Tolerancing the Model

You can now tolerance the model to reduce the amount of points, since the model was scanned at a finer tolerance than is necessary for surfacing. Reducing the amount of points will speed up subsequent operations.

1. Turn the Scanlines off by clicking the Draw Scanlines button then click on the View ISO 1 button . The model will look like this:

2. Click on the Model Editing button on the Main toolbar to display a side toolbar.
   
   
3. Click on the Tolerance Model button on the Model Editing toolbar. The following dialog box appears:

4. Select the Scanlines option.
   
   
5. Enter a Tolerance value of 0.01.
   
   
6. Click on Apply.

The points will look like this:

7. Click on Accept to close the dialog box.

Next:

Stripping the Scanlines