Undet Browser with Undet for Revit

Undet Browser is a free stand-alone point cloud viewer explicitly created to help you view, analyze and navigate your digital data as a panoramic view. This will help you better and more quickly understand your scan data and share it with colleagues and customers.

Undet Browser solves the main problem where it is not always easy to view and understand the point cloud in a CAD model and where you often have to look at another screen loaded with a particular point cloud viewer. Most point cloud viewers work as separate software. Undet point cloud viewer works quite differently and offers unique features when point cloud viewer and Undet plug-ins are synchronized.

To create an Undet point cloud project compatible with Undet Browser, check the “Create Undet Browser Project” option in Undet Indexer settings. This option enables the creation of an Undet Browser project associated with your point cloud data, enhancing your ability to view, analyze, and navigate your data in panoramic views.

Technical requirements for your point clouds to use Undet Browser:

• Point cloud data must be structured with scan station center information.
• Supported file formats: *.E57, *.IPCP, *.FLS, *.ZFS, *.RCP, *.PTX
• The following point cloud file formats are unstructured and not supported: LAS, *.LAZ, *.PTS, *.PLY, *.DP, *.ASCII, *.TXT, *.XYZ.

Here is a video that covers essential Undet Browser features as a free point cloud viewer:

Undet Browser User Interface

	Moves between action history (Back / Forward).
	[Log out] – Log out to select a new project.
	[Refresh] – Refresh browser view.
	[Draw Points]—Enables/disables the function to place points in the CAD model by clicking in Panoramic Scan View. This function is available only with Undet plug-ins.
	[Add Annotations] – Enables/disables function to add an annotation in Panoramic Scan View (only Webshare Cloud users). Available only with Undet plug-ins.
	[Add Herfs] – Enables/disables function to add a hyperlink to the Panoramic Scan View screenshot when selecting a 3D point in the CAD model. Available only with Undet plug-ins.
	[Translate View Section] – Enables/disables function to update Undet Clipping Box location by clicking in panoramic scan view. Available only with Undet plug-ins.
	[Change Elevation] – Enables/disables function to assign Z value to draw new CAD object (line, polyline). Available only with Undet plug-ins.
	[Script] – Enables/disables scripting to use written scripts. Available only with Undet plug-ins.
	[Settings]- Script settings dialogue to set the Script you want. Available only with Undet plug-ins.
	[Scripting list] – Compilation of scripts for annotations.
	[Z Offset] –  Allows you to adjust the annotations you’ve input by a specific Z value.
	[Always on top] – Enables/disables “Always on top” windows mode.
	[About] – Undet Browser version/update information.
	[Help] – Link to Undet Browser user knowledge base.

NOTE: Several functions can be enabled at the same time.

Mini Map

Left Click on the mini-map – opens the mini-map full-screen for more straightforward navigation between scan positions.
Right-clicking on the mini-map opens an additional menu where you can change Control mode, Undet Browser View, Refresh Groups, or Crop Map for easier navigation.

Navigation in Undet Browser

Navigation in the Undet Browser is possible by scanning positions and their groups, which usually represent different levels.

Groups (levels) – same as grouped in Scan Data manager
Scan positions

Colouring modes

The colouring slider INT/RGB improves data visibility with a default scheme of INT:50 / RGB:50. You can easily customize these settings to match your preferences and workflow needs, ensuring a personalized and transparent visual experience. You can also change the background colour by clicking on this icon.

INT:10 / RGB:90	INT:90 / RGB:10

Measuring tools

In Undet Browser, you will find measuring tools such as get coordinates, get distance Z, get distance XY, and get distance XYZ.

Post-processing tools

In the Undet Browser, users can modify their view by adjusting exposure, lights, shadows, and strength parameters. This feature empowers Undet Browser users to tune their visualization settings for an optimized and personalized viewing experience.

NOTE: Double-click the parameter slider to change it to the default value.

Specialized Undet Browser features to use with Undet for Revit

1. Open Undet Browser using Scan Positions markers (BB) and Call Browser feature

Call Browser Feature: The Call Browser feature in Undet is a powerful tool for working with point clouds more efficiently and streamlining. This feature enables you to open the Undet Browser view simply by clicking on ‘Call Browser’ in the Undet menu and selecting the scan position marker you want to open.

2. Sync Browser (View Sync) feature

The [VS] tool locates the scan station view in the Undet Browser by picking the point in the raster image. 

To locate the panoramic scan station view in the Undet Browser, click the VS (view sync) icon and pick a point in the raster image.


After clicking a point on a raster image, a window will appear in the Undet Browser with picked location views from the panoramic scan. Select the position that matches your preference most closely by clicking “Accept” in the Undet browser windows for further viewing.

This feature allows you to place a 3D point in the Revit model by picking a point in Undet Browser.  Undet Browser feature [Draw Points] can be performed by activating
Click in Panoramic Scan View to place the point block (annotation symbol*) in the Revit model. This function lets you easily mark objects or places clearly in visible scan station panoramic views.

Activate the [Draw Points] function and pick the point in the Undet Browser panoramic view.

The annotation symbol is inserted automatically into the Revit model as a picked point location through Undet Browser. 

* – Annotation symbol should be chosen in the Revit model template.

4. Translate the View Section to Update Point Cloud Slice Position

The Undet Browser feature [Translate view section] can be activated. From the clicked point in the panoramic scan view, the Undet cut plane (view) elevation reference value of the selected raster image auto-updates or creates a new cut plane (view) elevation reference value.

To update the cut plane(view) elevation reference value, you need to select the raster image in the Revit model and activate the [Translate view section] feature at Undet Browser. Then, you need to pick a point in the panoramic view.

Example before: