To Work With Point Cloud Styling

You can style point clouds based on Classification, Elevation, Intensity, and RGB color values.

To style point data by classification

  1. In the Display Manager, right-click the point cloud layer to style, then select Style ByClassification.

    AutoCAD Map 3D applies the default Classification styling to your point cloud.

  2. To change the default Classification style, right-click the point cloud layer, then select Set Style.
  3. In the Point Cloud Style Dialog Box, on the Classification tab, select a new color for each class to change using the drop-down list.
  4. If you do not see the color that you want in the drop-down list, click More Colors, then select an Index Color, True Color, or Color Book in the Select Color dialog box.
  5. When you have made all the style changes, click OK.

To style point data by elevation

  1. In the Display Manager, right-click the point cloud layer to style, then select Style ByElevation.

    AutoCAD Map 3D applies the default Elevation styling to your point cloud.

  2. To change the default Elevation style, right-click the point cloud layer, then select Set Style.
  3. In the Point Cloud Style Dialog Box, on the Elevation tab, select the number of rules to include in the style range.

    By default, AutoCAD Map 3D uses five rules. The style range rules are distributed evenly across the range of elevation values in your point cloud.

  4. To change the colors used for the style range, select new colors using the drop-down lists.
  5. If you do not see the color that you want in the drop-down list, click More Colors, then select an Index Color, True Color, or Color Book in the Select Color dialog box.
  6. When you have made all the style changes, click OK.

To style point data by intensity

  1. In the Display Manager, right-click the point cloud layer you want to style, then select Style ByIntensity.

    AutoCAD Map 3D applies the default Intensity styling to your point cloud.

  2. To change the default Intensity style, right-click the point cloud layer, then select Set Style.
  3. In the Point Cloud Style Dialog Box, on the Intensity tab, select the number of rules to include in the style range.

    By default, AutoCAD Map 3D uses five rules. The style range rules are distributed evenly across the range of intensity values in your point cloud.

  4. If you want to change the colors used for the style range, select new colors using the drop-down lists.
  5. If you do not see the color that you want in the drop-down list, click More Colors, then select an Index Color, True Color, or Color Book in the Select Color dialog box.
  6. When you have made all the style changes, click OK.

To style point data by RGB values