Point Cloud Feature Extraction for AutoCAD Civil 3D Now Available

It's February 1. For those of us here in Autodesk land, it's the start of a new fiscal year. We thought we'd start off with a bang! Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Civil 3D 2011 allows you to intelligently import, load, and extract civil-specific shape and geometry information from point cloud data in AutoCAD Civil 3D. You can download the technology preview now from the Autodesk Labs site:

Point Cloud Feature Extraction for AutoCAD Civil 3D

As usual, the Labs site has some videos. For those without YouTube access, you can use Internet Explorer or Firefox to download the videos from my Buzzsaw site.

Video	YouTube	Non-YouTube
	Extract Road Features	ExtractRoadFeatures.avi
	Automatic Classification	Classify-Automatic.avi
	Create Ground Surface and Segment	GroundFilter&Segmentation.avi
	Classification Sample	ClassificationSample.avi
	Glimpse of AU demo

Using the same email address as Shape Extraction for AutoCAD, we are looking for feedback on this technology preview at [email protected] from AutoCAD Civil 3D users.

Getting into shapes is alive in the lab.