From: Deelip Menezes (deelipmenezes@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jul 01 2002 - 15:16:57 EEST
Looks like the following mail I sent 3 days ago has got caught is some kind
of a loop. Someone, please find out why this is happenning and stop it.
/Deelip Menezes
>From: "Deelip Menezes" <deelipmenezes@hotmail.com>
>To: sheba@bathsheba.com, rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
>Subject: Re: Novice 3d scan question: stitching point clouds
>Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 11:27:13 +0530
>
>Well, this is going to amount to advertising. But I dont see how else I can
>reply to this question.
>
>We do have two products to deal with point clouds.
>XYZ Import for AutoCAD (http://www.fpsols.com/xyz_import_ac.html)
>XYZ Import for Rhino (http://www.fpsols.com/xyz_import_rh.html)
>
>These are plug-ins for AutoCAD and Rhino respectively. They read a matrix
>of
>points, of the form:
>+ + + + + + +
>+ + + + + + +
>+ + + + + + +
>+ + + + + + +
>+ + + + + + +
>and import the point cloud into AutoCAD/Rhino. You can import the point
>cloud as simple points, lines, polylines, splines, faces or a surface.
>
>Bathsheba, I am not sure whether these utilities will be helpful to you,
>mainly because (1) you need AutoCAD or Rhino to run them, and (2) your
>point
>could may not be in the form of a matrix (rows and columns). These plug-ins
>were developed to read in data from a Ditizer or 3D Scanner.
>
>Anyways, if you guys have a very different point cloud and would like to
>process it do let me know about it, so that we can enhance the
>functionality
>of our products. We can also develop a small program to proceess point
>clouds as a standalone Windows application as opposed to plug-ins to other
>CAD systems. Thats the reason I am part of this mailing list: To find out
>the requirements of the RP industry and develop software for it.
>
>I know that there is a policy of no-advertising on this list. If any of you
>feel that I should not post messages like this one again, do let me know.
>However, I feel it more honest to say that this product is our's, rather
>than posing as someone else and saying that there is a great product made
>by
>Floating Point Solutions, and you guys ought to buy it.
>
>/Deelip Menezes
>
>
>
>>From: Bathsheba Grossman <sheba@bathsheba.com>
>>To: <rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi>
>>Subject: Novice 3d scan question: stitching point clouds
>>Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:43:20 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>
>>I need to merge some point clouds made by scans of the same object
>>viewed from different directions. I don't need to make meshes or
>>surfaces, just put together the different viewpoints to make a
>>360-degree point cloud.
>>
>>Can anyone recommend a utility, or even a service, that does this
>>cheapishly? I know Geomagic can do it, but it also does a lot of
>>other stuff that I don't need and don't wanna buy.
>>
>>--
>>-Sheba
>>Bathsheba Grossman (831) 429-8224
>>Sculpture bathsheba.com
>>Creative prototyping protoshape.com
>>
>>
>>
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