Clipping box

Menu: Edit / Clipping box


Another way to filter up the point cloud is to create a bounding box. It will isolate the points in the main point cloud as the fence does, but with a 3D box instead of a 2D fence from the view perspective. 

A number of options are available:

  • Pick position: Begins the picking process to position the center of the box
  • Show: Display the clipping box boundaries
  • Modify: Displays axis of the clipping box, so that they can be selected with the mouse and adjusted dynamically. While the modify option is on, the modify by text will not be available.
  • Erase: Erases the existing fence from the screen
  • Hide out: Hides all points outside of the fence
  • Hide in: Hides all points inside the fence
  • Select: All points within the clipping box will be selected
  • Modify bu text boxes: Allows to modify the size, position and rotation of the clipping box by entering the data manually. It can not be modified if th clipping box is currently in modified mode with the axis appearing on the main window.


Note that the clipping box can not be activated with the bounding box simultaneously, activating a clipping box will deactivate the fence and vice-versa.Â