When you need rapid point-cloud processing
Quickly visualize, manipulate, animate, and edit point clouds all in a single workflow for all your infrastructure projects.
What is Pointools?
Pointools is powered by Pointools Vortex, the industry’s leading point-cloud engine, which enables the support of very large point clouds. You can work on huge datasets with billions of points, manage scene parameters interactively, and rapidly load and unload native format point-cloud POD models. You will experience high-performance streaming with visual maximizing of point-cloud density, clarity, and detail. Generate professional-quality images, animations, and movies or produce high-resolution orthographic and perspective images to meet your project needs.
Process point clouds
- High-performance point-cloud engine
- Fast level of detail, layer-based editing and segmentation of data
- Professional-quality images, animations, and movies
- Clash detection
Import and view three types of objects
- Point clouds, which can be imported from a large range of scanners
- Textured 3D models, which can be imported from a number of common model formats
- 2D CAD drawings, which can be imported from DXF, DWG, and SHP file formats
Bentley Pointools
- Process, visualize, view, and annotate point clouds
- Edit point clouds
- Detect clashes from point clouds
- Produce animations, videos, and fly-throughs
*Prices vary per region. For more options, see licensing and subscriptions section.
User Quote
"As engineers, we are frequently tasked with solving complex challenges that inevitably have significant safety, fiscal, and schedule impacts. Bentley has always been there for us to use as a component of our engineering toolbox."
— Marc Cañas, Vice President, J.L. Patterson & Associates, Inc.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Pointools allows you to view, animate, and edit point clouds in stand-alone workflows. It enables you to intuitively cleanup and prepare point clouds to make them easier to reuse in downstream applications. You can streamline scan-to-model workflows by importing point clouds from all major scanner manufacturers.
Pointools provides the ability to use Pointools POD files with all MicroStation-based applications, eliminating the need for time-consuming data conversion. Easily import and view three types of objects 1) point clouds, which can be imported from a large range of scanners, 2) textured 3D models, which can be imported from a number of common model formats, and 3) 2D CAD drawings, which can be imported from DXF, DWG, and SHP file formats.
With Pointools, you get unique point layer technology for unrivaled point-cloud editing speed. Move points between one of 128 layers to isolate particular areas for detailed editing, making it easier for users to manipulate, clean up, or segment the point-cloud model to enable enhanced understanding and easier reuse. Point layers can also be used to visualize and edit point-cloud classification and also support scan-by-scan editing workflows. All editing operations are saved in an editing stack, which can be manipulated, saved, reloaded, and applied to a different dataset, compressing editing workflows. Pointools offers you two measurement tools: 1) point information (or single point) and 2) point-to-point. Notes can also be attached to objects within the workspace, providing a convenient way to annotate a scene. Both coded measurements and notes can be exported as a text or HTML file.
The price of Bentley Pointools varies per region. While there are various types of licensing available, a common choice is the 12-month practitioner license offered through Bentley’s eStore. When you purchase through the eStore, you get a Virtuoso Subscription. This means you get the software and “Keys” (tokens) to redeem for customizable training, mentoring, and consulting services.
Processor
Intel Pentium-based or AMD Athlon-based processor 2.0 GHz or greater
Operating System
Windows 10 (64 bit)
Windows 8.1 (64 bit)
Windows 8 (64 bit)
Windows 7 (64 bit)
Memory
4 GB recommended
NVidia or ATI (AMD) graphics card
Disk Space
1.5 GB free disk space for installation
Input Device
3 button mouse
1080×768 display resolution, 1920×1080 display resolution with true color recommended
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