Reset Clip Self explanatory – View Right the view – “Rights” Fitters: Leica does have a pipe fitting toolset in CloudWorx, although it seems to be way behind what is present in Cyclone. Pipe Works pretty well – Connect Pipe Works ok at best – Flange Works ok at best – Section been able to get any use out of this tool – Haven’t Rendering: This is all about how the points are displayed in Revit. Regenerate Regenerates the points after changing settings – Point Visibility Toggles points on or off – Point Density Lets you set point density options, though not as intelligently as like to see – I’d Point Coloration Options Hallelujah! This is the biggest win in CloudWorx for me. As someone – who has worked with a lot of scans in a lot of learned that point coloration is one of software, I’ve the most important tools to help end users understand what and make the right they’re seeing decisions. Since CloudWorx is based on Cyclone, those advanced options like X, Y, or Z range color mapping are all there in addition to the basic ones we all expect (but get in Revit don’t without CloudWorx). Information: Location at Pick, Location of Cloud, These tools are useful for setting up coordinate etc… systems in Revit, and the angle to true north can be manually figured out by measuring multiple locations. To BIM or not to BIM The long and short of it is that you always need a BIM. Begin with the end in mind is don’t always a good mantra, and that is no different with Scan to BIM workflows. Ask yourself WHY you want to model something scanned. What is your use case, and can the scan data you’ve serve that purpose as is? Use Cases Analysis You need to model it – Demolition You need to model it – Documentation You need to model it – As built verification No need to model – No need to model Coordination – Etc… Scans in a coordination environment So, we mentioned coordination and that usually means Navisworks. Scans are fantastic for coordination work. Whether trying to as-built existing conditions or something you’re you’ve
Reset Clip – Self explanatory View Right – “Rights” the view Fitters: Leica does have a pipe fitting toolset in CloudWorx, although it seems to be way behind what is present in Cyclone. Pipe – Works pretty well Connect Pipe – Works ok at best Flange – Works ok at best Section – Haven’t been able to get any use out of this tool Rendering: This is all about how the points are displayed in Revit. Regenerate – Regenerates the points after changing settings Point Visibility – Toggles points on or off Point Density – Lets you set point density options, though not as intelligently as I’d like to see Point Coloration Options – Hallelujah! This is the biggest win in CloudWorx for me. As someone who has worked with a lot of scans in a lot of software, I’ve learned that point coloration is one of the most important tools to help end users understand what they’re seeing and make the right decisions. Since CloudWorx is based on Cyclone, those advanced options like X, Y, or Z range color mapping are all there in addition to the basic ones we all expect (but don’t get in Revit without CloudWorx). Information: Location at Pick, Location of Cloud, etc… These tools are useful for setting up coordinate systems in Revit, and the angle to true north can be manually figured out by measuring multiple locations. To BIM or not to BIM The long and short of it is that you don’t always need a BIM. Begin with the end in mind is always a good mantra, and that is no different with Scan to BIM workflows. Ask yourself WHY you want to model something you’ve scanned. What is your use case, and can the scan data serve that purpose as is? Use Cases Analysis – You need to model it Demolition – You need to model it Documentation – You need to model it As built verification – No need to model Coordination – No need to model Etc… Scans in a coordination environment So, we mentioned coordination and that usually means Navisworks. Scans are fantastic for coordination work. Whether you’re trying to as-built existing conditions or something you’ve
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