Topo Surface in SolidWorks

[@dlmurphynz]

Hi Dominic, yes it was done in mm, there is a size limit of +/-500m from the origin, so you have to work within this limit, it also lets you have less surface patches with as smaller file, so it is a bit quicker but less accurate scaled down. From 2016 scan to 3D is included in professional.

[@alinobahar1296]

mate you are genius! keep up the good work

[@leroibolos4679]

Hello Damien, I'm making a model of some sub-sea engineering works and I have the Topo informations, can you use the created topography as part of an assembly? Can it be treated as a Part file for example?

[@Pile711]

Hey Damien, Awesome video. I have a 2D topography map in Autocad, do you have an idea of what's the easiest way to turn 2D topography map into a 3D surface ? Thank you.

[@jasonlanning2394]

Thank you for this video, very helpful!

[@felipelopetegui9110]

Thhhaaaannnkkk youuu veryy much my friend. You're a genius man :)))

[@falcon26r87]

Damien this is excellent! Cheers!

[@MachinistDom]

Really nice workflow Damien. Point to not, the Scan to 3D add in is only available in Solidworks Premium I think. Did you scale the model down to improve performance? I noticed the units were set to mm. Would it make a difference if the units were in metres?

[@dlmurphynz]

The survey data was done for one of my customers, it is their farm located South Island NZ

[@ae4396]

Where do you get the topo data from? Or could you send me the file for trying

[@dlmurphynz]

Hi Alois the point cloud was from one of my customers, they surveyed there farm. I would have to check with them

[@barsgursoy5976]

It takes less time to learn blender to deal with mesh and point clouds and then uploading stl to solid for more additions

[@jordanlane68]

Roger. Copy that.

[@jordanlane68]

Also, rad.