Hi Everyone, I'm new to this forum group so please forgive me if this query has been answered elsewhere.
I have the age old point cloud problem of too much data for my client who just wants a course grid (say 20m x 20m) of spot heights together with breakline strings (polylines) defining tops / toes and other changes of grade.
I've been using CC for about a year now for a variety of tasks (thanks Daniel and team its awesome) but haven't come across functionality for automated breakline extraction. Does anyone know if this capability exists within CC (or pluggin)?
More broadly, what experience or advice do you have with trying to automatically extract breaklines from point cloud data (CC or other software)?
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Michael
Automatic breakline generation
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Re: Automatic breakline generation
Hi,
Nope, I don't see how you could do it... Apart from manually picking the breaklines on the dense cloud (there's a new tool in the 2.6.3.beta to manually extract contours (you pick several points on the cloud and the tool can even divide the segments and stick to the surface better).
Nope, I don't see how you could do it... Apart from manually picking the breaklines on the dense cloud (there's a new tool in the 2.6.3.beta to manually extract contours (you pick several points on the cloud and the tool can even divide the segments and stick to the surface better).
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Re: Automatic breakline generation
Michael,
I know Carlson Point Cloud has an action to "extract breaklines". I have not testing its capabilities much or have a good understanding of its slope/edge settings. I've ran the function once just for fun on a dense, bareearth cloud and it seemed to work okay. Perhaps I would want to un-densify (grid down) the cloud to make it work better.
For projects that required a cloud TIN surface, I have used a bareearth command within CPC and grided out my points to a 1-2 foot density to create a TIN model from.
Matt
I know Carlson Point Cloud has an action to "extract breaklines". I have not testing its capabilities much or have a good understanding of its slope/edge settings. I've ran the function once just for fun on a dense, bareearth cloud and it seemed to work okay. Perhaps I would want to un-densify (grid down) the cloud to make it work better.
For projects that required a cloud TIN surface, I have used a bareearth command within CPC and grided out my points to a 1-2 foot density to create a TIN model from.
Matt
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Re: Automatic breakline generation
Hi Michael,
In case you want to evaluate another software package, breaking line extraction can be done on meshes in 3dreshaper:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vgXAM8I2Q4k
Of course, we're not as free as cc can be...
In case you want to evaluate another software package, breaking line extraction can be done on meshes in 3dreshaper:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vgXAM8I2Q4k
Of course, we're not as free as cc can be...
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Re: Automatic breakline generation
Thanks Daniel, at least you've confirmed I wasn't missing something when i looked through CC's tools.
Gilles, I'll broaden my search and check out 3DReshaper etc.. and see if i can get a feel for their capabilities / limitations. Thanks for the youtube link, I'll start there and see how i go.
Gilles, I'll broaden my search and check out 3DReshaper etc.. and see if i can get a feel for their capabilities / limitations. Thanks for the youtube link, I'll start there and see how i go.
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Re: Automatic breakline generation
Hi Michael,
if your doing any large topography work, I encourage you to look at the I-Site Studio software, http://www.maptek.com/products/i-site/i ... tudio.html.
As well as auto breaklines on surfaces & direct off the point cloud we can quickly generate spot heights, grids etc....
Cheers,
Jason
if your doing any large topography work, I encourage you to look at the I-Site Studio software, http://www.maptek.com/products/i-site/i ... tudio.html.
As well as auto breaklines on surfaces & direct off the point cloud we can quickly generate spot heights, grids etc....
Cheers,
Jason
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Re: Automatic breakline generation
Thanks Jason, yes I think I-Site studio was the original software that i found that had an auto breakline capability. I have a couple of different topo datasets that I will use as tests. I presume I can get a trial licence for I-Site studio?
Cheers
Michael
Cheers
Michael