Pointools View Pro 1.7 Specification
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Workflow and User Interface
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- Full camera or object based manoeurability around data
- Store and restorable camera positions
- View point clouds, 3d models, drawings and notes
- Objects managed through eay-to-understand objects tree
- User settings are saved between sessions
- Multi-threaded for performance
- Extendable plug-in architecture
- Keyboard shortcuts for many operations
- Querying and editing of object properties via list
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Viewing Engine
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- Dynamic degrading for consistent frame rate
- Perspective and orthographic projection
- Axis constrained or free arcball rotation
- Align view to plane defined by 2 or 3 points
- Gradient or flat viewport background with grid and axis icon
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Vortex Point Cloud Engine
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- Handles large datasets with 100's millions of points
- Rapid background data streaming while you work
- View files many times larger than available memory
- Intelligent memory handling minimizes system paging boosting performance
- Efficient accuracy based compressed file format
- Multiple intensity colour ramps and variable point size
- Sizable and rotatable limit box to isolate areas for viewing in real-time
- Ordered or gridded data can be lit with selectable material quality
- Front bias dynamic display option
- Adaptive point size display option
- Configurable points display optimiser
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Animation Engine
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- Easy to use animation system based on timeline editing
- Animate Camera to produce fly-throughs
- Animate other parameters such as lighting, clip box and point display size
- Create smooth animation using interpolation
- Render as tga, jpg or tif sequence
- Render as avi movie
- Anti-aliased rendering for superior quality
- Motion blur effects for smooth and realistic motion
- Graph editor gives more control to advanced users
- Animation wizard makes fly-through production easy for beginners
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Import and Export Formats
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- Imports
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Pointools ptl and pod
Leica ptx, pts and ptz
Generic Ascii (configurable)
Riegl rsp and 3dd
LAS format
Terrascan bin format
Mensii Ascii
DeltaSphere3000 rtpi
Faro fws, fls
Optech ixf
Topcon cl3
3dStudio 3ds
Lightwave lwo (v.6.0b+)
Wavefront obj
Autocad DXF and DWG
Shapefile SHP
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- Exports
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Pointools ptl and pod, inc re-export
Generic Ascii xyz (fully configurable)
Leica pts
AutoCAD dxf
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Image Generation
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- Image rendering to high resolutions (100+ Megapixel images possible)
- Definable ruler markings
- Image scale can be output on image for correct print or CAD scaling
- Variable anti-aliasing option for crisp and smooth image output
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Features
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- Point to point or single point measurement
- Sketch on top of view with Pen tool, ideal for presentations
- Annotate project with notes attached to object geometry
- Output coded points/measurements as text file
- Real-time rotateable clip-box for quickly isolating points
- Section viewer allows viewing of sections through point data
- Editable 3D model material properties
- Editable model positioning and rotation
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Stereoscopic Viewing
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- Anaglyph (red-cyan or other) glasses mode
- Support for Sharp auto-stereoscopic (glasses free) screens
- Support for shutter glasses or any other Quadbuffered GL stereo device
- Control over depth amount and Zero Disparity Plane placement
- Works with Snapshot tool to enable capture of stereo images
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Version 1.7
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Pointools Ltd reserve the right to change this specification without prior notice
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