Evaluate laser scan data easily in ARCHICAD.

Point clouds, consisting in some cases of up to several hundred billion 3D measuring points with color information, are becoming increasingly important in building documentation. As convenient and fast as the data acquisition on site is done by laser scanners, the evaluation of the “point clouds” afterwards often turns out to be a Sisyphean task. BIMm GmbH, which develops various surveying solutions for ARCHICAD, offers PointCab4BIMm, a solution with which point clouds can be easily, quickly and efficiently evaluated in Archicad and building models created. Since the import of point clouds into ARCHICAD only supports a limited point cloud size of a few hundred million points, BIMm GmbH offers with PointCab4BIMm a solution with which even very large scan projects can be processed.

PointCab 4BIMm reads in the data of all common terrestrial laser scanners, hand scanners and point clouds from camera flights with drones and calculates, immediately and automatically, ground plans and side views within a few minutes.

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PointCab feature overview

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    • Layout & Section

      Create distortion-free layouts and sections as ortho photos

      PointCab4BIMm allows horizontal and vertical sections with freely selectable depths of cut to be placed through the point cloud in the automatically generated floor plan and side views of the point cloud. These can then be positioned correctly as orthophotos in DWG or PNG format in ARCHICAD.

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    • 3D-Points

      Extraction of 3D points from sections and planar views

      In all floor plan and sectional views, 3D points can be clicked and directly linked with "easy to measure" functions via the BIMmTool Add-On in ARCHICAD. Thus, for example, a ground plan with walls can be easily constructed in ARCHICAD.

    • Register

      Register and align scans independently from scanner software

      Register and align scans independently of scanner manufacturer's software. PointCab4BIMm finds features such as spheres or checkerboards in no time and calculates the constellation of the project.

    • Vectorizing Tools

      Vectorize plans and create profile lines in an elevation model of the point cloud

      With the help of the vectorization module, the software also automatically finds geometries of walls, ceilings and other building components in the floor plans and sections. These can be transferred as DWG files directly into ARCHICAD.

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    • Virtual Panorama

      Panoramic views from any desired position

      In the panorama window, components such as windows, doors, supports and rafters can be modelled particularly easily using the BIMmTool. For a window it is sufficient to click 2 points over the diagonal in the planar 360° view and the window is placed in ARCHICAD with the correct height and width and of course in the correct position. PointCab4BIMm-Scren2a

    • Mesh

      Extract meshed digital 3D terrain models (DTM)

      With the Mesh module you can easily extract 3D surfaces, 3D objects or Digital Terrain Models (DTM) from the point cloud and place them in ARCHICAD as terrain, morph or object.

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    • Delta

      Analyze and protocol deviations of evenness

      The Delta module analyzes deviations from horizontal as well as vertical planes such as floor areas or facades and displays them in colored scales. The Delta results are logged in a PDF document.

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    • Profiler

      Create profile lines in a height model of the point cloud

      With the Profiler module you can automatically create profile lines in a height model of the point cloud.

    • Point Cloud Export

      Export specific parts of the point cloud

      The point cloud export allows you to export specific excerpts or parts of your point cloud. Various filters allow you to reduce the point cloud size so that it can be efficiently imported into ARCHICAD.

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    • Web Export

      Create interactive HTML or PDF documentations

      With PointCab Web Export you can easily create interactive documentation and make it available as interactive HTML or PDF documentation for any computer platform or operating system from notebook to tablet PC.

    • Volume

      Create volume calculation protocols according to REB 22013

      Earth movements, fillings, excavations, pits and much more

    • Space Warp

      Orthophotos of cylindrical, polygonal and curved surfaces

      With the PointCab unwinding module you can easily unwind surfaces of cylindrical objects directly from the point cloud or laser scan data.

    • Merger

      Create scaled images for documentation

      With the Merger Module, you can place orthogonal photos in the right size and position directly in ARCHICAD via DWG format.