Point Cloud 2010

MicroSurvey

PointCloud CAD 2010 is a high performance CAD, Surveying, and Point Cloud system.

Built on the successful MicroSurvey CAD 2010 Premium platform, PointCloud CAD includes the same rendering engine that is used in products like 3DStudio, Solidworks, Pro Engineer, and Microstation.

It lets you look at and work with your data in ways you never thought possible. Our rendering capabilities give you the tools you need to analyze, edit, and build compelling surfaces, drawings, and animations with ease.

The PointCloud CAD Advantage

Surveyors all over the world use MicroSurvey CAD to complete their infrastructure and design projects. MicroSurvey has been building software for the surveying industry for over 20 years and with all this experience, we are able to offer the best surveying CAD software package available today.

PointCloud CAD is built using the most powerful graphics engine available combined with the Leica pcE point cloud engine. This combination allows for the easy manipulation of millions of points. Our use of DWG files allows for the display and animation of DWG entities directly in the point cloud.

MicroSurvey has been developing its desktop software on the IntelliCAD engine for over 4 years. MicroSurvey CAD opens and saves AutoCAD drawing files (V2.5 through 2009) and uses DWG as its native format. IntelliCAD’s command set, toolbar and menu structure is very similar to AutoCAD so you can install MicroSurvey CAD into existing AutoCAD environments with ease!

We value and listen to our customers and we support what we build. MicroSurvey’s technical support has been ranked number one by industry professionals and our customer service is world class. MicroSurvey CAD includes over 12 hours of extensive training movies, which equates to reading thousands of pages of manuals. Learning while you work has never been this easy.

PointCloud 2010 Features and Specifications:

Integrated PointCloud with CAD

Dual Screen operation. PointCloud in one window, CAD in the other
Draw lines, arcs, circles, points, polylines directly in the point cloud
Extend, Trim, Fillet directly in the point cloud
Temporary and Live draw modes display created entities in the CAD drawing in real time
Incorporates the Techsoft Hoops Graphics system for the Point Cloud manipulation - the highest performance graphics system
Allows for the manipulation of tens of millions of points

Built with Leica pcE Technology

Highly efficient database indexes the point data for fast access
Display up to 8 million points at a time
Point database is virtually unlimited. Only physical limitations present.
Import PTS, or LAS files into the indexed PCI format
Works directly with Leica PCI files created by Cyclone 7

Powerful PointCloud Data Visualization Tools

Familiar CAD viewing and zooming behavior
Cutting cubes to segment clouds
Slice Tools
Reference Planes
Visibility Controls

Incredible Keyframe Professional Animation

Animate CAD objects directly in the point cloud
Static and animated cameras through the cloud
Animation path support - with object follow or cameras on objects
BMP, JPG, PNG, TIFF, AVI, MPG, DivX exports of images and videos
Frame by frame control

Surface Modeling, Contouring and Visualization

Create a surface of your point cloud with the click of a button
Find lowest point by grid to help create accurate ground models from point cloud or LIDAR data
Surfaces and Contours can be viewed directly in the point cloud

Includes MicroSurvey CAD!

Includes the complete MicroSurvey CAD Premium version
Store coordinates in the project database with descriptions and point identifiers
Create surfaces, surveying, engineering data from point clouds
Build topo maps using surveying drafting tools
Creates finished plots and DWG files for distribution to customers

PointCloud 2010 CAD System Requirements

Hardware Requirements
PointCloud CAD operates entirely within Windows, and has no hardware requirements over and above those of Windows itself except as noted below. We suggest the following basic system as a minimum for efficient operation:

• Pentium processor - 2GHz minimum - the faster the better!
• 3GB of RAM - note that the PointCloud Engine supports and uses 64bit machines
• 50GB free hard disk space
• XGA or better monitor (Dual Screen operation is highly recommended)
• For animation production, a graphics card with 512MB RAM is needed for frame buffering
• Video resolution set to 1280x1024 or better
• Mouse, digitizing tablet or other pointing device
• Available USB port for the USB Security Key

In order to use the data collector communication features, your system will also need an external RS-232 serial port or a USB connection for best performance with MicroSurvey FieldGenius.

In order to get printed output, you will require a printer or plotter configured to work in your Windows environment. We recommend obtaining the most up-to-date printer/plotter drivers off of the manufacturers Internet web site.

Software Requirements
PointCloud CAD is designed for use with Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7. Note: On Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 machines you will require Administrative rights to install the software.

Network License Use
The new MicroSurvey License Server software is installed on one computer in the office. This computer must have the USB Security key plugged into it. We have had good success testing this on multiple machines.