Find edge points in point cloud

Rhino Rhino for Mac
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Hi Guys,
How to find a boundary of point cloud? See attached image
Thanks

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Right now i only remember a manual option.
a) Top view - Selbrush - select fast all possible edge points - curve trough points.
b) Top view - Lasso selection - select fast all edge points - curve trough points.

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Oh it is a lot of work ))

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Yes it is… but sorry, i do not know other way.
:frowning:

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Two options:

  • Get the convex hull of the points projected on the XY plane. You can do this with the Mesh->Triangulation->Convex Hull component in Grasshopper.

  • Get the Delaunay triangulation of the points (Mesh->Triangulation->Delaunay Mesh), and throw away any faces / triangles with edges above a certain length, and get the outline of the result. This will let you outline concave shapes.

Note: Expect it to take a very long time with the amount of points you have.

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How about Alpha Shape in GH?