Point-Cab the Laserscanning PlugIn for Google SketchUp

PointCab: The Laser Scanning Plugin for Google SketchUp

Point-Cab allows you to comfortably interpret your laser scanning projects and use them with SketchUp. Huge point clouds are projected onto corresponding construction planes by PointCab, making it possible to comfortably work with that data in SketchUp. It is a well-known fact that CAD construction designers use top, side and front views in their daily work processes. PointCab automatically creates an ideal basis for construction purposes according to the needs of construction designers. Special training is not required.

Installing the PointCab Plugin for Google SketchUp

Run PointCab in Administrator Mode (Please follow these instructions: In Windows 7 right-click the PointCab icon and click on “Run As Administrator.” Then confirm by clicking “Yes.”

Click here for further information or to download a trial version of PointCab.

Click File --> Install SketchUp Scripts to install the plugin.

The following window opens.

Choose the Google SketchUp directory (e.g. C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 8) on your computer.

Click on the Install button. Once the installation has been completed, the screen below is shown.

Close the confirmation message and start Google SketchUp. A new button for PointCab Layout has been added to the SketchUp toolbar as shown below.

Click the PointCab Layout button to import the LOG files into SketchUp.

Importing several views one after the other is no problem at all. Point cloud views in SketchUp can be found here:

Window --> Outlines

Here, you can also show and hide views.

Manually Installing the PointCab SketchUp Plugin

The installation process of the PointCab SketchUp plugin can also be performed manually. You can download the plugin by clicking here. Installation instructions come with the download file and can be found in pointcab-install-skpplugin.txt.

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