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4.1.2 Basic Surface
The Basic Surface is generated from the Sweeps by:
• merging overlapping sweeps
• changing and filtering the data
• standardizing the resolution
• simplifying the triangular mesh (optional)
• limiting the number of objects (pieces of data contained in the
Sweeps (optional)).
4.1.3 Radial Basis Function (RBF) Surface
The RBF Surface is generated from the Basic Surface by:
• modeling the points of the Basic Surface with a Radial Basis Function
(RBF)
• constructing an isosurface (a mesh with evenly spaced points)
• constraining the boundary of the RBF Surface in space
• simplifying the isosurface (optional).
See the FastRBF
TM
Extensions Manual for more details regarding the RBF Surface.
4.2 Export Format
Surfaces can be exported in a variety of industry-standard formats using
the File/Export As submenu—this is also accessed by clicking on the
Export As icon. Supported export file formats include:
.psl .3ds .txt .dxf .igs .iv .lwo .aop
.op3 .mat .ply .stl .wrl .vtk .obj
For a full description of the various export formats see Section 7.