--- title: "Extract" slug: "cyclone-3dr-extract" type: "index" canonical: "rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/cyclone-3dr-extract" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Extract 19 sub categories | 12 articles ## [Point](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-pointc.md) Published on 2026-09-07 This command constructs new points. Requirements No selection is required to launch the command. Select the method needed to create points in the 3D scene. For more information, refer to Define points... ## [Cloud](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-cloud.md) 3 articles ## [Convert](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-convert.md) 2 articles ## [Mesh](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-mesh.md) 4 articles ## [Polyline](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-polyline.md) 8 articles ## [CAD Curve](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-bspline.md) 4 articles ## [CAD Wire](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-cad-wire.md) 3 articles ## [CAD Surface](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-cad-face.md) 2 articles ## [Line](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-line.md) 5 articles ## [Circle](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-circle.md) 4 articles ## [Rectangle](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-rectangle.md) 4 articles ## [Plane](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-plane.md) 5 articles ## [Cylinder](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-cylinder.md) 4 articles ## [Sphere](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-sphere.md) 4 articles ## [Cone](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-cone.md) 3 articles ## [Section](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-section.md) 4 articles ## [Break Lines](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-breaklines.md) 2 articles ## [Scan to Plan](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-scan-to-plan.md) 3 articles | Published on 2026-09-07 This workflow allows extracting plans (i.e. 2D polylines) from one or several scanned buildings. The workflow is divided in 3 steps: Slice Definition : To define all point cloud slices to extract... ## [Contour Lines](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-contourlinesc.md) Published on 2026-09-07 This command creates contour lines on a mesh. Requirements Select a mesh and launch the command. Define the Step between each contour line. Choose the Range of the contours: All over to have contour... ## [Virtual Surveyor](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-virtualsurveyorc.md) Published on 2026-09-07 This command helps to create points or polylines with feature codes and consequently to create survey maps. Requirements No selection is required to launch the command. Select an existing Virtual... ## [Points on Grid](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-gridcloudc.md) Published on 2026-09-07 This command creates a regular sampled point cloud thanks to another point cloud and a grid. Requirements Select a point cloud and launch the command. Optionally, select the points you want to work... ## [Scan To Pipe](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-scantopipec.md) 2 articles | Updated on 2026-09-29 | Published on 2026-09-07 This workflow allows extraction of pipe traces composed of straight pipes, elbows, reducers, branches and flanges based off a point cloud. Requirements Select a point cloud (3DR native, LGSx or... ## [Scan to Steel](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-scantosteelc.md) 1 sub category | 2 articles | Published on 2026-09-07 This workflow allows extraction of structural steel elements from a point cloud. Requirements Select a point cloud (3DR native, LGSx or Hexagon GeoCloud) and launch the workflow. The workflow is... ## [Planar contour](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-planarcontourc.md) Published on 2026-09-07 The command allows extracting planar contours from meshes and clouds. Requirements No selection is required. To extract the planar contours, click seed points on the visible clouds/meshes, then click... ## [Neutral Axis](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-neutralaxisc.md) Published on 2026-09-07 This command computes the neutral axis of a tubular shape. This tubular shape can be a cloud, a mesh or a CAD (or a CAD compound). Requirements Select the cloud, the mesh or the CAD whose neutral axis... ## [Projected Polyline](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-projectedpolylinec.md) Published on 2026-09-07 This command creates a CAD curve and project it onto a mesh. To do this, you click points on the mesh, a curve passing through these points is computed and then projected on the mesh. The result is a... ## [External contour](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-externalcontourc.md) Published on 2026-09-07 This command extracts the external contour of a selected mesh(es), polyline(s) or set(s) of polylines. External contour means the contour that you see from a direction. Requirements Select the... ## [Median line](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-medianlinec.md) Published on 2026-09-07 This function creates a "median" polyline, that is to say: for each input vertex, other polylines are cut into segments which have the same length ratio then the gravity center is computed for each... ## [Convex Contour](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-convexcontourc.md) Published on 2026-09-07 This command creates a convex contour from polylines, set of polylines and / or clouds. The convex contour is the boundary set, which is a set of points containing all segments between each pair of... ## [Projection](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-projectionc.md) Published on 2026-09-07 This command projects one object onto another: Requirements Select the object(s) to project and launch the command. Select the object to project onto (destination object). Choose the projection type:... ## [Intersection](https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/docs/cyclone-3dr-intersectionc.md) Published on 2026-09-07 This command computes: (1) to compute the intersection between 2 CAD surfaces, the software first discretize the surfaces with the default value then compute the intersection with the underlying...