HOW TO START?

A QUICK UNDET TOOLBOX GUIDE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Your First Undet Project ..................................................................................................................................................... 3

Start AutoCAD with Undet.............................................................................................................................................. 3

Open Point Cloud Tool Box palette ................................................................................................................................ 3

Create new project ......................................................................................................................................................... 4

Set 3D mode and zoom to object ................................................................................................................................... 5

Go to detail with View Section ....................................................................................................................................... 5

Create View Section ................................................................................................................................................... 5

Change size and position ............................................................................................................................................ 6

Change the Colors and Visibility ..................................................................................................................................... 6

Assign color scheme to View Section ......................................................................................................................... 6

Change coloring setings .............................................................................................................................................. 7

Create Ortoimage ........................................................................................................................................................... 8

Where to find more information ........................................................................................................................................ 9

TECHNICAL SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................................................ 10

Performance recommendations ...................................................................................................................................... 11

Recommended AutoCAD and Undet settings .............................................................................................................. 11

Adopt AutoCAD by your needs ................................................................................................................................. 11

Select optimal project settings ................................................................................................................................. 12

License management ........................................................................................................................................................ 13

Trial period ................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Activation process ........................................................................................................................................................ 13

License Transfer process .............................................................................................................................................. 14

Remove License ........................................................................................................................................................ 14

Reinstall and get new Activation Code ..................................................................................................................... 14

YOUR FIRST UNDET PROJECT

Congratulation! You have successfully installed Undet – Point Cloud Tool Box for AutoCAD and its vertical products.

Undet will help you to create 2D drawings and 3D models faster and easier. This section will explain your first steps for

using Undet.

START AUTOCAD WITH UNDET

From Windows environment go to: Start->Undet->Point Cloud Tool Box> Undet on AutoCAD _______

OPEN POINT CLOUD TOOL BOX PALETTE

After Undet installation in AutoCAD environment you will find:

- Point Cloud ToolBox Ribbon Tab, if you work with Ribbons

- Point Cloud ToolBox Menu and Toolbar, if you work with classic style interface.

To start work with Undet, press Open Point Cloud ToolBox , it will open Point Cloud ToolBox control palette.

CREATE NEW PROJECT

1. At the Point Cloud ToolBox control palette press New to open New Project dialog box

2. Select Project type for optimal point cloud performance.

3. At New Project dialog box press Add Files , to select files to import

4. In created list of files, select all files with same format and press rigth-click at Format field to assign data format.

5. To start data import, press Create Project and enter new Project name to save imported data.

6. Please wait and work with other programs, while import in progress.

SET 3D MODE AND ZOOM TO OBJECT

1. Turn on 3D Color Mode to get better performance and to see point cloud in colors.

2. Change view point to object (with ViewCube).

GO TO DETAIL WITH VIEW SECTION

CREATE VIEW SECTION

Create

with

Box

Define Box, to see in detail

part of point cloud,

CHANGE SIZE AND POSITION

View Section size and position can be changed in two ways: 1. Select Point Cloud, to get properties palette

(press keys ‘Ctrl+1’) and change Geometry. 2. Select Point Cloud and change View Section

size by dragging grips, position and orientation by dragging gizmo.

Change properties

Move grips

Move gizmo

Rotate gizmo

CHANGE THE COLORS AND VISIBILITY

ASSIGN COLOR SCHEME TO VIEW SECTION

At the status bar selects:

Coloring by

View

Sections

sets coloring to Active View Section. Active Coloring Option is displaying and can be changed in

View Sections List. There are several Coloring Options, that can be used for View Section

coloring:

None – removes all coloring from Point Cloud Object in Active View Section. All points have the same color, specified in AutoCAD options.

By Intensity – colors Point Cloud Object in Active View Section by the settings, specified in Coloring Options dialog box, By Intensity tab.

By Z – colors Point Cloud Object in Active View Section by the settings, specified in Coloring Options dialog box, By Height (Z value) tab.

By Plane – colors Point Cloud Object in Active View Section by the settings, specified in Coloring Options dialog box, By Distance from Reference Plane tab, using

Reference Plane, which is matches with current UCS Plane by default settings. If you want to change Reference Plane, use Change Plane command.

Source – colors Point Cloud Object in Active View Section by RGB palette colors, which were specified in imported Point Cloud Data Files.

Specified colors (Red, Green, Blue, Custom color).

CHANGE COLORING SETINGS

Data by Intensity, by Z, by plane can be represented by different ways. Use Coloring in View Preferences tab to change

representation settings.

CREATE ORTOIMAGE

Generate Image

Converts Active View Section to raster image co-planar to Screen Plane view. Launches Image Preview Dialog Box, where you can set grid cell size in square meters to define image precision and detail level. It is strongly recommended to use 2D B&W Mode for digitalization of raster images.

Here you can see preview effect of the changings, which you have made with Image Settings tool.

