Getting Started

In order to define a contextual action for 3D pointset layers, you need to put your Python script in your Python directory under a directory called Contextual_3D_PointSet_Layer.

Go to Tools->Options->Environment->Python Scripts (or Tools->Options->Python->Scripts in INTViewer 5.2) and click "Refresh from Disk". Your script should be listed automatically.

You will now be able to execute this script from the contextual menu of the 3D pointset layer:

This script will decimate the pointset, apply a symbol map, enable variable size and transparency and update the limits to match the decimation.

The script is attached to the bottom of this article.

The result after the script executes should look something like the following: