Turning multiple 3D lines into Solid??? bufferer is SLOW.

What format are you exporting to? Is there no way you can keep this as a 3D vector dataset? GLTF is a nice 3D format which supports vectors. So if your application supports GLTF I would encourage you to test that out.

 

 

If you must have this as a 3D solid then I would suggest as @itay has suggested. For the best result ideally you would have one single polyline. The resulting solid though will probably result in A LOT of polys which might make it tough to render.

 

 

Another option could be to try and fake it. This would be creating a mesh/multi-surface from the outside of the model and them applying some images as textures to represent the frame. Textures can be transparent and double sided (depending on the format and rendering application) so this could be a better option to got with if Performance is important, this is a common approach for example with tree models.

 

 

If you are planning to have this model used repeatedly in your application I would try with the second option.

virtualcitymatt wrote:

What format are you exporting to? Is there no way you can keep this as a 3D vector dataset? GLTF is a nice 3D format which supports vectors. So if your application supports GLTF I would encourage you to test that out.

 

 

If you must have this as a 3D solid then I would suggest as @itay has suggested. For the best result ideally you would have one single polyline. The resulting solid though will probably result in A LOT of polys which might make it tough to render.

 

 

Another option could be to try and fake it. This would be creating a mesh/multi-surface from the outside of the model and them applying some images as textures to represent the frame. Textures can be transparent and double sided (depending on the format and rendering application) so this could be a better option to got with if Performance is important, this is a common approach for example with tree models.

 

 

If you are planning to have this model used repeatedly in your application I would try with the second option.

The ideal format would be DGN (Bentley microstation) - thanks for the support guys - i'll try the following in FME - line combiner - bufferer & tweak settings to see if i can speed it up. Much appreciated thanks.