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    • J Offline
      jaspergardner
      last edited by

      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.


      Excel Data.png

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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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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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          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... πŸ˜„

          TIG

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          • J Offline
            jaspergardner
            last edited by

            @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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            • J Offline
              jaspergardner
              last edited by

              Does the Cloud plugin work for Mac?

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              • TIGT Offline
                TIG Moderator
                last edited by

                It should do. πŸ˜„
                The others like my direct mesh maker are cross-system tools - most are and say when they 'are not', not when they 'are' πŸ˜’

                TIG

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