Guide

Getting started with Stippla

The short version: import, square up, slice, draw.

Your first existing-plan drawing

Import the scan with STPIMPORT. The first import builds a cache; next time the cloud opens instantly.
Square up with STPFLOORWALL: pick the floor, then a main wall. You get a plan view square to the building.
Draw the plan with STPFLOORPLAN: pick the floor and wall lines appear on STP-SLICE-LINES. Or slice at 1 m with STPSLICE and trace by hand with Point Snap on.
Sections and elevations with STPSECTIONLINES and STPFACADE; levels with STPSPOT and STPHEIGHT.

AutoCAD doesn’t give plugins the coordinates inside RCP files. Tools that read points (Floor + Wall fitting, Floor Plan, Section Lines, levels) need an imported cloud; viewing tools work on both. Tip: import the same E57 alongside the RCP.

All tools

Tool	Command	What it does
Import Cloud	`STPIMPORT`	Opens E57, LAS, LAZ, PTS, PTX, XYZ or PLY, builds a fast cache and links it to the drawing. Survey coordinates can be shifted to 0,0 with heights kept.
Attach RCP	`STPATTACHRCP`	AutoCAD’s own point cloud attach, for RCP/RCS.
Floor + Wall	`STPFLOORWALL`	Pick the floor and a wall: planes are fitted to the scan and the UCS is set with Z up and X along the wall.
Slice / X / Y / Z	`STPSLICE`	A thin slab across the UCS; the view turns to look along it. Forward and Backward step it.
Wall Clip	`STPWALLCLIP`	Click a wall: a slab around its face is clipped and the view turns to an elevation square to it.
Clipping Manager	`STPCLIPS`	Named clips and groups, with enable and invert tick boxes. Stored in the drawing.
Plan / Section slider	`STPSLIDER, STPSECSLIDER`	Docked sliders that move a plan or section cut through the cloud.
QuickSlice Wall	`STPQSWALL`	Pick a wall point: a horizontal slice at that height, UCS on the wall, plan view.
Floor Plan	`STPFLOORPLAN`	Pick the floor: wall lines for the whole floor at 1 m above it.
Section Lines	`STPSECTIONLINES`	Draw a line in plan: section or elevation linework, flat or in place.
Facade Trace	`STPFACADE`	Click a facade: outline, windows and doors as blocks, horizontal bands. Unclear areas are marked in red.
Facade Image	`STPFACADEIMG`	A true-to-scale image of the facade, placed in the drawing.
Point Snap	`STPSNAP`	Snap to scan points in every Stippla pick.
Spot Level	`STPSPOT`	Levels fitted to the floor around the pick.
Room Height	`STPHEIGHT`	Floor-to-ceiling height from the fitted floor and ceiling.
Colours	`STPINTENSITY, STPRGB, STPHEIGHTCOLOR`	Colour the cloud by intensity, true colour or height.

Settings, licence and updates

STPSETTINGS opens the settings: slice thickness, tolerances, layer names, point budgets. Lengths are in millimetres.
STPLICENSE shows the trial or licence status and this PC’s machine code, and is where you activate a key.
STPUPDATE checks for a newer version. Stippla also checks once a day; switch that off in the update window.

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