Menu: Analyze / Analyze surface
The You can also use the “Color by surface” tool is also available in the Objects "Oject tabin " of the explorer by right clicking . Right click on a "surface" and selecting select “Colorize points by distance”.
This tool will colorize surface points according to their distance to the selected surface. An existing surface must be selected in from the list and a “Max distance” must be entered. The “Execute” button will find all nearby points, calculate their distance with the surface and colorize them accordingly. A colorized point cloud will appear in a secondary window and the histogram in the “Range of colors” will be calculated.
A .PDF report can be created with this tool. The report will contain include a title, a subtitle, a histogram and a printscreen a screenshot of the secondary window. To modify To customize the title and subtitle, click on the button next next to the “Report” button. The titles may be personalized here. Clicking By clicking on “Report” generates it will generate a .PDF file showing the histogram of point distribution and a screen capture of the secondary window when the function was triggered.
A downsample option has been added to reduce the number of points included in the calculation, effectively reducing decreasing processing time. The downsample value added means value suggests that only 1 point in the specified area specified will be conserved kept for calculation.