mesh from piont cloud

[mr_tsoi]

Hello everyone!
When I used PFTrack v5 I could create mesh from piont cloud. How I can repeat that with PFTrack 2011?
Thank you

[pmoreira]

Hey mr_tsoi

In answer to your question...

1. First you need to create an "Image Modelling" Node. Once created, double click on it and it will open up the Parameters window for the node.
2. In the "Primitives" window, click on the "Create new Trackers Primitive" icon (its the 2nd button form the left - it looks a blue point cloud)
3. Now in the "Polygon Editing" section click on the "Triangulate" so that you can interactively build the mesh from the next step.
4. Now click-drag the solved points in your view port. Depending on your machine it might take a while (or not) to build out the geom.

Considerations:

• You can do this in parts if you like starting with a few points only, then by holding down the "Shift" key you can add more points to continue building your mesh.

• If you need to edit the mesh after creating it, use the tools in the "Vertex Editing" panel to do just that. Also play with the "Draw" and "Connect" options in the "Polygon Editing" panel - these two are a more interactive approach to creating mesh from solved points

• Lastly, in the "Display" panel you can change the color, and look of the mesh in your view port for your specific purposes. Like changing the color, render style etc.

Below is a screen shot showing the necessary nodes, buttons and panels as mentioned above.



Hope this helps.

Cheers
Pat