Grid from surface

This utility generates a new grid surface from a surface of reference. You can define the size of the grid and the rotation.

• Click Surface.

• Click Tools to open the menu.

  

• Click Grid from surface.

• The command opens a new panel on the right.

  

  • Ref. surface: indicates the surface subproject from which to extract the points.

  • New surface: creates a new surface subproject where the processing data will save.

  • Horizontal step: sets the horizontal step of the grid.

  • Vertical step: sets the vertical step of the grid.

  • Axis inclination: represents the direction of the grid; sets the value of the angle or indicate it in the CAD window by clicking on the button .

  • Squared: toggles the creation of a regular squared surface that does not follow the perimeter of the model.

  • Ref. elevation: sets the reference elevation to be assigned to the points that are generated externally to the model.

  • Estimated points: indicates the estimation of the number of points generated by the calculation.

• Click Generate to generate the points.