Drawing a 3D vector

[jonbylo]

Hi

I'm new to CloudCompare and point clouds. Is it possible to draw 3D vector lines between 2 individual points in the cloud, directly into CloudCompare? Is it then possible to save those lines out to CAD?

Thanks in advance.

Jon

[daniel]

Yes. The easiest way is to do it with the 'Point List picking' tool:
http://www.cloudcompare.org/doc/wiki/in ... st_picking

Once you have selected the points, you can export them as a new polyline.

Eventually you will be able to highlight the generated polylines and save them as DXF.

[jonbylo]

Thanks Daniel.
I'd like to be able to see the line once drawn. Its purpose is to check the line of sight between the two points selected and therefore I need to see if there are any clashes with other points in the cloud.

[daniel]

You'll see the line once it is exported in the DB tree (i.e. once you click on the 'new polyline' entry in the Point List picking tool).