Cyclone Technical Specifications

Key

Enabled if licenced copy of CloudWorx is installed on the same machine

+ Requires Cyclone WORKFLOW licence

Registration, Visualisation, Modeling & Query Tools	Cyclone FIELD 360	Cyclone REGISTER 360 PLUS (BLK Edition)	Cyclone REGISTER 360 PLUS	Cyclone MODEL
Large project support		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Optimised for Tablets	SUPPORTED
Touch navigation, Pan, Zoom	SUPPORTED
Project and Setup Explorer	SUPPORTED
Scan control	SUPPORTED
Complete loop closure registration	SUPPORTED
Optimised for smartphones	SUPPORTED
3D navigation, Pan, Zoom, Rotate	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
3D mouse support				SUPPORTED
Quick Move				SUPPORTED
Panoramic view mode (points)	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Panoramic view mode (image)	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Align to surface view mode		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Quick orthographic orientation		SUPPORTED
Cloud Level of Detail for fast visualisation	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Model Level of Detail for fast visualisation				SUPPORTED
Decimation of point clouds				SUPPORTED
Selectable levels of point cloud density				SUPPORTED
Quickly show/hide point clouds	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
HDR imagery viewing	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Toggle Visibility
Setups		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Setup labels		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Links		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
GeoTags		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Control labels		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Point Cloud Colour Map Viewing Options
Intensity mapping	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Greyscale	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Image colour mapping	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Infrared	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Elevation based colour mapping				SUPPORTED
Colour clouds per setup		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Colour clouds per bundle		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Gradient Background		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Manually map external digital photo to point clouds (Texture cube map, not pano)				SUPPORTED
Create Multi-image from cube-mapped images		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Multi-image blending		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Texture map colours onto point clouds	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Limit Box for efficient viewing and interaction of selected regions		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Limit Box Manager to organise multiple limit boxes				SUPPORTED
QuickSlice				SUPPORTED
Colour clouds by setup				SUPPORTED
TruSlicer		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Slice along X,Y and Z axis		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Colour clouds by setup		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Set Limit Box by fence				SUPPORTED
Cutplane manager and tools				SUPPORTED
Auto Bundle (grouping) of scans		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Visualise bundle's Link network	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
View multiple setups and bundles in same view		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Global registration of multiple scans		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Geo-Referencing/Control
Applied control		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Geometric matching of control to bundle		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Option to override Applied Control with DAC			SUPPORTED
Cloud-to-Cloud registration	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Optional prioritisation of target-based registration over Cloud-to-Cloud reg- istration		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Classification-enhanced Cloud-to-Cloud Registration		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Auto Align Scans	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Smart Align for Auto Align		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Visual Alignment including tilted scans	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Bundle/Group Visual Alignment		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Automatic orientation for Visual Alignment	SUPPORTED
Automated registration using Black & White targets		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Automated registration using sphere targets		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Automated registration across Sitemaps		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Automatic registration from RTC360 VIS data	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Loop closure of BLK2GO data		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Merge projects		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Editing target labels/names		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
View scanner locations	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Live Scanner location tracking	SUPPORTED
Unify point clouds				SUPPORTED
Basic conceptual design & 2D drawing tools				SUPPORTED
Insertion of modelled objects/geometry				SUPPORTED
Replication and editing of modelled objects				SUPPORTED
Planar Patch Editing
Make Square or Rectangular				SUPPORTED
Create/Fill Hole				SUPPORTED
User-defined quality-of-fit checks				SUPPORTED
Region Growing
Plane				SUPPORTED
Cylinder				SUPPORTED
Sphere				SUPPORTED
Smooth surface to segment extraneous data		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Automated Pipe Run with elbows				SUPPORTED
Virtual Surveyor™ to assign survey feature codes to points				SUPPORTED
Mesh
Creation (basic, complex, TIN)				SUPPORTED
Intelligent decimation				SUPPORTED
Decimation based on user-specified grid spacing				SUPPORTED
Polyline and breakline support				SUPPORTED
Delete and add faces				SUPPORTED
Fill in holes				SUPPORTED
Generate contours from meshes				SUPPORTED
Scan Cleaning
Single scan cleaning		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Bundle cleaning		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Cross-SiteMap cleaning		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Support for double scan cleaning		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Detect Moved Objects filtering		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Smooth surface cleaning		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Surface Deviation
