Bentley Descartes 2023

Create Clip tool

Creates a new named clip. When using the planar methods, the clip will be bounded by the selected range but will not be bounded in the perpendicular direction. The exception is the Slab method in which a depth is provided during clip definition.

SettingDescription
Area

This option menu lets you choose the type of area to be used to clip the point cloud.

  • Block — Lets you interactively draw a block to use as a clipping polygon.

  • Oriented Block — Lets you interactively draw an oriented block to use as a clipping polygon.
  • Oriented Block by Axis— Lets you interactively draw an oriented block by axis to use as a clipping polygon.
  • Slab — Lets you draw a 3D volume slab to use as a clipping polygon.
  • Shape — Lets you draw a shape to use as a clipping polygon.
  • Element — Lets you specify an existing (closed) element in the design file to use as a clipping polygon.

  • View — Lets you select the view to use as a clipping polygon.

Clip name Enter a name for the clip.
Mode

This option menu lets you choose the clipping mode that is used to clip the point cloud.

  • Boundary — Used when clipping images. The image is cropped back to the limits of the clipping object.

  • Mask — Used to mask a section within a raster image. This option lets you place a text box, for example, within the point cloud.

Apply to all Point Clouds

Use all attached point clouds during processing.