5.03 Clipping Box
Trim the point cloud
Cut and trim the point cloud you imported into Archicad with the BIMmTool.
This feature assists you in removing scatter or mirror effects from the point cloud, removing a building in a house row, hiding the furnishings in a room, etc.
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Activate the Trim Point cloud command in the BIMmTool Palette. |
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Draw the contours of the clipping box on the floor plan. The Clipping Palette pops up with the point cloud trim options. |
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Define clipping box's lower and upper edge height in the Archicad info box. |
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You can decide to cut out the points inside or outside of the clipping box. |
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Click Delete to permanently remove the corresponding points from the project. Attention: This action is irreversible. If you wish to restore the deleted points in the project, you'll have to re-import the point clouds. Click Hide to hide the points according to the chosen clipping box operation. This option allows you to recuperate the points without importing the point cloud again. |
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Hide the point cloud of the core building to combine the generated model with the rest of the point cloud to visualize it in its current spatial surroundings!
Create new cloud
This feature assists you in saving a section of the whole point cloud and placing it as a separate object to observe and display a more detailed view of the selected section. Use it to visualize or print elevations containing statues or highly ornamental building elements, for example.
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Activate the Trim Point cloud command in the BIMmTool Palette. |
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Draw the contours of the bounding box on the floor plan. The Clipping Palette pops up with the point cloud trim options. |
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Define clipping box's lower and upper edge height in the Archicad info box. |
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Select Create new cloud from the Clipping Palette and give your new point cloud object a name. |
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You can find the detached point cloud object in the Project's Point Cloud Library. |
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Set the display parameters individually to the detached point cloud object in the Custom Settings section of the object settings. |
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Place the point cloud object in the project and explore its details in its individual resolution. |
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Create a virtual panorama
This feature assures a significant productivity gain especially when working with unstructured point clouds.
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Activate the Trim Point cloud command in the BIMmTool Palette. |
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Draw the contours of the bounding box on the floor plan. The Clipping Palette pops up with the point cloud trim options. |
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Define clipping box's lower and upper edge height in the Archicad info box. |
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Select Create new panorama from the Clipping Palette and give a name to your new virtual panorama. |
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You can find the panorama object object in the Project's Point Cloud Library. |
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Set the display parameters individually to the panorama object in the Custom Settings section of the object settings. |
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Place the virtual panorama object at the center of the bounding box. Make sure that you set the panorama object's elevation at the same height as the bottom elevation of the bounding box. Pick up the location from the BIMmTool menu to display its content in the BIMmNavigator. Now you can take measures and start modeling based on the virtual panorama!
