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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Convert Surface to Shape Element</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/95736/convert-surface-to-shape-element</link><description>Dear All, 
 I want to convert a surface into shapes. Is there any options available in Microstation-V8?</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Convert Surface to Shape Element</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/279458?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:27:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:501615bf-1938-4850-af92-37f9fec1a386</guid><dc:creator>Peter Tegza</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.food4rhino.com/project/panelingtools"&gt;www.food4rhino.com/.../panelingtools&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Convert Surface to Shape Element</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/279442?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:41:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:56ab971e-a6ad-446a-9015-3a20bf7e7fd5</guid><dc:creator>Lorys</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;Peter Tegza&amp;quot;]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;..... I&amp;#39;d suggest some serious paneling tool&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;[/quote] what do you mean by paneling tool...????????????????&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Convert Surface to Shape Element</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/279369?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:44:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5a5ea7cc-4fde-4a09-be3f-41e048c2da61</guid><dc:creator>Ron Jones</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;FWIW&lt;br /&gt;While it is true that it&amp;#39;s possible to create a non-planar shape, MicroStation shape elements are intended to be planar and the tools for creation and manipulation generally enforce this intent. &lt;a href="/products/microstation/f/19565/p/78818/216356.aspx#216356" target="_blank"&gt;(More info on shape planarity)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Convert Surface to Shape Element</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/279361?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:58:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:ba29d819-5f78-4211-90a8-f97031ffd650</guid><dc:creator>Peter Tegza</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;guys, to be honest, from that screenshot I&amp;#39;m not able to tell if the shape is planar or if surface is even developable ... so, there are various option how to create shapes from surface. anyway, in real world scenario I&amp;#39;d suggest some serious paneling tool&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Convert Surface to Shape Element</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/279359?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:38:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f72d00ea-5ebb-463c-ad95-8bfd9edf07bf</guid><dc:creator>Jan Šlegr</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Ron,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;Ron Jones&amp;quot;]Shapes are inherently planar[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#39;s not true. The only shape, which is always inherently planar, is a triangle (shape with 3 not coincident vertices). Any shape with more vecrtices can be planar, but it&amp;#39;s not ensured. E.g. a border of ruled surface can also be the shape, but it&amp;#39;s not the planar geometry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In MicroStation, the shapes created by facetization, are planar shapes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; Jan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Convert Surface to Shape Element</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/279356?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:20:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e5915aab-1f4f-4ae2-aeb1-f80c186cfa45</guid><dc:creator>Ron Jones</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;Lorys&amp;quot;]but will that work with 3d ... not all strings are planar ....??????[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It will work with 3d, but the result will be a planar shape. It will only create planar shapes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Shapes are inherently planar, so if the input surface is non-planar and the desired results are non-planar, the result would be multiple shapes, or facets, approximating the surface. Since Dharmarajan&amp;#39;s sample shows a non-faceted shape as the desired result, I chose the Create Region Flood method.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Convert Surface to Shape Element</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/279314?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 11:06:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:31795c00-4291-4877-ae1a-97ab91360756</guid><dc:creator>Lorys</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;Ron Jones&amp;quot;]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hi Dharmarajan,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can use the&amp;nbsp;command &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Create Region Flood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to create individual shapes. Be sure to check &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keep Original&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; first.&amp;nbsp;Using this command, just data point inside each space that defines a shape to create the shape.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;but will that work with 3d ... not all strings are planar ....??????&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Convert Surface to Shape Element</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/279220?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:30:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:7c78307f-7a0a-4f24-a2c1-b2bbeab47a96</guid><dc:creator>Ron Jones</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Dharmarajan,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can use the&amp;nbsp;command &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Create Region Flood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to create individual shapes. Be sure to check &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keep Original&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; first.&amp;nbsp;Using this command, just data point inside each space that defines a shape to create the shape.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/1464.Capture.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/1464.Capture.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;HTH,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ron&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Convert Surface to Shape Element</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/279146?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:30:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:11308858-85b5-4dc1-99d3-0fe4e19bbffc</guid><dc:creator>Peter Tegza</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;keyin - mdl load facet&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;keyin - facet dialog&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;then use most left tab - facet body&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;HTH&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Convert Surface to Shape Element</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/279136?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 06:39:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:dbf99509-cfd4-4499-9b9d-c60dc202deb1</guid><dc:creator>Jan Šlegr</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;in the current MicroStation version (and a few older), as a user, you can convert a surface to shapes creating a mesh from the surface and in the second step to drop the mesh element to independent shapes. Your application would do something similar.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have no SDK for the mentioned version installed, but you should check if a meshing function is available in the version of SDK you use. Mesh element and related tools were implemented in a newer version, but may be the meshing was available using API even before.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;Jan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Convert Surface to Shape Element</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/279134?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 05:55:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:940f8457-6a8f-4e83-b1bc-73b6f0a88273</guid><dc:creator>Dharma Rajan</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Andrew,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the attachment, Magenta color represents the input(Surface element) and the Yellow color represents a part of expected output(Shape elements).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here We are using Microstation Version 08.05.01.25 Windows x86.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/00-273-01-00-00-27-91-34/Sample.png" length="67416" type="image/png" /></item><item><title>RE: Convert Surface to Shape Element</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/279130?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 05:24:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:4247f66d-6dbe-4de4-a424-bee57d9303c1</guid><dc:creator>Andrew Bell</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;This would depend on what this surface is required to be. Is this in relation to a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) surface? Maybe you could provide an example design file or screen capture to help explain what you require.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also, it would be helpful if you could supply details of the version of MicroStation V8 you are using. This can be located under &amp;gt; Help &amp;gt; About MicroStation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>