DN Staff

July 28, 2010

1 Min Read
Pointools' 4 Rhino

Pointools, a laser scanningdata processing software specialist, has released the latest version ofPointools 4 Rhino. Delivering point cloud display technology into Rhinoceros 3D modelingsoftware means that designers can visualize their designs within a real-worldcontext. Pointools allows 3-D models to be created from the millions of 3-Dmeasurements collected by laser scanning devices.

Rhinoceros 3D is a stand-alone modeling tool commonly used for industrial, marine, jewelry, graphic and automotivedesign, as well as architecture, CAD/CAM, rapid prototyping, reverse engineeringand multimedia. Pointools 4 Rhino enables users to benefit from Rhino'spowerful design toolset within a point cloud context and is ideal forvisualizing, modeling and drawing.

Working with 100s of millions of laser points Rhino users can now utilizedifferent point shading settings in each viewport to optimize each view. Rapidviewport sections allow the user to easily make any orthographic view into asection view, choose its thickness and dynamically update its position bygrabbing the section in another viewport. The Pointools plug also enablesthe construction plane to be linked to the section view so the user is alwaysdrawing in the right place. Also included are powerful region tools forselection and manipulation of the data, providing a fast easy way to view onlythe data required.

Pointools' 4 Rhino

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