Analyze surface

The “Color by surface” tool is also available in the "Oject tab" in the explorer by right clicking on a "surface" and selecting “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 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 a title, a subtitle, a histogram and a printscreen of the secondary window. To modify the title and subtitle, click on the  button next to the “Report” button. The titles may be personalized here. Clicking on “Report” generates 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 processing time. The downsample value added means that only 1 point in the area specified will be conserved for calculation.