Create surface from point cloud

Hello All,

I have a point cloud data and I want to create a surface from that point cloud data. How I can do it in Rhino. Please suggest.

Thank you.

Hi Skhabale,

I recommend this plugin for Rhino & Grasshopper that have various Point Cloud Workflows.

Poisson methods are used to create a mesh from a point cloud.

Hello Japhy,

Is this paid or free plugin?
How to use it.

The plugin is free and is well documented, please see the details on the food4Rhino page for install steps and examples.

OK, Thank you.

Once you have the mesh from your point cloud, you can use ShrinkWrap in V8 to get it into quads, then subds then surfaces. It’s a neat workflow, very doable.

I routinely use Patch to create surfaces from point clouds and meshes. My basic workflow is to create a set of curves which will be the edges of the surface. Use the edge curves to create a starting surface. Then use Patch to fit the starting surface to the points/mesh. The workflow details depend on the shape of the point cloud/mesh.

The number of resulting individual surfaces can be very large when this method is used, which may or may not be acceptable depending on the use of the surfaces.

This is very interesting. I like workflows distilled to their core like that. Like a recipe anyone can use to make stuff :sunglasses:

I had no idea patch could do that :open_mouth:

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