From: Bathsheba Grossman (sheba@bathsheba.com)
Date: Tue Jul 02 2002 - 21:56:17 EEST
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Anshuman Razdan wrote:
> Hmm interesting that you want the points aligned but don't want a mesh
> like Geomagic would produce. One alternative is to use Geomagic to
> combine the points let it be wrapped and meshed. Then you can sort of
> sample the surface as just points. Throw away the topology and keep the
> geometry (points). Would u describe your application a bit more as I am
> puzzled that you don't want more than points.
I'm doing subsurface laser etching in glass blocks. This technology
just plots points in 3D - no lines or surfaces - so it renders point
clouds simply as point clouds, with no need for any more structure.
It's quite nifty really: not very big, but things can be done with the
medium that just aren't on the table with carved or built models.
I personally am more interested in sculptural and scientific models
(there are two at http://bathsheba.com/crystal), but I know people who
want to etch scanned portraits and other objects, and I figured this
would be the place to ask.
Thanks to everyone for helpful suggestions!
It seems like all the software that does this is very expensive and
also does a lot of other things not relevant to this application. So
we'll probably end up either getting it done as a service, or with me
writing a wee tool to do the job.
-- -Sheba Bathsheba Grossman (831) 429-8224 Sculpture bathsheba.com Creative prototyping protoshape.comFor more information about the rp-ml, see http://rapid.lpt.fi/rp-ml/
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