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3D Scan Point Cloud to Surface
My company is venturing into new territory and I need a little help. We have used one in the past (kinda) and are currently looking to upgrade a 3D scanner that we use (large scale) for scanning large items from 8'x16' (smallest) to much much larger (over 60'). The scanner we use (as do most) creates a point cloud will thousands upon thousands of points. My question for you guys.....What is the EASIEST and most TIME EFFECTIVE way of creating an AUTOCAD surface from this point cloud? Think scanning a car. How would you go about creating an AUTOCAD surface from the point cloud of that car?
We are currently using AutoCAD 2016 and Autodesk ReCap 2016
I am not opposed to looking into another piece of software if you guys and gals know of one that is just fantastic, but I would really like to know first if AutoCAD alone is capable of such.
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Hi,
I would use >>>MeshLab<<< (there exists a portable version, so no need to run an installer), create a mesh from a pointcloud, then import the mesh into AutoCAD (or any other software) to continue your work.
AutoCAD itself has some tools to capture sections from pointclouds, use objectsnaps on pointcloud objects while "seeing" planes/corners/edges on the pointcloud, but it can not mesh the whole geometry.
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Alfred NESWADBA
ISH-Solutions GmbH / Ingenieur Studio HOLLAUS
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Alfred thanks for the info. I knew that it would create a mesh. However, we use a flattening program to create flat patterns that does not like a mesh for whatever reason. We try to create a surface and then flatten that surface to create the patterns that we need. That was the only reason that I asked if there was a way to create a surface specifically.