Simple Cloud to CAD or Mesh Alignments
An “intelligent” Cloud to CAD or Cloud to Mesh alignment tool is available directly through the cloud’s right-click properties. It provides a convenient way to align a cloud and associated instrument to a CAD model or mesh. This function first prompts for the operator to select the CAD surfaces to consider and then performs the alignment reporting the fit results and transform.
This function is designed to be quick and easy to use. It is intended for clouds with nearly full coverage of the CAD and that have already had any splash data or outliers removed. It performs an initial alignment based upon the perimeter of the scan and then refines that alignment. If the alignment is canceled it can be run a second time using a finer detail mesh of the CAD model which will take longer but typically returns better results.
Video demonstration available here- https://youtu.be/IzTV3lK4rVg