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Orbit 3DM Plugin for MicroStation

This video is about how the Orbit 3DM Plugin can be used to visualize reality data from Orbit 3DM Publisher or Cloud in a 3rd party application. The Orbit 3DM Viewer can interact with the application to navigate, synchronize, save measurements, overlay object.
Download and Install Orbit 3DM Plugin for MicroStation .

Step by step

  1. Open MicroStation
  2. Set a coordinate system: horizontal and vertical
  3. Attach datasets – point cloud
  4. Set point cloud parameters: Zoom in, Top view, Style
  5. Create or use a layer in which to add new objects & activate snapping
  6. Open the Orbit 3DM Plugin
    • Connect to one Publication
  7. Create one new vector layer (type point/line/polygon) or add an already existing vector layer
    • Toggle editing
  8. Add vector objects in MicroStation
    • Save edits
  9. Inspect the objects in the Orbit 3DM Viewer
  10. Create measures in the Orbit 3DM Viewer
    • Add the measurements to the active layer in MicroStation
    • Save edits
  11. Pick a new location in the map canvas to open in the Orbit 3DM Viewer
  12. Show or hide the footprints

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Reference Documentation