Hi All,
I'm wondering if there is an efficient way to flatten part of a mesh. I have a large mesh and in part of the mesh I simply want to set the z value to say 0.
I don't want to recalculate the triangles, just offset the effected vertices. The only way I can see to do this is to break the mesh down into it's vertices which seems super inefficient.
open to any ideas
Like the SurfaceFootprintReplacer?
Like the SurfaceFootprintReplacer?
Hmm, not quite what I need, I don't think it works for what I want. More similar to the SurfaceDraper, where the surface is just a polygon at a certain height. I tried the SurfaceDraper but it never really worked in the way that I expected it to. In my case the Mesh (which I want to drape) is much larger than then polygon which I'm draping it over. It's almost like I want the opposite of the SurfaceDraper - More like a SurafceExtruder. Ahh well. I manage to get the result I wanted but it just took a long time.
Thanks for the suggestion @nielsgerrits!
Hmm, not quite what I need, I don't think it works for what I want. More similar to the SurfaceDraper, where the surface is just a polygon at a certain height. I tried the SurfaceDraper but it never really worked in the way that I expected it to. In my case the Mesh (which I want to drape) is much larger than then polygon which I'm draping it over. It's almost like I want the opposite of the SurfaceDraper - More like a SurafceExtruder. Ahh well. I manage to get the result I wanted but it just took a long time.
Thanks for the suggestion @nielsgerrits!
Hi @virtualcitymatt,
If you don't mind dipping into the Python API, you can use the FMEMesh methods to extract and modify the mesh vertex elevations. A little more complex, but likely quite a bit faster.
Hi @virtualcitymatt,
If you don't mind dipping into the Python API, you can use the FMEMesh methods to extract and modify the mesh vertex elevations. A little more complex, but likely quite a bit faster.
Thanks for the tip Dave. I will investigate this as an option. Want to practice my python anyway :D