Mesh Sections (for scan reverse engineering)
Mark McCoy
Since Plasticity is, at its core, NOT a mesh modeler, I dont see how this could be implemented.
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Mat
Mark McCoy The ability to import STL / OBJ and reconstruct with the constrained surface command makes me doubt that ? If the software understands point cloud data and allows interaction with it, I don't see why this could not be implemented.
Mark McCoy
Mat Granted, I have a limited understanding of how this works, but from my experimenting with the trial version, Constrained Surface command works with surfaces only and not points. An STL/ OBJ can be imported but it is not editable. You literally have to trace over points and lines to redraw the curves represented in your import. As for point clouds, I see no indication that this is currently possible. If Im wrong please point that out.
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Mat
Mark McCoy The constrained surface is working as expected with point cloud data like STL. You are approximating a surface by picking vertices of the mesh; the mesh being a tessellation between the point cloud.
As it should, you have to reconstruct clean curves over the scan data. Sections would only be a different representation, the result of a plane intersecting the point cloud. You would therefore be left with a bunch of points on a plane.
It’s just a different representation, but let’s you focus on rebuilding clean planar curves close to the scan.