We are trying to generate solids in a dgn file to work in microestation from a POD file via importing the cloud and using the xyz coordinates tool to import the points before creating a mesh by point, we want to reduce the density of the points to say some 10%, as when trying to mesh the file crashes.
Is there a way in microestation to reduce the density of those points before converting to a mesh?
Unfortunately we don’t have Descartes at present.
You cannot permanently change the density of your Point Cloud file that you have attached in Point Clouds. You can change the density on the output file that you create when you do the Export. The export file that you create will reflect the density change that you made when you do the Export. This true for both XYZ and POD files that you create using the Export command.
Neat!, thanks for this.
Double click on your POD file and in Element Information look at the Number of Points in the Metadata section, When you do the Export set your density to the value you want it to be and create your XYZ file. If you convert your XYZ file in Point Cloud and look at the Number of Points in Element Information you will see that the number is less that the original POD file.
Answer Verified By: Fernando Holguin
Please look at the attached link. It may help you accomplish what you are trying to do.
communities.bentley.com/.../13718.best-practices-for-creating-and-working-with-point-cloud-files-in-bentley-products.aspx
Hi, yes you’re totally right.
Without the right appropriate tool, the only solution was to use small amounts of points to mesh, surface and make solids to then agglomerate the whole.
Without Descartes or Bentley Pointools this solution still works.
Cheers
Fernando