PURPLEGEO / POINT CLOUD SOFTWARE

Explore, understand, and present your point clouds.

Open large LiDAR and laser-scan datasets, reveal the geometry with powerful display tools, inspect measurements and cross sections, and create flythroughs that help others understand the site.

Windows · macOS · iPadOS | Pro $19.99/month

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See it in action Or try in browser (desktop only) User Guide

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PurpleGeo displaying a point cloud of a process facility in Rotterdam, with display controls and a site overview
Explore a process facility in Rotterdam, captured with NavVis VLX-3.

LIVE APPLICATION DEMONSTRATION

Explore a real survey in PurpleGeo

Watch the application navigate real LiDAR data. This is an interactive PurpleGeo session, separate from the finished flythrough videos you can create with the workflow below.

FROM SURVEY TO UNDERSTANDING

Make more of your point cloud data

Move from seeing the points to understanding the site, checking the details, and communicating what you found.

01 / INTERPRET

Reveal the geometry

Switch between RGB context and shaded Surface detail to understand the shape behind the scan. Compare the same view in both modes and use the Surface / RGB crossfade to move between them.

El Elegante Crater point cloud in PurpleGeo's RGB view, showing the rock face in its source colours
RGB: source colours provide context for the rock face at El Elegante Crater.
The same El Elegante Crater view in PurpleGeo's Surface mode, with shading revealing the rock face geometry
Surface: shading brings out form and detail in the same view.

02 / INSPECT

Inspect what matters

Cut a cross section through a meaningful feature, then pair the profile with measurements that help answer a real site question. PurpleGeo is a practical inspection workbench, not just a way to look around a scan.

PurpleGeo showing a cross-section plane through the Havasu terrain in 3D before transitioning to the profile
Locate the section in 3D: the plane shows where the Havasu terrain will be sliced.
PurpleGeo showing line measurements across the Havasu cross-section profile, with annotation tools, a coordinate grid, scale bar and overview map
Measure the profile: inspect distances across the section while keeping its location visible on the overview map.

03 / COMMUNICATE

Present your findings

Build a route through the site with saved viewpoints, set transitions, preview the sequence, and record a flythrough. Give colleagues a clear visual explanation without a separate video-editing workflow.

  1. Save useful viewpoints.
  2. Arrange views and set transitions.
  3. Preview the route, then record.
PurpleGeo's Flythrough Builder at Volcan Mountain, showing five saved views, transition and hold times, and preview and recording controls
Build the sequence from saved views, set transition and hold times, then preview and record.
Watch the finished flythrough: from the site overview to terrain detail and a cross section.

CAPABILITIES

A point cloud workbench for real site questions

  • Open LAS, LAZ, and E57 survey data locally
  • Switch between Surface, RGB, elevation, slope, and other display modes
  • Inspect cross sections and take distance, slope, and height measurements
  • Use saved views and flythroughs to communicate a site
  • Share a project for others to explore in a browser
  • Available for Windows, macOS, iPadOS, and in a desktop browser

Work with your survey locally. No mandatory cloud upload. Creating a share is an explicit workflow that uploads project data for recipients to access.

GET STARTED

Get PurpleGeo

PurpleGeo Pro

$19.99 / month

Choose the native app for your platform.

Get PurpleGeo for Windows from Microsoft Store Get PurpleGeo for Mac from the Mac App Store Get PurpleGeo for iPad from the App Store
Try in browser (desktop only) Read the User Guide