point cloud: retain points?
point cloud: retain points?
(OP)
NX 6.0.1, WinXP 32
Is there a way to retain the points in a point cloud, say, after constructing a surface "From Point Cloud"? It seems that the default option basically constructs the surface and discards the source points.
What would you do, if the goal was simply to import the points themselves?
Thanks.
Is there a way to retain the points in a point cloud, say, after constructing a surface "From Point Cloud"? It seems that the default option basically constructs the surface and discards the source points.
What would you do, if the goal was simply to import the points themselves?
Thanks.





RE: point cloud: retain points?
If that was what you were expecting, I'm sorry but that is NOT yet a supported behavior for a Surface from a 'Cloud of Points'.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: point cloud: retain points?
RE: point cloud: retain points?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: point cloud: retain points?
RE: point cloud: retain points?
But since you've asked the question that you did, I now know what you're talking about.
When you enter 'points' from a file, you're NOT actually creating points, but rather you're supplying the X,Y,Z coordinates of where the 'points' would be if they actually WERE points. What you see on the screen, just before you hit OK, are temporary points, generally shown as an asterisk (*). However these are exactly what I said they were, 'temporary' points, and so once the surface is created and you perform any sort of display update, even a simple 'Refresh', they're GONE, since as I said, they never actually existed in the first place, at least NOT as real points.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: point cloud: retain points?
RE: point cloud: retain points?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: point cloud: retain points?
Once again, you're great. Thanks, this is a helpful app.
As is indicated by the sample data file, this requires comma-separated values (CSV) to correctly import the points.
Seems like the ability to "retain" points would be a handy feature of the "through point cloud" surface creation tool.
Or, just a standalone function to do what this GRIP is doing.