Clipping box

Menu: Edit / Clipping box


Another way to filter 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. 

Several options are available:

  • Pick position: Begins the picking process to position the center of the box
  • Show: Displays the clipping box boundaries
  • Modify: Displays the axis of the clipping box, so that they can be selected with the mouse and adjusted dynamically. The modify by text will not be available as long as the modify option is on.
  • 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 by 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 the 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.