Cad Zone (CZ) Point Cloud
Importance of Printed Diagrams
Why Cad Zone Point Cloud Software
Cad Zone Point Cloud software gives the user a significant advantage over
Cyclone. CZ Point Cloud It is a perfect compliment to Crash Zone or Crime Zone
diagramming software. Drawing inside the point cloud is easy and quick. The
tools in CZ Point Cloud are familiar to users and require almost no additional
training. It is very easy and quick to trace lines, draw roadways, create buildings,
build rooms, and much more.
Why Diagrams
Diagrams deliver a tangible mode of viewing the evidence. Whether printed on
paper or viewed in a PDF file, diagrams are essential and reliable. Diagrams are
the only way to illustrate complex mechanisms of a Forensic Analysis such as
vectors, momentum, time/distance, blood spatter or bullet trajectories to mention
a few. Cad Zone Point Cloud is an essential part of any Forensic Analysis using
scanned data.
Point clouds are impressive to a trained observer. But experience in
visualizations has revealed that the lay viewer, such as jurors, have little idea
what they are looking at when viewing point cloud data alone. The addition of
diagrams to accompany point cloud data assists the viewer in a more complete
understanding all of the evidence. Diagrams are the only way to illustrate
technical Forensic Analysis; it cannot be done using Cyclone software alone.
What is Cyclone and TruView
Cyclone
Leica Cyclone is software required to extract and convert the data from a laser
scanner so it can be viewed or exported for use in other applications.
Leica TruView and Cyclone-PUBLISHER
Leica Cyclone-PUBLISHER publishes point cloud data for web-based sharing
and viewing in TruView software.
In TruView, users can extract real 3D coordinates and accurately measure
distances.
Cyclone and Forensic Analysis
There are many limitations with Cyclone software when it comes to Forensic
Analysis of Crash and Crime scenes. While you must use Cyclone software, it
was not initially created for forensic work; it was intended for visual design
engineering, such as HVAC. For now, Cyclone is important for the purpose of
stitching more than one scan together as well as basic scene cleaning,
publishing and creating TruView illustrations. Cad Zone Point Cloud is the
missing link between real Forensic Analysis and point cloud visualization.
Although scanners have been in use for several years, the data collected has
been limited to single measurements or simple viewing using software and
plugins that are often plagued with compatibility issues, require special security
privileges and restricted for use only with Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Furthermore, without a powerful computer to run Cyclone and the proper
software plugins, the Cyclone point cloud may not be viewed at all.
Cyclone software is powerful and necessary, but alone it is simply not sufficient
for a proper and complete Forensic Analysis.
The following is a very short list of the many reasons you must have Cad Zone
Point Cloud software:
Crime Scene
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Multiple Dimensions
Bullet Trajectory
Blood Spatter Analysis
Foot Print Analysis
Tire Print Analysis
Body Positioning
Evidence Positioning
Animation
Crash Scene
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Multiple Dimensions
Path of Travel Analysis
True Distances Measured from Actual Paths of Travel
Vector Analysis from Evidence
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Linear Momentum Analysis
Vehicle/Pedestrian Positioning for Impact Analysis
Vehicle/Pedestrian Positioning for Pre Impact Analysis
Vehicle/Pedestrian Positioning for Time and Distance Analysis
Animation
Summary
If you use a laser scanner to collect and preserve evidence and use that
evidence in Forensic Analysis, you must have CZ Point Cloud to create Forensic
Diagrams and illustrations worthy of presentation in the legal system.
Written by:
Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones Associates, Inc.
Post Office Box 9807
Knoxville, TN 37940
(865) 525-8860
www.Reconstructionist.com
bobby@reconstructionist.com