manager
(page 1897), or enter mappointcloudmanager at the command
prompt.
2 Click Add File. The Open dialog box appears.
3 Select the .ISD files you want to bring in.
4 Click Open.
The files are added to the Point Cloud Manager. You can now create
merge files and filter your point cloud data the same way you work with
LiDAR data.
(page 1015)
To create a point cloud layer for point cloud objects already in your map
1 Click Data ➤ Add Drawing Data ➤ Point Cloud.
2 In the Select Point Cloud dialog box, select the point cloud object or
objects.
3 To add point cloud objects to a Display Manager group, select Group
Selection.
4 Click OK.
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