The Point Cloud Feature Extraction tool performs feature extraction on point cloud data.
Generating building, tree, and power line products requires an ENVI Feature Extraction license; contact your sales representative for more information.
You can also write a script to do feature extraction on point cloud data using the PointCloudFeatureExtraction task.
From the Toolbox, select LiDAR > Point Cloud Feature Extraction. The Point Cloud Feature Extraction dialog appears.
For descriptions of all available parameters and their settings, refer to the PointCloudFeatureExtraction task topic.
In addition to the parameters described in the task documentation, these additional settings are available in the tool dialog:
- Enable the Display result check box to display the output in the view when processing is complete. Otherwise, if the check box is disabled, the result can be loaded from the Data Manager.
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To reuse these task settings in future ENVI sessions, save them to a file. Click the down arrow next to the OK button 
, select Save Parameter Values, then specify the path and filename to save to. Note that some parameter types, such as rasters, vectors, and ROIs, will not be saved with the file. To apply the saved task settings, click the down arrow and select Restore Parameter Values, then select the file where you previously saved your settings.
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You can run the process in the background on your computer or in the background on an ENVI Server (if available). Click the down arrow next to the OK button and select one of the following:
- Run Task in the Background: Runs the process on your computer. This method does not use an ENVI Server. The job progress will show in the ENVI Job Console's Background Jobs tab.
- Run Task on envi_server_name. Runs the process on the selected ENVI Server. The job progress will show in the ENVI Job Console's envi_server_name tab.
See ENVI Job Console for details on monitoring ENVI Server jobs and viewing results. See ENVI Servers for details on configuring and using an ENVI Server.