View Deformation of a Wall/surface

Bentley Pointools V8i has a useful tool; the Plane Shader, which gives the user a way of colouring point clouds based on their position in any direction.  Typically this would be used in the Z axis and called a height shader, but we can use it in any direction to show, for example, the deformation of a non-planar wall.

To do this

• Align yourself to the wall using the Align 2 Point tool. You can find this in the View ribbon.  Simply click two points as far as apart as possible to align yourself to the plane they lie in. This will keep the Up vector, so it's perfect for aligning to a wall.