Hide/Unhide

Hide/Unhide allows you to move scan points you do not want to work with to the hidden layer or to bring them back to the visible one.

Point cloud points can be selected either from the graphical view or using some existing features (closed lines/areas).

To hide point cloud points to the hidden layer:

To hide point cloud points to the hidden layer:

1.

In the Inspector, select the Features tab and select a closed line or area. In the Navigator, a closed line/area can be selected from the Library section. You can also select lines or areas in the graphical view.OR:Alternatively, select a set of point cloud points from the graphical view.

2.

Select Hide Inside from the Point Clouds ribbon bar if you want to hide points inside the selection made or select Hide Outside to hide points outside the selection. The selected closed line/area is projected along the height axis and all point clouds that are visible in the graphical view are affected.OR:Alternatively, point clouds points can be hidden from the context menu. Right-click the selected closed line/area and select Hide Inside or Hide Outside or right-click the point cloud in the graphical view and select Hide.

Features

Hide Inside

Hide Outside

Hide Inside

Hide Outside

Hide

A subitems structure is created both in the project library and in the inspector.

The hidden points subitem can only be visualised with single colour (by layer) colouring mode. This can be changed from the layer manager.

To unhide point cloud points to the visible layer:

To unhide point cloud points to the visible layer:

1.	From the project navigator Library, expand the parent point cloud object or navigate to the subitem in the Features tab of the inspector. Then switch on the visibility eye for the hidden point cloud points subitem. In the graphical view, highlight the points that must be moved back to the visible layer.
2.	Select Unhide from the Point Clouds ribbon bar or right-click the point cloud in the graphical view and select Unhide from the context menu.

Unhide

If all points belonging to the hidden layer are unhidden, the subitem structure is removed from the project library and the inspector.

Enable point cloud lighting to improve point cloud visibility. Brightness can be changed using the slider to the right.

Enable point cloud lighting