LONDON — Pointools has released the latest version of Pointools 4 Rhino. Delivering point cloud display technology into Rhinoceros 3D modeling software means that designers can visualize their designs within a real world context, the company said. Pointools allows 3D models to be created from the millions of 3D measurements collected by laser scanning devices.

“Designers cannot work in isolation,” said Tony Rogers, co-founder and director of Pointools Ltd. “They need to consider designs in their true context and be able to communicate essential components of their work to other parties involved in the product or project life cycle,” adding that incorporating laser-scanned data within the design environment Pointools 4 Rhino adds real-world detail, improves visualizations and contributes an essential sense of place to the design process.

Pointools 4 Rhino enables users to benefit from Rhino’s design toolset within a point cloud context and is ideal for visualizing, modeling and drawing.

Working with millions of laser points, Rhino users can now utilize different point shading settings in each viewport to optimize each view. Rapid viewport sections allow the user to make any orthographic view into a section view, choose its thickness, and update its position by grabbing the section in another viewport.

The Pointools plug also enables the construction plane to be linked to the section view so the user is always drawing in the right place. Also included are region tools for selection and manipulation of data providing a fast, easy way to view only the data required.

For more information about Pointools, please visit www.pointools.com.