Cut/fill contours				SUPPORTED
Table output on user-specified grid				SUPPORTED
Points on user-specified grid				SUPPORTED
Generate Cross-Sections through Point Clouds along an alignment
Alignment/Station Manager				SUPPORTED
Create Lines at Station				SUPPORTED
Create COGO Points, Breaklines & Cross Section Lines				SUPPORTED
Create profiles, plans and sections				SUPPORTED
Import LandXML Alignment				SUPPORTED
Create, Save, @ Load Station templates				SUPPORTED
Secondary Plan View window				SUPPORTED
Ortho Image extraction		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
User-defined QA parameters mapped to link and bundle errors
Color-coded		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Optimised with graphics for colour-blind users		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Station Notation display relative to an alignment				SUPPORTED
Fit edge template for curve extraction (e.g. curbs, flowlines)				SUPPORTED
Measure & Dimension Point Clouds & Models
Simple/Advanced measurement options		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Slope distance	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
∆X, ∆Y, ∆Z distances		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Geometric Object Volume				SUPPORTED
Area (rectangle)		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Area (polygon)	SUPPORTED
Horizontal and Vertical Clearances				SUPPORTED
Angle measurement		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Angle to Horizontal				SUPPORTED
Angle to Vertical				SUPPORTED
Back angle				SUPPORTED
Cut/fill volume				SUPPORTED
Piping takeoff query				SUPPORTED
Automated visual interference checking				SUPPORTED
Visualise Cyclone FIELD 360 measurements	SUPPORTED			SUPPORTED
Fit cylinders, structural steel from catalogues				SUPPORTED
Insert piping components from catalogues (reducer, elbow, branch, flange, valve)				SUPPORTED
Piping Mode to add insulation thickness, Line ID, specification, Symbol Key (SKEY)				SUPPORTED
Set object creation parameters				SUPPORTED
Create and manage object annotation				SUPPORTED
Output feature codes and annotated vertices, spheres, to ASCII				SUPPORTED
Generate 2D drawings from 3D models				SUPPORTED
3D redlining				SUPPORTED
Scanner simulation				SUPPORTED
UCS Tools
Multiple coordinate system support		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Create UCS from walls		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Create UCS from room corner		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Set XYZ coordinate from pick point		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Assign colours & materials to objects				SUPPORTED
Layers
Create Layers				SUPPORTED
Manage Layers				SUPPORTED
Save/restore viewpoints				SUPPORTED
Object Grouping				SUPPORTED
Geometry Types that can be created:
HDS spherical targets		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Black/White targets		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Patch (plane)				SUPPORTED
Extruded patch				SUPPORTED
Box				SUPPORTED
Corner				SUPPORTED
Steel shape(e.g. I-beam)				SUPPORTED
Cylinder				SUPPORTED
Sphere				SUPPORTED
Vertex				SUPPORTED
Line				SUPPORTED
Elbow, Reducing Elbow				SUPPORTED
Cone				SUPPORTED
Torus				SUPPORTED
Reducer (Eccentric, Concentric)				SUPPORTED
Flange (Blind, Weld-Neck)				SUPPORTED
Pipe Tee				SUPPORTED
Valve				SUPPORTED
Polyline, Polygon				SUPPORTED
Rectangle, Square				SUPPORTED
Arc, Circle				SUPPORTED
Ellipse				SUPPORTED
Cubic spline				SUPPORTED
Point-of-view camera				SUPPORTED
Point-of-view camera (Height)				SUPPORTED
Pointed (Ballistic) cone				SUPPORTED
Environmental lighting				SUPPORTED
Create fly-throughs and output sequence of image files or .AVI (Audio Video Interleave) file				SUPPORTED
Elevation check				SUPPORTED
Pipe Modelling user interface				SUPPORTED
Auto Black & White Target Extraction		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Estimate normals		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Scripting				SUPPORTED
Undo/Redo Operations within Review & Optimise
SiteMap creation		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Optimisation		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Create/edit targets		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Create/edit GeoTags		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Create/edit Assets		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Delete Setups		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Create/delete/modify links		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
TruSpace/KeyPlan/SiteMap
Model Library				SUPPORTED
Automatic Pipe Finder				SUPPORTED
Auto Generate Patches				SUPPORTED
ModelSpace inventory				SUPPORTED
GeoTagging
In-field GeoTagging	SUPPORTED
Create GeoTags	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Target Tagging	SUPPORTED
Floor Flatness/Floor Levelness				SUPPORTED
Registration Reporting
Customisable Registration Report		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Basic Registration Report			SUPPORTED
Open\View KeyPlan				SUPPORTED
Create SiteMap		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Create Map from OpenStreetMap’s Slippy map (satellite or streetmap view)		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
GPS locate Setups on satellite map		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Create Hyper links in SiteMaps		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Edit Hyperlinks in SiteMaps		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Create KeyPlan				SUPPORTED
Edit KeyPlan				SUPPORTED
Open TruSpace				SUPPORTED
Extract targets in TruSpace				SUPPORTED
Measurements in TruSpace				SUPPORTED
View Multi-Image in TruSpace				SUPPORTED
Change Colour Mapping (RGB, Intensity, Greyscale, Infrared, shaded surface lighting)		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Temperature readout within infrared view		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Open ModelSpace view from TruSpace				SUPPORTED
Publish TruView from KeyPlan		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED *
Sync view- TruSpace to ModelSpace				SUPPORTED
Quick Limit box from TruSpace to ModelSpace				SUPPORTED
Load Points within Fence				SUPPORTED
Produce Floor Plans and Models	SUPPORTED
Data Import
Save Import Settings		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
ASCII (XYZ, SVY, PTS, PTX (feet and meters), TXT, Customised format)			PTX ONLY	SUPPORTED
Control file in TXT format		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Control file in CSV format	SUPPORTED
PTZ, PTG, PTB			PTG ONLY	SUPPORTED
