Bentley Descartes 2023

Visual Explorer tool settings



SettingDescription
Flashlight / Cross Section

Enables or disables Visual Explorer display and selects the display mode (Flashlight or Cross Section)

KEY-IN: POINTCLOUDADV VISUALEXPLORER FLASHLIGHT
KEY-IN: POINTCLOUDADV VISUALEXPLORER CROSSSECTION
Radius

Sets radius in master units.

Tip: Dynamically measure on the point cloud by clicking on the Radius icon.

KEY-IN: POINTCLOUDADV VISUALEXPLORER RADIUS [ <Radius> ]
Height

Sets height in master units.

Tip: Dynamically measure on the point cloud by clicking on the Height icon.

KEY-IN: POINTCLOUDADV VISUALEXPLORER HEIGHT [ <Height> ]
Settings

Use to set colors for Forward, Backward and On-Plane regions and to set the Transparency and Thickness.

KEY-IN: POINTCLOUDADV VISUALEXPLORER TRANSPARENCY [ <Transparency> ]
Bold

Enables\Disables bold highlighting on points recolored by the flashlight.

KEY-IN: POINTCLOUDADV VISUALEXPLORER BOLD < ON > < OFF >
Change Visual Explorer

Starts the change Visual Explorer mode to permit setting the direction with the following commands.

Action

Result

Space bar

Toggles the display of cone or cylinder.

Alt + left click

Rotates the Visual Explorer direction dynamically

R

Resets the Visual Explorer direction to be aligned with the view

C

Snaps the cursor on the point cloud along the view direction.

V

Determines whether the rotation is view dependent or not

Shift + mouse wheel

Changes the depth of the cursor along Visual Explorer direction – fast speed

Ctrl + mouse wheel

Changes the depth of the cursor along Visual Explorer direction – slow/accurate speed

Tip – assign “pointcloudadv visualexplorer change “ key-in directly to a keyboard key such as F1 or F2 to easily start the Change Visual Explorer tool

Expand Clipping Planes

Use to expand the clipping planes.

KEY-IN: POINTCLOUDADV VISUALEXPLORER CHANGE
KEY-IN: POINTCLOUDADV VISUALEXPLORER TOGGLE ON
KEY-IN: POINTCLOUDADV VISUALEXPLORER TOGGLE OFF