Creating 3D Surface Graphs in SketchUp
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Hi,
I don't know if this is possible to do but I will ask anyway.
I have gathered a bunch of data in Excel (1 minute intervals over a month) and would like to create a surface graph in SketchUp with this data. Is this possible and if so how would I do it?
I have attached a sample picture of the data I want to create the graph from.
I know I can do this in Excel but I would like the graph to be interactive and take multiple angles.
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You could convert your table into a 3-column list of x, y and z values and use them to create a point cloud [from a CSV version of it] with Didier Burr's Cloud. Then use TIG's Triangulate Points to create a mesh from the point cloud.
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As Dave says, re-tabulating the data as XYZ columns, with one 'point' per line [row] will let you read in points from the CSV file for later use in forming a mesh from them, or even make the mesh directly from the CSV itself.
There are also other plugins to 'color-by-height', so using that on the mesh - with say with Z.min='green' and Z.max='red' to give a good visual effect...
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@dave r said:
You could convert your table into a 3-column list of x, y and z values and use them to create a point cloud [from a CSV version of it] with Didier Burr's Cloud. Then use TIG's Triangulate Points to create a mesh from the point cloud.
Do you know if Cloud will work on a Mac?
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Does the Cloud plugin work for Mac?
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It should do.
The others like my direct mesh maker are cross-system tools - most are and say when they 'are not', not when they 'are'
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