AutoCAD Map3D 2010 Now Supports Point Clouds

Autodesk has announced the release of the Autodesk Subscription Advantage Pack for AutoCAD® Map 3D 2010, which adds support for using and visualizing point clouds, captured with laser scanners and LiDAR.  Point cloud functionality includes import and 3D visualization of large sets of point cloud data sets with millions of points in LAS and ASCII file formats, filtering point data by spatial extent and LAS classification, elevation, or intensity, point extraction to create surface models, snapping to points in the point cloud using standard AutoCAD software tools, and export of digital elevation models.

The subscription advantage pack also includes Autodesk ImageModeler 2009, which is pretty cool because it allows you to create 3D models from images captured with your digital camera.