Some guide point cloud

Gaieus · 8 Dec 2010, 14:30

Trying to import a point cloud with Didier's Cloud.rb. The guy I got it from, first said it was some 330,000 points. I started the import and finished it just fine in a minute or two. However as it turned out, this is not 30,000 points but 485,045!
See how the file looks now:

Trying to triangulate for about half an hour now. MaybeI can. Now how about orbiting when it's done?

thomthom · 8 Dec 2010, 14:37

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Good luck with that...

Gaieus · 8 Dec 2010, 14:38

Still working. I may need to shut it down...

mitcorb · 8 Dec 2010, 16:34

I just can't understand these impulsive thrillseekers

Gaieus · 8 Dec 2010, 17:11

I did shut it down eventually. Maybe another time (I needed to use SU now).

Rich O Brien · 8 Dec 2010, 17:13

Maybe a plugin to remove 'every other guide point' would help? Obviously the mesh wuold lose detail but could save so much time!

Gaieus · 8 Dec 2010, 17:53

This is the whole city where I live (well, the inner parts). From a certain distance, I would not see much of the detail anyway. It started as a cloud of some 30,000 points but the guy added some interpolated details. I will probably be happy with the raw, 30,000 points.

Chris Fullmer · 9 Dec 2010, 04:03

I had a large terrain that I imported that took over 8 hours to complete using the sandbox tools. They can really take a long time.

Gaieus · 9 Dec 2010, 17:19

Well, I finally managed to make a mesh - with much less points of course!

The whole mesh is about 3 kms wide and the rectangle edges are about 18 metres long. It took about an hour or so for Didier's Cloud plugin to generate the mesh.

SketchGuy · 9 Dec 2010, 19:26

That mesh looks really good. Even with a lot less guide points. And hey, you didn't even have to bang your head against the wall. Man, 400,000+ points. That makes my head hurt.