Hi forum! Im trying to model this funnel or whatever the word for it would be :joy:. Hoping that maybe anyone that is used to model complex models and used to work with scan essentials can show me how they would model this one. It dont have to be exactly like the piontcloud but the bolts and their …

I’m not the best person to do this, but as a general strategy, I try to see the primitive forms within the object, model them as separate chunks, and then use either solid tools or Intersect Selection with… to have SketchUp do the math for them to come together. Surface from contour is quick and me…

One method Step by step [image] ArcMap LAS data to 3D Terrain Model in Sketchup SketchUp You had an interesting task, so I looked for a possible solution and was able to transfer the data from a LAS file (Lidar) to a SKP (surface) file, with Open source softwares. From…

Using CloudCompare [img-02] Imported in Blender as OBJ [img-03] [img-03b] Remesh [img-03c] Imported in SketchUp [img-04] or just using Scan Essentials [img-05]

Thanks! Nice workflow :slight_smile:

In the last picture, are ju just using scan essentials? It dont do the whole mesh for me when i tried it.

It is useful to give details about which settings you used and how the generated model looks like. What is the size of a grid cell? I used 2 cm for the model you see in the image.

Model a funnel (kind of) from pointcloud, need help with best workflow

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Model a funnel (kind of) from pointcloud, need help with best workflow

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