Point clouds have the following properties:

  • Name:
    • Can be changed by clicking and typing over.
  • Minimum/Maximum Altitude:
    • Set constants for the data object.
  • X,Y,Z:
    • Current local position, can be changed by clicking and typing over.
  • Lock Position:
    • Locks the object that stops you from accidentally moving the Data Object on the screen.
  • Earth Aligned:
    • Will rotate the objects up axis to the globe up axis.
  • EPSG:
    • Moves the point cloud to the georeferenced position if not done so at VPC Creator time.
  • Version:
    • Displays import generation version number.
  • Point Count:
    • The number of points in the cloud.
  • Point Size:
    • Point Size the visual displayed size of a single point.
  • Point Ratio:
    • The visual displayed point adjusted for distance if Point Filling is on.
  • Quality:
    • Controls how many points Arena4D will attempt to hold in RAM and draw at any one time.
  • Opacity:
    • Renders the image with transparencies on the points.  Opacity will also lower the performance.
  • Colour:
    • Controls how points will be coloured within a point cloud.  Colour changes between Intensity and Colour (result on screen will depend on colourisation icon setting and imported data).
  • Properties:
    • Changes the brightness, contrast and RGB (results on screen will depend on the colour option and colourisation icon setting).
  • Colourise Intensity:
    • Colourise Intensity displays RGB values for each point based on intensity values within the cloud.
  • Classifications:
    • Displays colours dependent on the Classification settings.
  • Server:
    • This shows where the file is being served from, if not Local File is display.