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  • September 24, 2018
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janrykr
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Hi all,

Does anyone have a tip on how to fill the walls of a 3D object? The idea is to create a mesh from a DEM using SurfaceModeller and then extend the object to 0 elevation or to the lowest point of the input DEM so that it looks it was all cut from the Earth surface by a sharp cookie cutter.

The closest I got was to input the BB of the raster as Breakline input into the SurfaceModeller but it won't result into straight lines as the SurfaceModeller seems to cut off a little from the edges of the DEM.

Thanks!

Jan

Best answer by geosander

Hi @janrykr,

I don't have a clue if you already figured something out, but I had some spare time and constructed this demo FME workspace (2018.1) for you. It assumes Z is up. Have a look at it and tell me if it does the trick.

You will have to replace the purple bookmark (mock terrain generator) with your real terrain source feature, but everything after the TINGenerator/SurfaceModeller should remain the same. Optionally, you can change the values in the transformers (with the green annotations) if you desire a different base height (I've assumed 0, since this was also mentioned in your question).

Sander

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mark2atsafe
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  • September 24, 2018

Have you tried the Extruder transformer? That might do what you need.

takashi
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  • takashiInfluencer
  • September 24, 2018

Hopefully the BRepSolidBoundaryCreator.Beta transformer from FME Hub might help you.

geosander
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  • September 26, 2018

Hi @janrykr,

I don't have a clue if you already figured something out, but I had some spare time and constructed this demo FME workspace (2018.1) for you. It assumes Z is up. Have a look at it and tell me if it does the trick.

You will have to replace the purple bookmark (mock terrain generator) with your real terrain source feature, but everything after the TINGenerator/SurfaceModeller should remain the same. Optionally, you can change the values in the transformers (with the green annotations) if you desire a different base height (I've assumed 0, since this was also mentioned in your question).

Sander

gio
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  • September 26, 2018

use the borders of the surface and the boundaries of the 2d projection to create faces. Stich em up.

Btw to create vertical faces you must like rotate the relevant borders slightly, creat effaces and then rotate back after creation.

geosander
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  • geosander
  • September 28, 2018
takashi wrote:

Hopefully the BRepSolidBoundaryCreator.Beta transformer from FME Hub might help you.

Nice transformer @takashi! I have to say that the name is a bit technical for people who just want to extend the sides of a terrain to a certain base plane... although I can't think of an appropriate name.

 

Why the .Beta suffix actually? Needs more testing still?

 

takashi
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  • takashiInfluencer
  • September 28, 2018
geosander wrote:
Nice transformer @takashi! I have to say that the name is a bit technical for people who just want to extend the sides of a terrain to a certain base plane... although I can't think of an appropriate name.

 

Why the .Beta suffix actually? Needs more testing still?

 

I hope that Safe adds a regular transformer in order to perform the same processing more efficiently. If it would be realized, this transformer could be retired. It's the reason why I added the .Beta suffix.

 

 

geosander
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  • geosander
  • September 28, 2018
takashi wrote:
I hope that Safe adds a regular transformer in order to perform the same processing more efficiently. If it would be realized, this transformer could be retired. It's the reason why I added the .Beta suffix.

 

 

Right. Thanks for the clarification!

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