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
- Open MicroStation
- Set a coordinate system: horizontal and vertical
- Attach datasets – point cloud
- Set point cloud parameters: Zoom in, Top view, Style
- Create or use a layer in which to add new objects & activate snapping
- Open the Orbit 3DM Plugin
- Connect to one Publication
- Create one new vector layer (type point/line/polygon) or add an already existing vector layer
- Toggle editing
- Add vector objects in MicroStation
- Save edits
- Inspect the objects in the Orbit 3DM Viewer
- Create measures in the Orbit 3DM Viewer
- Add the measurements to the active layer in MicroStation
- Save edits
- Pick a new location in the map canvas to open in the Orbit 3DM Viewer
- Show or hide the footprints
Used Data
Reference Documentation
Last modified:: 2026/06/29 09:59