Cyclone Object Exchange (COE) format (from AutoCAD, MicroStation, via COE Data Transfer)				SUPPORTED
ZFS, ZFC, ZFPRJ			SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
BMP, TIFF, JPG, PNG		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Batch Import and Auto-Align Images (supports iSTAR, Nodal Ninja, Spheron)		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Batch re-import of edited Panoramic images ⁺		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
LandXML				SUPPORTED
SIMA				SUPPORTED
FARO: fls, fws, frp			SUPPORTED
RIEGL: rsp, 3dd
LAS (feet and metres)				SUPPORTED
RCP		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Import select setups from E57, PTX and PTG (when contained in file)			SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Cyclone REGISTER 360 PLUS archive file (RAF)			SUPPORTED
Import Cyclone REGISTER 360 PLUS registration versions		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Import Cyclone REGISTER 360 PLUS (BLK Edition) archive file (RAF)		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Import Cyclone REGISTER 360 PLUS project				SUPPORTED
Import project data collected on ScanStation C10			SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Import project data collected on ScanStation P15/P16/P20/P30/P40/P50			SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Real-time data streaming from ScanStation P30/P40/P50
Import project data collected on Pegasus scanners				SUPPORTED
Import project data collected on Pegasus: Two Ultimate				SUPPORTED
Direct WiFi import of project data collected on BLK360	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Import project data collected on BLK360 imaging laser scanner including Cyclone FIELD 360 links, assets and GeoTags		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Import project data collected on RTC360 and P-series scanners including Cyclone FIELD 360 links, assets and GeoTags			SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Adaptive image resolution for RTC360 imports with Low and Medium resolu- tion images		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Import preview data collected on RTC360	SUPPORTED
Import project data collected on BLK2GO handheld imaging laser scanner		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Filter BLK2GO data upon import		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
E57			SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
DotProduct: dp				SUPPORTED
HeXML				SUPPORTED
Import *.blk data from BLK360 Data Manager		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
LGS (Leica Geosystems Universal Project File)		BLK LGS ONLY	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
LGSx (Leica Geosystems Universal Project File post December 2023)		BLK LGSX ONLY	SUPPORTED
Batch import of B2G via command line interface		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Import scans without images		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Import .cmi data from BLK3D		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Filter points by range		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Command Line Interface Importing of RTC360 and BLK360 data stored locally			SUPPORTED
Data Export
Publish a sub-selection of setups		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Publish contents of a LimitBox		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
AutoCAD DXF R12				SUPPORTED
Cyclone Object Exchange (COE) format (to AutoCAD, MicroStation via COE Data Transfer)				SUPPORTED
ASCII (XYZ, SVY, PTS, PTX, TXT, Customised format)		PTX/PTS	PTX/PTS	SUPPORTED
PTX as separate Setups (feet and metres)		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
PTG		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
BMP, TIFF, JPEG, PNG				SUPPORTED
RCP (unified and separate setups)		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
LAS (feet and metres)⁺		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Ortho Image, GeoTIFF, TWF (World File)				SUPPORTED
Pano Export
Batch Export of Panoramic images (JPG)		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Batch Export of Panoramic images (EXR)⁺		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
SDNF 3.0 (Intergraph Steel Detailing Neutral File)				SUPPORTED
PCF (Alias Piping Component File)				SUPPORTED
Leica System 1200				SUPPORTED
LandXML				SUPPORTED
Cyclone II TOPO CWF & PCI				SUPPORTED
CloudWorx-VR ALP*				SUPPORTED
E57 Publish Options
E57 unified		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
E57 separate Setups		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
E57 with WayPoints and Images		BLK KINEMATIC DATA	BLK KINEMATIC DATA
Setup sub-selection		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
LimitBox contents		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Compatibility mode for third-party software		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
HDR imagery		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Cyclone REGISTER 360 PLUS archive file (RAF)			SUPPORTED
Imagery Publishing Features
Publish with/without imagery		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Publish HDR imagery		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Publish LDR optionally		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Cyclone REGISTER 360 PLUS (BLK Edition) archive file (RAF)		SUPPORTED
LGS (Leica Geosystems Universal project file) including Password-protected		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
LGSx (Leica Geosystems Universal project file post December 2023) including Password-protected		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Automatic file conversion to 2023.1 data architecture		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
TruView Local dataset		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
CVR				SUPPORTED
Publish to TruView Cloud	¨	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Publish to JetStream Enterprise		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Batch export LGS via command line interface		2023.0.2 AND EARLIER	2023.0.2 AND EARLIER
Batch export LGSx via command line interface		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Batch export RAF archive file via command line interface		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Publish to Cyclone ENTERPRISE		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Decimate point clouds upon publish		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Save screen image as image file		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
Auto-blur faces and licence plates⁺		SUPPORTED	SUPPORTED
IFC	SUPPORTED
DXF	SUPPORTED

