We all know that the Rewrap command is useful for interpolating mesh data as well as smoothing noisy data. This post continues our look at the command with a third example. The first two examples can be found by visiting this post and this post.

Example #3

Generating a mesh for cross-sections: Generating cross-sections can be useful if you plan on creating lofts. Using 3d-sketch tools, you can smooth out and edit your cross-sections to create smoother loft surfaces.  Cross-sections can also be used to generate sweep paths, guide curves, and boundary-fit curves. What if your mesh is missing data? Or there are mesh features that you would like to omit from your final model? If each cross section was a 2d section we could use our sketch tools to fit geometry over the missing data. Or if they are 3d sketches, we manually could fill in the gaps with matched splines, and delete sections we don’t want. Of course, a much more elegant method would be to use the rewrap command.

In this example we have a Rapidform helmet. Most us application engineers in the company put these on to protect ourselves from the sales reps when the end of the fiscal year nears…

The scan itself is missing data and there a few features that we want to ignore during our modeling. With region groups, we can easily separate the areas of interests.

After deleting the unwanted data, or copying and pasting the regions of interest, we can run the rewrap command to simultaneously fill holes and defeature.

Now we can generate continuous cross-sections for Lofts…

for Boundary-Fit Surfaces…



or to help with Solid Modeling.

Final Thoughts
This concludes this 3-part series of Commands and Applications for the Rewrap command. Want to request the same for other commands? Have other questions or comments? Let us know in comments below!

We all know that the Rewrap command is useful for interpolating mesh data as well as smoothing noisy data. This post continues our look at the command with a second example. The first example can be found by visiting this post.


Example #2

Autosurfacing a mesh for CAD operations: If you are creating an auto-surface of a model, it is usually said that a majority of the editing must be done to the mesh since you are creating a verbatim model. But with XOR, you have the added ability to create a hybrid model, that is, performing CAD operations on a verbatim model to create a model that has both the accuracy from the scan as well as the design intent of a designed model.

In this example, we have an autosurface of a bottom of a bottle. What if the scan of the bottom of the bottle isn’t flat? Well then our autosurface of the bottom of the bottle may not be flat either.

Using the rewrap command, we can extend the mesh in a natural way, create our autosurfaced solid model, then create a perfectly flat surface.

We can also change the height of the bottle by using a different cutting plane!

More Examples…

We’ll be posting the final example of how this command can be applied soon! If you missed the first example, check it out here!.

We all know that the Rewrap command is useful for interpolating mesh data as well as smoothing noisy data. If you don’t, press The F1 Key.

We’ll take a look at a few examples of how we can apply this useful command.  Example #1 is below, keep an eye out for more examples which will be posted soon!

Example #1

Defeature complex features: Want to remove a feature from your scan and fill the space in naturally? If its as simple as a bump or lettering on a smooth area, use the Defeature command. But if the feature or its location is a bit more complex, the Rewrap command can help. Just delete the area and run Rewrap. Be sure to have “Extend Boundaries” checked!

More Examples…

We’ll be posting more examples of how this command can be applied soon!