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© 2014 Bentley Systems, Incorporated

Bentley’s Point Cloud Processing Solution

2 | WWW.BENTLEY.COM | © 2014 Bentley Systems, Incorporated

Hybrid Model: Point Cloud, STM and Design

Demonstration


Typical Point Cloud workflow

Integrating today’s data types, geospatial/non-geospatial data

Preprocess and create point-cloud deliverables

Manage and Serve Data, Extract features, Integrate with design, produce hybrid deliverables

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Easy To Learn

Intuitive, easy to learn

requiring minimal

training

Fast To Use

Take the pain out of

working with large point

cloud files

Useful Results

Deliver meaningful

output and enhance

point cloud workflows

A POWERFUL TOOLKIT FOR POINT CLOUD CENTRIC WORKFLOWS

Preprocess and create point-cloud deliverables Prepare


What is Bentley Pointools V8i ?

High Performance

Application

Fast, fluid

visualization and

processing of even

the largest datasets

Fast data

conversion,

processing and

visualization

Fast Layer-Based

Editing

Segmentation of

point clouds using

selection tools

Grid segmentation

Classification

editing via layers

Easy Yet Powerful

Movie Production

Simple 5 step set-up

via wizard

Advanced control via

graph editor and

scripting

Camera and object

animation

Output to AVI or MOV

file formats

Superior output with

motion-blur and anti-

aliasing

Wide format

support

Most terrestrial,

mobile and airborne

laser scanning

formats supported

Flexible generic

point-cloud ASCII

importer and

exporter

Support for 3D

model and drawing

formats

Enhanced

visualization

Multiple shading

options to enhance

clarity

All shading options

fully blendable

Stereo anaglyph and

HW display support

PRE-PROCESSING OF POINT CLOUDS

Convenient Clash

Detection

Dynamic and static

tests for clashes, as

objects are

repositioned or along

a pre-defined

movement path

Fast and easy

identification of how

an asset has

changed over time



Easy To Learn

Requires minimal

training

Fast To Use

Takes the pain out of

working with large

point-cloud files

Useful Results

Delivers meaningful

output and enhances

point-cloud workflows

SHAPED BY PRODUCT PHILOSOPHY



HIGH PERFORMANCE

• Work with billions of points

• Engine based on points streaming

• Fast data import from laser scanning

and other formats

• Efficient memory usage

• Some operations use multi-CPU

cores where available



FAST LAYER-BASED EDITING

• Up to 127 layers

• Fast point selection tools

• 3D brush selection

• Non-destructive workflow based on

editing stack

• Color-layers for easy identification

• Layer extraction from classification

• Re-coloring of point RGB using paint and

hue/sat, brightness/contrast, white

balance adjustment



EASY YET POWERFUL MOVIE PRODUCTION

• Quick movie setup with wizard

• Easy timeline editing

• Fine-grained control using graph editor

• Object and camera animation

• Scriptable motion

• Object parenting



CONVENIENT CLASH DETECTION

• Dynamic and static tests for

clashes, as objects are

repositioned, or along a pre-

defined movement path

• Point-cloud differencing for fast

and easy identification of how an

asset has changed over time

• Detailed display of clash region in

viewport



ENHANCED VISUALIZATION

• Multiple shading modes

• Shading modes fully blendable


Who Uses Bentley Pointools V8i ?

BROAD HORIZONTAL APPLICATION

Arts and Entertainment

Bridges

Buildings

Factories

Forensics

Heritage

Mining

Power Generation

Process Manufacturing

Rail and Transit

Roads

Utilities

Almost anyone who uses point clouds, including users in :


Coming soon!


Manage and Serve Data, Extract features, Integrate with design, manage large terrain models

& produce hybrid deliverables

Process


• Enable team collaboration – Manage

– Index

– Serve

• All Engineering Information & Point Cloud: LAS and POD

• POD has advantages

– Properties and spatial extraction

– Streaming to MicroStation based products

ProjectWise

Enable

Point Cloud

Extract &

Enrich

Understand Access


• Enable Organizations to share point clouds across distributed teams

• Keep point clouds with other project data

Point Cloud Management

Enable

Point Cloud

Extract &

Enrich

Understand Access


Point Cloud Data Management in ProjectWise

i-model

100

MB

200

MB 10 GB

Descartes


Demonstration


Central Office

Remote Office

ProjectWise and Point Cloud Architecture

PW Integration Server

PW Caching Server

Remote Office

PW Caching Server

Point-cloud Services

Point-cloud Services


• Spreads out network load as point are downloaded on a “as-needed” basis

• Downloaded points are cached on local machine for duration of MicroStation session

• MicroStation is not “blocked” by streaming activity – Updates to display happen in background

Streaming Performance


• Standard Download and MicroStation Launch

– 50Mb Point Cloud

– 1.5Gb Point Cloud

• Streaming and MicroStation Launch – 50Mb Point Cloud

– 1.5Gb Point Cloud

Streaming Performance


Extract features, Integrate with design, manage large terrain models & produce hybrid deliverables

Process

3D Imagery Advanced Processing

Image

Processing

Terrain

Modeling

Point Cloud

Processing

Hybrid

Raster/Vector

3D Modeling


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Enterprise

Substation


Simulation d’éclairage

Demonstration

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Why you need Descartes for Point Cloud

• Need to leverage point cloud data on engineering projects

• Need efficient tools to extract features from point clouds

• Assess design against point clouds

• Difficulty understanding very dense point clouds

• Need to produce point cloud deliverables

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Introduced in V8i (SELECTseries 4) – April 2013

• Point Cloud Processing

– Enhanced presentation styles

– Coordinate system support

– Clip and section manager

– 3D line following

– Model by Section

• Scalable Terrain Model

– Export selected area to MicroStation Terrain at 1:1 scale

– Viewshed analysis

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Introduced in V8i (SELECTseries 4) – Nov.2013

• Point Cloud Processing

– Clash Detection with Point Cloud

– Piping tools – Extract pipe runs

– Extract cylinder by a single click

– Create elbow between two pipes

– Adjust Elbow

• Scalable Terrain Model

– Raster DEM export

– Drape element

– Contour export

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Bentley Descartes – Point Cloud Processing

– Geo-coordination


– Clip Manager

– Section Manager

– Classification Editing

– Visual Explorer

– Smart Snap Mode

– Line Draping

– Snap Elements

– Plane Extraction

– Pipe Modeling: Cylinders, Pipe runs & Elbow

– Automatic 3D line following


– Advanced Export

– Clash Detection

Enable

Point Cloud

Access

Understand Extract and

Enrich New in Descartes SS4

New in Descartes SS5