Other General Cyclone Features
Metric units of measure
Imperial units of measure
64-bit large number support
64-bit graphics support
Continuous auto-save
Multi-threading to take advantage of multiple processors
Hierarchical project layout
Project Explorer (Cyclone REGISTER 360 PLUS)
Online help
Adjust Capture Settings of BLK360
Scan Density (High, Medium, Low)
Image Quality (HDR or LDR)
Image Exposure (EV-5 to +5)
Adjust Capture Settings of P-Series scanners
Scan Density (12.5mm, 10.0mm, 8.0mm, 6.25mm, 4.0mm, 3.125mm@10m)
Range filter
Delete scans from BLK360
Check Battery level of BLK360
Check internal storage availability of BLK360
Check Serial Number of BLK360
Check Firmware Version of BLK360
Set time on BLK360 internal clock
In-app notifications of licences nearing expiration

Workstation Specifications

Minimum specification (Desktop Modules)

Processor Dual core processor running at 2.5GHz
RAM Minimum 8 GB or more for 64-bit OS
Operating System Windows® 10 (64 bit), excluding Bootcamp for MacOS
Graphics Support for OpenGL 3.3 or higher with 1GB video memory
Hard Disk At least 1GB of free disk space required for install

Recommended Specification for Workstation (Desktop Modules)

Processor Latest i9 quad core 10th generation at 3.5GHz or higher
RAM 64 GB
Operating System Windows® 10 (64 bit), excluding Bootcamp for MacOS
Graphics Nividia Quadro, Nvidia GeForce or AMD Radeon. 8 GB dedicated
video memory
Hard Disk Internal SSD drives. One for writing and one for reading.
Note:

Recommended Specification for Workstation (Classification)

RAM 4GB Video RAM or better
Graphics Card Ampere NVIDIA, Volta or Turing, Any RTX, GeForce GTX 1650 or
better
GPU 7.0 or better

Recommended Specification for Workstation (Tablet Modules)

Processor Intel Core i5 2.4 GHz or higher
RAM 16 GB or higher
Operating System Windows® 10 (64 bit), excluding Bootcamp for MacOS
Graphics Intel HD graphics 520 or higher
Hard Disk Internal SSD drive
Port Ethernet port or Ethernet adapter