![]() Newer point cloud formats will display reflected colours and textures which can be seen in the rendered example below. In the Front viewport, Shift +Move the spline up to copy it. ![]() In the modifier stack display, turn on Spline sub-object, then select the circle. On the Modify panel, choose Edit Spline from the Modifier List. Drag in the Top viewport to create a circle about 100 units in radius. In the screen shot below I used the Elevation 'ramp' and configured it with 5 nodes to give a reasonable range in colours. On the Create panel, click (Shapes), then click Circle. The colour channel options allow you to theme the point cloud data with either the original colour settings (dependent upon the file format and age of data), elevation, intensity or normal options. With additional settings for rendering purposes as opposed to viewport settings. Options include, point density, giving a control of performance versus quality. Clicking on that command brings up the following set of options in the command panel, including the import RCP function. ![]() This process will be covered in an additional blog in the near future. Max won't bring in Raw point cloud data, but it will read Autodesk Recap file formats (RCP). The import command can be accessed from the 'Geometry' option in the command panel, located about halfway the drop down list with the label Point Cloud Objects. This now brings Max into line of import capabilities with the other products in Autodesk range like Civil 3D, Revit and the Core AutoCAD product. ![]() One of the new features in Max Design 2015 is the ability to import surveyor's point cloud data.
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