How to Use Digital Grid Tools in Quantiscan — Map Utility Networks from Raw Point Clouds
Learn how to use Quantiscan's built-in Digital Grid tools to create vector representations of electric utility networks directly from your point cloud data. Mapping poles, wires, guy wires, and service wires from LiDAR has traditionally required expensive specialized software and a lot of manual effort — Quantiscan brings that workflow straight into the platform.
This video walks through creating a new digital grid object, placing poles, auto-generating wire connections, editing pole positions with the editor tools, and assigning wire types for downstream filtering and analysis.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro to Digital Grid tools
0:32 - Loading your point cloud & creating a new digital grid object
1:12 - Overview of the digital grid toolbar
1:36 - Adding poles with the Add Pole tool
2:47 - Auto-generating wires between poles
3:50 - Fixing missing poles and manual wire edits
5:01 - Adding and editing guy wires
6:10 - Adding service wires
7:27 - Assigning wire types & filtering by voltage
8:37 - Fine-tuning pole position and height with the editor tools
9:34 - Wrap-up & next steps