Constraint Mesh

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This command creates or modifies a mesh according to one or more polylines.

If you select:

  • point cloud(s), it will be meshed with constraints.

  • mesh, constraints will be added to the mesh.

  • only polylines and sets of polylines, it will create a mesh with polylines as constraints.

The constraint is a polyline, and it means that no triangle is allowed to cross the polyline.

Select point cloud(s) and polyline(s) or a mesh and polyline(s) or polyline(s) only and launch the command.

Mesh + polylines

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Cloud + polylines

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Polylines only

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  1. The option 2D Computation is available only if your selection contains a mesh.

    • If unckecked, we use the mesh properties to determine the best direction.

    • If checked, define a Meshing direction.

  2. The option Deviation is available only if your selection contains a point cloud. It is the 3D deviation error used during calculation (accuracy). A low value allows the meshing of small details but will be very time consuming and creates a very heavy mesh and an aberrant (or noisy) result.

  3. The option Keep all points is available only if your selection contains a point cloud. If checked, it will use all points to create the mesh.

  4. Choose the type of result with Cut in parts option:

    • If checked, the resulting mesh is cut out into pieces to follow the polylines.

    • If unckecked, after meshing, the pieces inside closed polylines are kept.

      Tip & Trick

      If you want to Cut in parts, the polyline must be closed or use a polyline crossing the mesh in order to have disctinct parts.

  5. Validate the command with OK, display the result with Preview or close the dialog box with Cancel.