Points Module

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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 Point Cloud: will import coordinates for 3D-points from a text file
Export Point Cloud: will export coordinates for 3D-points to a text file
Polygon Pick: to do

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)