ClearEdge3D Tab

This article describes the tools available within the ClearEdge3D tab and includes links to their more comprehensive individual articles.

Working with Point Clouds and the ClearEdge3D Tab

The ClearEdge3D tab contains three sections in its ribbon, each providing different useful tools for managing point clouds or getting their full use within Autodesk® Revit®.



Scan Locations



The first section is Scan Locations, where you can find the Create Markers & Views tool. This tool allows you to create Scanner Location Markers at selected scan locations within your point cloud. These Scanner Location Markers are Generic Models that can be selected, providing access to additional tools found within the Modify Tab.

Recommendations/Considerations:

  • To best utilize the plugin, it is highly recommended to use the Create Markers & Views tool as most of the plugin’s toolset is unavailable until this tool creates Scanner Location Markers.
  • It is also very important that your ReCap point data is Structured. This tool creates Scanner Location Markers at your point cloud’s scan locations which requires Structured (Non-unified) data. If your data is Unstructured (Unified) then the Create Markers & Views button will only create one Scanner Location Marker at your coordinate system origin.

The second tool in this section is the Hide Markers on Sheets tool. When clicked, the Hide Markers on Sheets tool creates and applies a view filter to hide the created Scan Location Markers in your views that are on a sheet.

The last tool in this section is the Reset Scan Views tool. When clicked, the Reset Scan View tool will reposition the view of the camera from within side the scanner orb view to the original position if panned or walked away. In addition, it will also bring back all the tools available to the scanner orb if another Revit object is selected from within the scanner view.

Point Clouds and Scans



The second section is Point Clouds and Scans which is where you can find the Toggle Category Visibility, Unhide Dropdown, and Undo Isolate tools. All of these tools revolve around adjusting the visibility of your point clouds and reverting changes with a simple button.

Scan Painter



The final section is Scan Painter (Alpha) where you can Add Scan Paint and Remove Scan Paint from elements in your project.

Scan Painter takes your point cloud data and attaches the colors of the point cloud onto the material of the selected element.

Create Markers & Views

This article explains the Create Markers & Views button found in the ClearEdge3D tab.

Hide Markers on Sheets

This article explains the Hide Markers on Sheets button found in the ClearEdge3D tab.

Reset Scan View

This article explains the Reset Scan View button found in the ClearEdge3D tab.

Toggle Category Visibility

This article explains the Toggle Category Visibility button found in the ClearEdge3D tab.

Unhide Dropdown

This article explains the Unhide Dropdown (split button) found in the ClearEdge3D tab.

Undo Isolate

This article explains the Undo Isolate button found in the ClearEdge3D tab.

Add and Remove Scan Paint (Alpha)

This article explains the Add Scan Paint and Remove Scan Paint buttons found in the ClearEdge3D tab.