qFacets plugin

[gabbro68]

Hello people,
I am new to this forum. I recently read on Twitter that a new plugin for structural geology (qFacets) was developed but I can't find any information on the topic. Do you know if it is already available?

Thank you in advance
Kind regards

Gabriele

[daniel]

Yes it is available in the latest online beta version (2.6.2.beta). However I still need to add the documentation to the wiki (therefore the 'offical' launch will occurr with the release of final 2.6.2 version - soon ;).

[gabbro68]

Thank you Daniel! :)

[daniel]

Here it is: http://www.cloudcompare.org/doc/wiki/in ... s_(plugin)

And the plugin of the beta version has a few glitches but the official version will be out soon!

[Sascher]

Thank you for continuos improvements and adding plugins like this!!

[Elbruno]

Hello Daniel,

The plugin is not saving 3d geometry shapefiles, only 2D.
To save 3D ones I have to save one by one in DXF or use several steps and mathematical equations to edit the shapefile to 3D.

Will you create an option to save it in 3D?

Thank you!

[daniel]

I think it should be possible. I'll add it to the TODO list.

[Elbruno]

Tyvm.

And congratulations on 2.7 version!!

[Scott]

Hi Daniel,

Great software! I'm wondering if there was a way to or a work around to export or extract a coloured 3D model of the facets generated in qFacets from point clouds?

Regards,

Scott

[daniel]

Hi,

I found one way to do it :)

1) right click on the facets group (the group entity containing all the facets) and select the option 'Select children by type and/or name'

2) check only the first option ('of type') and set the type to 'Mesh' (strict)

3) This will select all the 'mesh' parts of the facets (i.e. the closed polygons)

4) Merge all these meshes (with Edit > Merge)

5) This will create a new mesh with all the polygons as 'sub-meshes'. It should be named 'Merged mesh'. Select this entity and you should be able to export it as a standard mesh file (PLY, OBJ, etc.). Note that only the OBJ format is able to remember all the sub-meshes structure (the other formats will actually merge everything).