• TIN Comparison / Heat Maps in Descartes?

    Danny Turner
    Danny Turner
    Hi - I need to compare the design surface with the 3SM. Is it possible to do Surface Tin Comparison in Descartes? I need to create a heat map from the comparison.
    • over 3 years ago
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  • Terrain Modelling Inputs

    WendyH
    WendyH
    Hi Everyone I could use some help with a terrain model I am putting together in Descartes for export to Microstation CE and ultimately LumenRT. I am not a civil drafter, and could use some advice in this regard. I have created an STM in Decartes and…
    • over 7 years ago
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  • Creating Section Cuts for Sheets

    Curtis Slater
    Curtis Slater
    So I have a new question... I have a point cloud of a tunnel and I would like to create section cuts through the point cloud at 6 inch increments to verify the tunnel is in "good shape" and there are no anomalies throughout. Also I believe this information…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • What PointCloud Tools Supports Difference Testing against a Reference model

    Frank Klein
    Frank Klein
    Is there a piece of Bentley tool that supports difference testing from point cloud against a reference model which outputs color shaded views and plots: Something similar to InRoads ISOPACH Surface! see: This is a link to an german institute person…
    • over 9 years ago
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  • Reducing density of points from a POD as imported in microestation.

    Fernando Holguin
    Fernando Holguin
    We are trying to generate solids in a dgn file to work in microestation from a POD file via importing the cloud and using the xyz coordinates tool to import the points before creating a mesh by point, we want to reduce the density of the points to say…
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    • over 9 years ago
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  • RE: Point Clouds for a newbie

    Kurt Rasmussen
    Kurt Rasmussen
    You can use Descartes "Smart Snap" to select the highest point along the top of rail to trace the rails or the 3D line follow tool if you have intensities to your point cloud. This will give you a rough horizontal alignment. fyi- InRoads ss3 has a …
    • over 9 years ago
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  • RE: Point Clouds for a newbie

    Kurt Rasmussen
    Kurt Rasmussen
    Hi, The following channel has lots of videos that will aid you with your workflow. http://www.youtube.com/user/GeoSpatialAE Some specific videos to assist you with creating a dtm: Terrain from Point Cloud : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVLDWyc7n_Q&list…
    • over 9 years ago
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  • Point Cloud Line Draping on Descartes SS3

    John Nolan
    John Nolan
    Hi , i am trying to drape linear elements onto ground classified point cloud. for some reason it is not working. an error pops up saying "element not valid for tool" Any help greatly appreciated John
    • over 10 years ago
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