So I came across a Part without a CAD model, made a pointcloud, exported it out as IGES. and when I try to import it into Solidworks or even back into PC-DMIS, it is grossly slow, and sometimes when the pointcloud is huge it won't even load. Wondering if there is a trick or if you can down size it, or maybe there is a trick to exporting the pointcloud so one could create an actual good model in Solidworks or other product, that might be friendly. I have created Mesh and exported them out as STL, but these are sloppy and not as friendly, but they do load a lot easier. Any tid bits anyone have to offer?
neil.challinor perhaps?
Try exporting the pointcloud as XYZ instead maybe? How many points are in the cloud? Have you tried filtering it to remove noise / clean it up in PC-Dmis prior to exporting it?
Try exporting the pointcloud as XYZ instead maybe? How many points are in the cloud? Have you tried filtering it to remove noise / clean it up in PC-Dmis prior to exporting it?
Yeah, cleaned it up as much as I can. It's from the blue light scanner, so your talking millions of points. I'll try the XYZ and see if that helps.
We never export clouds as IGES, they suck for file size, XYZ is microscopic compared to IGS, but I've never pulled it back into Pcdmis, as the points are already there, KWIM?
We never export clouds as IGES, they suck for file size, XYZ is microscopic compared to IGS, but I've never pulled it back into Pcdmis, as the points are already there, KWIM?
I'll pull it up in solidworks and see what it will do, I only put it back in DMIS, because they were both acting the same. struggling. It may be awhile before I can respond, that's on a different PC
One way of getting less size, but good coverage is to filter the point cloud using a set distance between points. I believe the default distance in PC-DMIS distance filter is set to 0.4 mm, which has been working pretty well for me.
Ok, XYZ is the better choice, got it working,
vpt.se your suggestion helped but it was still extremely slow. Thanks again for that little tid bit. I will still mess with it a little more to see if I can't get that to work better.
neil.challinor and
Matthew D. Hoedeman thank you for the suggestions. much appreciated.
