3D meshes coming from 3DReshaper® are directly used for CAD (surface modelling), tool path generation, animation, simulation, finite element calculation, control and 3D inspection…
The Section calculation feature of 3DReshaper has several main goals:
CAD surface or solid reconstruction of complex shapes: you just have to export section in IGES or DXF format and import them into a CAD software to rebuild surface or Nurbs using sweeping commands (if you don't use the additional CAD surfacic modeler)..
Note: if the shape contains geometrical shapes like planes, cylinders, circles, spheres, etc., it is more rapid to directly export the results given by the feature "shape extraction".
Contour line definition, very useful for landsurveying to obtain precise information about a terrain.
Large scale reproduction of Works: section calculation enables to make big size models through construction of successive layers.
You can extract different types of profiles to best meet your needs.
Planar sections: set of sections by parallel planes of the selected mesh(es).
Radial sections: planar sections around an axis.
Dynamic sections: one section (unique or by segments on one plane.
Sections along a curve: planar sections along a polyline or a curve.
Set of sections are displayed as a single entity, but you can access to each individual section using the command "Explode Polylines."
Section calculation for automobile model construction
