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I've recieved this terrain data as lines/points, does anyone know a 'quick and dirty' way of converting this into a mesh?



AutoCad has a mesh tool plug-in for this type of stuff, but it's an Acad free-zone here.....since LW does just about everything, I'm really surprised there's not a quick few key-strokes to mesh a point cloud like this.......I thought I was being just a dumbass and missed something obvious!

Anyone have any ideas?

I don't know but maybe this program can do it..

http://www.globalmapper.com/

/ Max

hmmmmmm..... since i'm not a nurbs guy, i'd probably make sure all vertices were welded together then attempt to bridge the edges/splines/segments/whatever?... would probably require a little dirty work but in situations like these it's easy to spend more time trying to find the quickest solution rather than acting on first instinct...

Tried 'bridge' functions of all flavours.........nothing works.

There's a small piece of SW called TerrainCad which looks promising, but I'd need the point cloud as a .3dm file.........which I can't get or export to.

joy joy joy.........if I have to skin this by hand I'll be here 'til new year.
The hunt goes on!

AHHHH, desperate times call for a post in the off topic!

could you throw a cloth over it? there's an abstract idea!

Too right.

ClothFX in LW.......tried it.......PITA!
Off for a double whisky and some off-screen thinking.

Bonzai3d can do it. Download the free trial and take a look at the tutorial videos; there's one specific for that. http://www.bonzai3d.com

Thanks Fernando, I'll give it a whack.

A .3dm into TerrainCAD........then two clicks......perfect!

All responses have been greatly appreciated!