PointCab and cadwork
Share Tutorial:
You achieve an effective workflow when you preprocess your desired results in PointCab.
[1] – [2] With PointCab, you create true-to-deformation plans, layouts, sections, views, meshes, DTMs, vector drawings and other more easily and quickly as in your CAD system. Then, you can use the results in your CAD system thanks to the universal DWG format.
[3] Due to PointCab, you can easily and quickly work with Allplan, even with huge point clouds. By generating plans and sectional views as ortho photos, you transfer only the information that is relevant for modeling.
[4] With PointCab, you can “adjust” your point cloud for Allplan. You can just extract the desired areas of the point cloud or single 3D points and reduce data volume extremely while maintaining the desired accuracy.
Tutorial units
Import layouts and sections in cadwork
Import layouts and sections in cadwork
In this tutorial, we show you how to use your PointCab results in cadwork. First, we create a layout:
Create a layout
In the CAD tab in the Job Editor, you can define the settings you need. It is important to select JPG as output format of the single image files. Furthermore, it makes sense to select the output in millimeters.
Settings in the Job Editor – JPG as output format of the image file
After processing, you can show your layout in the folder by right-clicking on the job in the Job List:
Show layout in folder
The generated DXF of the layout is saved in the directory Project_results in the folders Orthofotos and Grundriss_results: You can also use the DWG file instead.
Layout as DXF
We select the DXF file with a right mouse click with the result that the context menu opens. Use the command Open with to select the cadwork application:
Open with cadwork application
The DXF is opened in the cadwork viewer now. The export runs after a click on the button in the main menu bar.
Export Cadwork 2d
The transformation into cadwork groups is an important setting:
Export 2D
Save the cadwork file in the same directory:
Save in the same directory
The file Grundriss.2d is saved in the directory now.
File Grundriss.2d
By double-clicking on Grundriss.2d file, the file is opened directly in cadwork.
Layout in cadwork
Import vector lines in cadwork
Import vector lines in cadwork
In this tutorial, we show you how to use results from our Vectorizer tool directly in cadwork. First, you create a layout or section of the area you need for planning:
Create a layout
Select the area to be vectorized:
Select area for vectorization
Test
Add vector lines
Export the vector lines:
Create vector lines
Show in folder:
Show vector lines in folder
In directory:
DWG and DXF result in the folder
We select the DXF file with a right mouse click; the context menu opens. Use the command Open with to select the cadwork application:
Open with cadwork application
The DXF is opened in the cadwork viewer now. The export runs after a click on the button in the main menu bar.
The transformation into cadwork groups is an important setting:
cadwork export options
Save the cadwork file in the same directory now:
Save in the same directory
The file Vectorize_Layout.2d is saved in the directory now. 
By double-clicking on Vectorize_Layout.2d file, the file is opened directly in cadwork.
Layout in Cadwork