Virtualgeo’s CloudCUBE 2009 is Online: Laser Scanning and 3D Modelling

he Italian company Virtualgeo s.r.l. has presented CloudCUBE 2009 at Intergeo 2008, event for geodesy, geoinformation and land management which took place from September 30th to October 2nd in the fair ground of Bremen (Germany).
CloudCUBE 2009 is the new edition of the modular software developed by Virtualgeo on AutoCAD® platform for managing and 3D modelling point clouds acquired by laser scanner instruments. CloudCUBE 2009 was conceived particularly to fulfil the expectations of the technicians working in the fields of civil works, architecture, archaeology, environment and land management and it can import point clouds in ascii format from any terrestrial, airborne and bathymetric laser scanner instruments.
The software allows to organize and manage more than 500 million points in a single dwg thanks to a customizable hierarchical structure. In addition to the three 3D modelling techniques of the previous versions, it provides a new modelling technique which makes use of AutoCAD® Region entities. CloudCUBE 2009 allows to elaborate 3D models with the desired level of detail and a good quality/lightness ratio, which can be used to extract automatically dimensional data and graphic representations, elaborate virtual reality or rapid prototyping products and also to carry out planning phases. With CloudCUBE 2009 it is possible to obtain automatically different types of graphic representations from 3D models: plans, sections, elevations (also in combination with renderings of point clouds) as well as axonometric projections, cutaways of the surveyed objects. Moreover the software has a set of commands which aims at integrating laser scanning surveys with surveys carried out with traditional instruments (GPS, total station).
CloudCUBE is sold in two versions both for professional and educational purposes. One (Full) is mainly directed to surveyors to have a complete management of point clouds and a wide range of tools to 3D model and extract in real time both numeric and graphic information. The other (Architect) is dedicated to designers and consists of a reduced set of functionalities simple to use to manage point clouds and automatically produce graphic elaborations from 3D models.
CloudCUBE 2009 trial version is available to be downloaded. It is a fully functional edition (except point clouds import) to test all the functionalities by using the point clouds in the dwg files provided by Virtualgeo with the support of the manual and the tutorial videos (all can be downloaded from www.cloud-cube.com). In case the user would like to test the product using his own point clouds can contact the company making a request of special customization.

The Italian company Virtualgeo s.r.l. was estabilished in 1994 from a surveying company (which is active since 1985) and works in the fields of geomatics, software development and communication. All the company’s offices are located in Italy: the headquarters in Sacile and the two branches in Venice and Terni.
Virtualgeo provides services supporting the study, preservation and enhancement of cultural (architectural and archaeological in particular) and environment heritage, using the most advanced technologies and software tools.
In the company, for time Autodesk® Authorized Developer, the Informatics Department systematically work at the development of software making use of the long experience acquired in the fields of geomatics and infrastructural planning.
Since Virtualgeo bought its first laser scanner in 2004, its Informatics Department has developed on AutoCAD® platform the software ClouCUBE with specific functions conceived for technicians of civil works, architectural, environmental fields and, in general, who needs to use information surveyed by laser scanning instruments.

Virtualgeo s.r.l.
Viale Trento, 105/D
33077 Sacile (PN) - Italy
Tel. +39.0434.781939
Fax +39.0434.782901

www.cloud-cube.it
www.virtualgeo.it
info@virtualgeo.it

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