2011

AutoCAD Map 3D adds a point cloud layer to the Display Manager.
To adjust the display density point clouds in your map
1 Click Create ribbon tab ➤ Point Cloud Panel ➤ Point Cloud drop-down
list.
2 Adjust the Point Cloud Density slider to the right to increase the display
density of your point cloud objects. Adjust the slider to the left to decrease
the display density.
3 Alternately, at the command prompt enter pointclouddensity, then enter
a value from 1 through 100.
Quick Reference
MAPPOINTCLOUDMANAGER
Creates and manages indexed point cloud data stores.
MAPPOINTCLOUDMANAGERCommand Line
Point Cloud ManagerDialog Box
Converting Data From Other Formats to Drawing
Objects
You can import maps from other formats into AutoCAD Map 3D. The imported
data is brought into the current drawing and the geometry is converted to
drawing objects. The attribute data and display options associated with the
objects can also be imported.
In addition, you can specify an area of the map to import, assign incoming
objects to existing object classes, and automatically perform a coordinate
conversion on the objects as they are imported.
When you directly access data through FDO (using Data Connect), you make
all edits and changes directly to the source. When you import data, you bring
in a copy of the data and you cut the connection to the data source. Your
changes are made only to the copy in your map.
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