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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.

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  • Click Grid from surface.

  • The command opens a new panel on the right.

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    • 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.