Construct Cross Section Cloud    

Creates a cross section cloud from a reference, direction object and section criteria.

 

Input Arguments

 

0

Collection Object Name Ref List

Cross Section Cloud Name

Name of the new cross section cloud to build

1

Boolean

Cylindrical Cross Section Mode?

True builds concentric cylinders and filters to them as apposed to planes

2

Double

Start Distance

Offset of the first cross section from the reference

object

3

Double

Section Spacing

Distance between cross sections

4

Double

Proximity Threshold

Proximity definition used to acquire cloud points

5

Integer

Maximum Section Count

The maximum number of sections to build

6

Boolean

Limit Cross Section Extent

True limits the filter extent relative to the refer- ence.

7

Double

Radius Limit

Radial limit to apply with respect to the normal

axis of the reference

8

Boolean

Project to Reference Surface

True projects the filtered points

9

Collection Object Name

Reference Object

Name of the reference object

10

Collection Object Name Ref List

Input Clouds

Clouds to consider for filtering purposes

11

Cloud Thinning Options

Cloud Thinning Settings

Cloud thinning to apply to the input cloud

 

12

 

Boolean

 

Update Existing Cloud

True update an existing cross section cloud, while false will build a new cloud appending “*” to an existing cloud name.

 

Return Arguments

None.

 

Returned Status

 

SUCCESS

The cloud was created successfully.

FAILURE

None of the source clouds were found.

 

Remarks

For more details on cross section clouds refer to the Point Clouds chapter of the users manual.