How to define rectangular, polygonal, or circular areas to crop, and how to invert, show or hide, or remove cropped areas.
Crop a Rectangular, Polygonal, or Circular Area
Select a point cloud.
Select the shape of the area you want to crop.
Note: The cropping is created relative to the current view, not the current UCS.
To specify a rectangular area, click
Point Cloud contextual tab > Cropping panel > Create Crop drop-down menu > Rectangular.
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To specify a series of points to define a custom polygon shape, click
Point Cloud contextual tab > Cropping panel > Create Crop drop-down menu > Polygonal.
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Note: Press Enter to close the polygon.
To specify the center point and radius of a circle, click
Point Cloud contextual tab > Cropping panel > Create Crop drop-down menu > Circular.
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Specify whether to keep the points inside or outside the crop boundary.
Invert a Cropping
After cropping a point cloud, you can change whether to show the points inside the crop boundary or outside the crop boundary by
inverting the crop.