This command creates a solid model from a collection of x,y,z
points by using the Poisson method. The points need to cover all
sides of the surface (top, bottom, left, right, front, back). The
Poisson method is a 3D surface reconstruction algorithm employed to
rebuild 3D surfaces from point samples. The screened Poisson
formulation considers all the points at once, without resorting to
heuristic spatial partitioning or blending, and is therefore highly
resilient to data noise. Since the input for this routine uses
points in the drawing, the difficulty of CAD to handle a very large
number of points limits the number of points this routine can
process. This function is also available in the Point Clouds module
which stores the data outside of CAD and can process more input
points.
The program prompts for CAD point entities in the drawing as the
input for the model. Next the program has a dialog for the
processing options.
The solid model is designed to follow the source points but does
not exactly pass through each point. The options in the dialog
control how well the model fits the points and has options for
reviewing how well the model fits.
Select points to process.
Select objects: pick points
Points to Solid options dialog
Solid File To Write Select MDL file
Pulldown Menu Location: Solid
Keyboard Command: pt2solid
Prerequisite: points