2016

TIPS AND TRICKS
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TIPS AND TRICKS
The Section Plane tool, which creates a
cutting plane through D objects, now works
on point clouds.
Choose between a simple cutting plane, a
slice (new), or a bounded or volumetric area
for your section object type.
The new contextual Section Plane tab is filled
with more section plane controls, including
a Live Section toggle, the ability to add jogs,
generate section blocks from solids, and
extract section lines from point clouds.
Slice generates a thin cut through the model
with parallel front and back section planes.
It has a thickness property (but no jogs
allowed!).
3D Modeling
Access Autodesk Recap or attach a ReCap
point cloud (RCP and RCS) from the Insert tab
on the ribbon.
Use the Attach Point Cloud dialog to select
the file, scale, insertion point, and rotation
angle (and to display valuable data about
your point cloud).
More and more people are incorporating
scans into their designs. Autodesk
®
ReCap
TM
software makes working with D laser scans
a breeze!
Autodesk ReCap
Use Autodesk ReCap to convert scan file
data from a variety of popular formats to a
high-speed point cloud that can be viewed
and edited in AutoCAD and other products
(including Autodesk
®
Revit
®
and Autodesk
®
Inventor
®
software).
Autodesk ReCap is a separate
application that is installed with AutoCAD
 (by default).
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