The data preparation menu contains tools that aid in the preparation of original survey files to be used in GCD and other tools in MBES Tools. It currently one sub-menu Survey Preparation which contains six tools:
- Raw Point Cloud to Shapefile Tool
- Raw Point Cloud to TIN Tool
- Raw Point Cloud to DEM Tool
- Raw Point Cloud to TIN and DEM Tool
- ToPCAT Prep Tool
- ToPCAT Point Cloud Decimation Tool