Next:This "Getting Started: Alloy Wheel" tutorial is intended as a starting point for new users of CopyCAD. It shows the two main stages in creating a surfaced model from point data:
The digitised data can come from conventional co-ordinate measuring machines, tracing machines or laser scanners, and it is assumed that you already know how to acquire the original point data.
This tutorial describes two ways to carry out the first stage. Firstly, you are taken through the process using the Triangulation wizard. This asks you questions about the points file and then triangulates the model based on your answers.
Secondly, the tutorial describes the stages needed to process the file manually. This will help you understand CopyCAD's processes, including scanline generation, tolerancing, filtering, offsetting and triangulation.
When you have created your triangulated model, you can start surfacing the model. Surfacing is covered in more detail in the second tutorial in this guide, "Getting Started: Surfacing".
This tutorial is designed to be followed step by step. Click on the topic at the bottom of each help page to move to the next step.
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