Surface model from points and normals

[sluzzer]

How to model a surface, when we have points and the normals?
Is there any tool to do this?

Thank you!

 

[cowski]

I don't know of a surfacing command that works directly with point and normal data. You might try the "through points" or "fit surface" commands; those work with point data.

If you need more control than those offer, you could create a spline through each "row" of data. A "through point" spline would allow you to assign constraints at each point. Several surfacing commands could use these splines as input. This approach will be tedious if you have a lot of point data...

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[jerry1423]

Here is something from YouTube that may help you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWU0jA8NM1U

Jerry J.
UGV5-NX1961

 

[TheTick]

Look up "fit surface". there are tools to do this. But you may need a special license.

If you have a friend with SolidWorks, SW's Scan-to-3D works in a pinch.