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Last updated March 27, 2019 by Tekla Global Support

How to place the Point Cloud at the right

location using base point
When importing a Point Cloud it is not always certain what the global coordinates are and if the model-axis are
aligned with the Point Cloud-axis.
The point cloud will be converted 1 time and the converted file would be stored at the location defined in the
advanced option XS_POINT_CLOUD_CACHE_FOLDER. This means that a Point Cloud can only exist 1 time in
a model. When there is an identical Point Cloud Tekla Structures will give you a message that The Point Cloud
is already attached to the model.
When you attach a Point Cloud for the first time to a model you can define the location and scalage. For this
example, we will set location by Model origin and scale on 1.00.
Go to the Point Cloud in the model and find the point that matched the model’s base point. By using the Set a
work plane using 2 points command you can create a starting point and angle of the project in the model. Create
a grid to check if the base point and angle are correct.
File > Project properties > Base points
To define the correct location of the Point Cloud in the model you have to define the Location in the model and
Angle to North with base point command.
Create a new base point and use Pick base point location. Select a point on the grid in the Point Cloud that
matches the model’s base point. Next, use the Pick North direction command and select a point on the grid that
is considered as North.

The next step is to multiply all the generated values by -1. This will create the correct base point which can also
be used as project base point.

Tip: You can move the negative value from the XYZ-location to the East, North and Elevation fields. Doing this
the project base point is at the same point as the model’s base point.
Detach the Point Cloud and attach it again with location by the new base point. The Point Cloud will be aligned
with the model’s base point and the model-axis.
Note: You can attach the Point Cloud by Auto-created Base point. When picking the location you have to
combine the XYZ-location with the auto-created East, North, and Elevation.

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20.03.2018 06:02 by Ilya Kornienko

Needs to be movable as a reference model...

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22.03.2018 12:18 by Patrick Helldén

The dialogbox of the pointcloud need to have the same functionality as the reference
dialogbox (Folders, insertion coordinates, scale and rotation ) hopefully this Will be added to
SR1 if not earlier ;-)

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 09.04.2018 15:01 by Mikael Holmisto

I agree, not easy to place as it is now.

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09.04.2018 15:09 by Patrick Helldén

Hopefully the Pointclouds that you receive is already placed in the

right koordinatsystem, but one disapointment right now is that you
cant see were the pointcloud file is placed upon your harddisk.

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22.06.2018 11:51 by Andreas Felber

This article describes where the point clouds are stored.

https://teklastructures.support.tekla.com/2018/en/int_point_clouds
See section "Share point clouds with other users".

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06.11.2018 13:31 by Rico Keijzer

Hi all,
There is a request for the improvement on the
positioning of point clouds.
You can ask your local area-support for more
information (issue TTSD-11740).

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06.11.2018 09:49 by Nathan Mawhinney

I agree with others, it needs to function in a way which is similar to reference objects.

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06.11.2018 13:20 by Mihai Nicolae Oprescu

Ref objects style is best, mainly because we have cases when we have to overlay 3-4 scans form
different stages of the building process(demo works where we lose reference points). I do not think it is
difficult to achieve .. Even if we just move a small snapshot of the point cloud and leave the processing
phase at the end of the procedure as a big "Apply! it will take xx minutes!!" button.
Thanks!

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11.11.2018 21:15 by TEKLANET

It'll be bets if a video tutorial is provided as well

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