Points Workbench/sv

Introduction

The Points Workbench offers specific tools for working with point clouds. The workbench is still in development.

A point cloud is a collection of points in 3D space. A point cloud is generally produced by scanning the surface of a solid object. The cloud of points can then be used for many purposes including building a mesh for the object, reconstructing the surfaces and solid volumes, reverse engineering, as well as for visualization and quality inspection.

Tools

• Import points...: Imports a point cloud from a file.

• Export points...: Exports a point cloud to a file.

• Convert to points...: Creates point clouds from shape objects.

• Structured point cloud: Creates a structured point cloud from the points of an existing point cloud.

• Merge point clouds: Creates a point cloud by combining the points of two or more point clouds.

• Cut point cloud: Cuts points from point clouds.

Notes

• Draft commands such as Draft Line and Draft B-spline can be used to connect the points in a point cloud. Use Draft Snap Endpoint to snap to the points.
• Python can be used to analyze and process point clouds. See the following forum discussions:
  • Inspecting Point cloud.
  • Fläche aus Messwerten (German)
  • Schnitte durch Flächen aus Messwerten (German)