Point Cloud for Rhino is a reverse engineering plug-in for Rhinoceros® 3.0 and 4.0. This plug-in gives Rhino the ability to reconstruct the geometry of an object from a point cloud which describes it.

Point Cloud for Rhino can drape a surface over a point cloud or wrap a mesh around a point cloud. Draping a surface is similar to laying a piece of cloth over an object. The surface is deformed to take the shape of the object along the drape direction. A surface can be draped along one of the six orthogonal directions (top, bottom, front, back, right and left) or a custom user specified direction. Wrapping a mesh is similar to wrapping cloth all around an object to close it completely. Point Cloud for Rhino has the ability to wrap a mesh around a concave or a convex point cloud.

Point Cloud for Rhino is very easy to use. Once installed, it automatically loads itself into the Rhino environment. If automatic loading fails there are manual loading instructions in the ReadMe file. Once loaded it adds new commands to Rhino's existing commands and a new submenu called "PointCloud" to the Rhino menu containing these newly added commands.

Download & Purchase

Please download a fully functional trial of Point Cloud for Rhino by clicking on the "Download" link below. We are confident that during the trial period (10 days or runs, whichever is earlier) you will find Point Cloud for Rhino extremely useful. Later when you decide to buy the software please return to this page and click the "Buy" link to place your order. In the order process you will be asked to enter the Lock that appears in the product registration dialog box (which appears when you run any of the commands in the "PointCloud" submenu). We will create and send you your Key by e-mail within one business day. To avoid disruption in your workflow we urge you to place your order before the trial period ends.

(3.50 MB)

($295)

Note: Downloading this software indicates your acceptance to the SYCODE Software License Agreement. Point cloud for Rhino is priced at $295 only. This is the price of a single user license. For your bulk-licensing needs please contact us.

Installation & Usage

Point Cloud for Rhino is a plug-in for Rhino. Simply run the installer and accept the default installation options. The installer will automatically load the plug-in into Rhino and make the PointCloud menu available the next time you run Rhino. Detailed documentation accompanies the software along with a few tutorials to get you started immediately. Truly, software made simple!

The 'PointCloud' menu consists of the following commands:

• PCImportPoints - Imports a point cloud from a text file
• PCDrapeSurface - Drapes a surface over a set of a point cloud
• PCWrapMesh - Wraps a mesh around a point cloud
• PCHelp - Displays the Point Cloud for Rhino help file
• PCRegister - Registers your copy of Point Cloud for Rhino
• PCAbout - Displays the Point Cloud for Rhino about box

The PointCloud submenu

Point Cloud for Rhino comes with detailed documentation for each command as well as a tutorial to get you started in the shortest possible time. There is also an online version of the help file which you can view by clicking the link below.
  
Online Help

The Point File Format

A Point file format is basically a text file containing the x, y and z coordinates of a point on each line. Usually the coordinates are stored in the XYZ order. However, points are sometimes stored in the YXZ order. This is common in survey data where the YXZ order is referred to Northing, Easting and Elevation. Sometimes each point in the point file has a point number and/or description. An example of a point file with points stored in the XYZ order and has point numbers and descriptions.

1,5.678232,3.282384,6.112837,First Point
2,7.802343,6.792039,2.489561,Second Point
3,2.454512,7.453219,3.454865,Third Point
... and so on

Customization

If you want Point Cloud for Rhino to work in a different way to suit your workflow, do let us know. We will customize the plug-in to suit your needs.