Zoom Changes the magnification of the view by zooming in and out

Best Fit Displays the maximum extents of all visible objects.

Image Settings

Sets grid cell size in square meters to define preview image precision and detail level.

WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION

To get more information:

Read Help. You can find it on Start->Undet->Point Cloud Tool Box>Help section. Choose Online Help to get most

updated information about Undet, if you don’t have internet connection, please use Offline Help. Alternatively

Help can be accessed, directly from AutoCAD help accesses area or from Point Cloud ToolBox palette.

Help from start

Help from AutoCAD

Help from Point Cloud ToolBox

Go to our website support page http://www.infoera.com/Undet-support and get the direct connection to our

staff.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

PERFORMANCE RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDED AUTOCAD AND UNDET SETTINGS

ADOPT AUTOCAD BY YOUR NEEDS

2D B&W

Mode

Turns on drawing settings to 2D drawing mode. This mode is recommended to

do 2D digitalization of raster images, which can be generated from Point Cloud

Objects in Active View Section, using Generate Image command. Point Clouds

Objects in this mode appear in bicolor.

3D Color

Mode

Turns on drawing settings to 3D drawing mode. This mode is recommended

when you do modeling or digitalization, using directly Point Cloud Object or

created View Section. In this mode Point Cloud Objects appear with predefined

colors.

Point Cloud

Density

Use lower value for higher performance.

SELECT OPTIMAL PROJECT SETTINGS

Coordinate system recommendation:

o Use original coordinate system, If your surveyed object

coordinates is:

1. In range -10000 to 10000 is recommended to use default value

Original coordinate system.

2. Out of range -10000 to 10000 and you have to draw 2D

drawings or 3D model from primitives like box, cylinder…

o Use Project coordinate system:

3. If your surveyed object coordinates is out of range -10000 to

10000 and you have to draw complex 3D models, using

advanced 3D modeling commands like Revolve, Sweep…

Max. Visible Points Count – recommendation to set this value is interval from 2 to 10 millions. Lower value gives

higher performance, but will be visible smaller part of object in detail at once. Higher value will course lower

performance, but will be visible larger part of object in detail at once. Selection of this value depends on your

hardware configuration. Setting this value too high to your hardware possibilities can course system to out of

memory or to hide all points.

Project type impacts performance of your point cloud project management, this selection must be done depending

on your project, 3D scanner types and is tradeoff between visibility, performance and different projects tasks.

Selection guidelines:

1. LIDAR data management and analysis – this selection suitable for fast navigation, and data management in LIDAR

projects. In this case Point Cloud data are collected using Airborne scanners.

2. Topography, Corridor mapping, 3D City modeling – this selection applied for extracting topography objects and 3D

models from point clouds. To collect point cloud data for this project type we can use Airborne, Mobile or Terrestrial

scanners.

3. Buildings, Infrastructure objects, Plants – this selection is applied for 3D modeling and 2D drawings of any objects

which we scanned using Mobile or Terrestrial scanners.

4. Detailed scanned objects - this selection applied for drawing detailed scanned object parts or small objects. In

most of case to collect point cloud data for this project type we are using Terrestrial scanners.

LICENSE MANAGEMENT

License manager can be accessed in two ways:

1. At the trial period manager will appear automatically when you will try to open Point Cloud ToolBox palette.

2. At any time License manager can be accessed at About Undet dialog

TRIAL PERIOD

After installation you have 7 days to evaluate Undet full functionality. To use Trial, please select radio button Enter

application and press Continue >>

ACTIVATION PROCESS

After trial period you will need to unlock application:

1. Press BUY and proceed onscreen instructions. 2. After you get ACTIVATION CODE:

o Select radio button Unlock application o Enter ACTIVATION CODE for Your current machine

o Press Continue >>. At one time, ACTIVATION CODE is valid only for on one specified machine:

- If you want use Undet on more than one machine you need to BUY additional licenses. - If you want use Undet on another machine, please follow License transfer process instructions. - If you want to upgrade your hardware or operating system, please follow License transfer process

instructions.

LICENSE TRANSFER PROCESS

REMOVE LICENSE

After purchasing Undet you will get ACTIVATION CODE,

please keep it in safe place. One Undet license is valid for

only one registered machine.

You must remove license from current machine:

- Before to upgrading your machine operating system or some of hardware, like CPU, HDD…

- If you want use Undet on another machine. To remove Undet license: 1. Go to License manager 2. Enter Your ACTIVATION CODE 3. Select radio button Remove license and press Continue

>>

4. Confirm to continue removal process.

5. Please, write down REMOVAL CODE and save it. You will need REMOVAL CODE in order to get new activation code.

REINSTALL AND GET NEW ACTIVATION CODE

1. Install Undet on new or on upgraded machine 2. Start Undet 3. At Undet License manager press Get Activation and follow onscreen instructions.