Layer Management

Functional Overview

Layer management manages the data in the software by group, including: point cloud, raster, vector, table, model, among which:

Point cloud data types include: LiData File (*.LiData Proprietary LiData File), LAS cloud (*.las, *.laz), ASCII Cloud (*.txt, *.asc, *.neu,*.xyz,*.pts,*.csv), E57 Cloud (*.e57), PLY cloud (*.ply);
Raster data types include: Image (*.tif,*.jpg);
Vector Data types include: Vector (*.shp,*.dxf,*.kml);
Table data types include: Table (*.csv);
Model data types include: Model (*.LiModelProprietary Model File, *.LiTin Proprietary TIN File, *.LiBIM,*.LiTree), OSG Data (*.osgb, *.ive, *.desc, *.obj);

The functions include the whole software system (all Windows) data removal, implicit control and so on. You can control the display and hiding of data in the entire software by selecting the check box of the data node, and drag the data in the data node to different Windows for display. The right-click menu of a data node is mainly used to query, display, collect statistics, export, and remove data. Different data types (including point clouds, rasters, vectors, tables, models, etc.) have different right-click menus.

Click the button (the red box in the figure below) to display the layer list as shown below:

Context Menu

Right-click the data to open the corresponding management menu.

Note: The right button menu of layer management tree is effective on all windows with the specified data loaded; while the right-click menu of window management tree is only effective on specified data in the specified window.

Layer Management