Surface Modeling

Surface Modeling

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Import Points 2

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Features

Stand-alone operation
    - this version does not require TurboCAD
    - this version can produce DXF files or STL files
    - this version can create geometry (points or a surface) directly into TurboCAD
    - this version can create geometry (points) directly into MicroGDS *NEW*

Beyond text files -- an awesome set of data file formats can be processed including:
    - text files - linear or latitude/longitude - degrees/minutes/seconds - txt
    - binary interleave line file - bil
    - ESRI Shape files - shp,dbf,shx
    - ESRI Export files - e00
    - Digital Elevation Models in Text - dem
    - Digital Elevation Models in binary (STDS) - ddf
    - GeoTiff - tif, tiff
    - Geo-referenced image - bmp with world file

Processing options include
    - point filtering
    - triangulation
    - surface of facets
    - closed surface of facets

Output options include
    - points
    - polygons
    - triangles
    - contours
    - image creation
    - Geo-referenced image creation clip from geo-tiff
    - direct geometry creation into TurboCAD
    - dxf point file creation
    - dxf polyline file creation
    - sat file creation

Coordinate Transformations
    - World Wide Transforms
    - State Planes

Sample Data Download 25MB

Sample Document 32MB

Geo-Image Filter

This tool allows you to import geotiff image files into TurboCAD. This allows you digitize elevation data, land cover, roads, buildings, as well as other topography. It also allows you to verify GPS data and previous surveys. It can also divide up very large images into parts so that there is little or no pixilation effects.

Movies

· Getting Started

· Using Import Points for text files

· Create Surface from DEM (flash movie)

· Create Solid from DEM (flash movie)

· Cut Region out of Surface (avi movie)

· Create surface from contours

· Survey Coordinate Import tool (Geomatics)

· *NEW* Editing and Break-Lines

o Editing Triangles

o Roads and Break-Lines

o More Break-Lines and Roads

*Updated* Data

· ChartTiff -- Enhanced Geographic data for the GIS Professional available for the Entire United States !!*NEW*

· GeoCommunity

· USGS

· ESRI data

· FreeGIS.org data

· NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)

· nationalatlas.gov

TurboCAD Discussions

· Image wrapping terrain

· Excavating terrains

· More image wrapping

· Kai's awesome work

*NEW* Panoramic View by Kai Sannes

· How is was made

Office Tools

ftp://66.113.131.66/www/excel.bmp Excel 2000 add-in : IrregularToRegular: start with a points and generate a surface quickly and easily... check out the help file.