## Manipulating Pointclouds

Pointcloud dialog box

The Pointcloud dialog box will only have an effect if the COP command contains data.

The Pointcloud dialog box contains the following elements:

- ID - Contains a unique identity of the pointcloud command being edited.

- Size - Total number of points in the pointcloud.

- Color - Allows you to use a different color for the display of the color map. To change the pointcloud color, select the Color check box and then click on the Color box to select the needed color from Color dialog box.

- Tessellate - Select this check box to tessellate the pointcloud. This may improve the quality of the displayed pointcloud.

- Commands List - This area contains the list of features or scans that send data to the COP command in the dialog box.

- Point Info - With the Pointcloud dialog box open, clicking on a pointcloud point in the graphics window opens the Pointcloud Point Information dialog box containing information about the point with respect the alignment. This box contains the point's numerical ID, its coordinates, and estimated normal of the point. Corresponding CAD points are also displayed with CAD coordinates and CAD normal. Finally, the deviation between the Point and CAD is shown with the scale for the deviation arrow specified in the dialog. Point selection has no associated COPOPER command. With the Pointcloud Point Information dialog open and clicking on the Create Point button, two scenarios are possible:

- - If there is a CAD model in the part program and the pointcloud is aligned, a Laser Surface Point is created, inserted and resolved at the selected position.

  - Otherwise, a Constructed Offset point is created and inserted in the part program.

- Purge / Reset - The Reset button restores all the data stored in a COP command. The Purge button permanently deletes all the data in a cloud of points that is not currently shown, selected, or filtered. This causes the cloud of points to only keep the visible data.

See "Pointcloud Point Information" for information on viewing Pointcloud point deviation information.