Creates a user-defined number of planar PointsClouds from a given PointsCloud.
How to use
1. Click the Sketch on planes icon or choose the Tools > Digitizer > Sketch on planes command.
2. The program console prompts Origin.
3. This parameter is the first plane position. solidThinking displays the plane position by a cross when you choose Edit mode. When you press the Create planes button (see below), you can see net-planes. This is the parameter you are required to insert, all the other are optional.
Options
Origin
To define the position of the first plane.
Modeling Tool panel. Type the values in the XYZ data fields and confirm them by pressing Enter.
Planes dir.
To define the direction of the planes normal direction. The total number of planes defined with the # of planes parameter will be created in this direction.
Modeling Tool panel. Type the values in the XYZ data fields and confirm them by pressing Enter.
Dist. between planes
To set the step from plane to plane.
Modeling Tool panel. Set the value either by moving the slider or by typing it in the data field and pressing Enter.
# of planes
To define the total number of planes.
Modeling Tool panel. Set the value either by moving the slider or by typing it in the data field and pressing Enter.
Create planes
To start the creation of planes according to parameters.
Modeling Tool panel. Press the Create planes button.
Delete new planes
To delete planes created in the current session
Modeling Tool panel. Press the Delete new planes button.
Snap to plane tol.
To control the point distance to plane. If a point from MicroScribe-3D has a distance to a plane lower than this, the point will be projected onto the plain and inserted in the plane cloud. This tolerance is very important for an accurate model reproduction, but if it is too low, planes could not intercept points sent from the MicroScribe-3D .
Modeling Tool panel. Set the value either by moving the slider or by typing it in the data field and pressing Enter.
Min. dist. between points
To control the minimum distance between points lying on the same plane. When the distance from a projected MicroScribe-3D point to other points on the same plane is higher than this parameter, the point is inserted on the plane cloud. This tolerance is very important to control imprecision due to manual use of MicroScribe-3D and to create planar clouds with a limited number of points.
Modeling Tool panel. Set the value either by moving the slider or by typing it in the data field and pressing Enter.