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Spiral staircase
I need to scan some spiral stairs. I have to draw the edges for each step and the outer circular edge as well. Very accurately because the drawing will be used to design curved prefabricated glass railings. Which software could do this quickly and easily?
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Re: Spiral staircase
FARO Asbuilt for AutoCad is what I'd use for it. Whatever software you use, you'll want to make sure you can snap to edges, corners, lines, etc... without clicking through the point cloud and the multi-view interface for point selection is the best I've seen of any other offering.
You could also use Geomagic DesignX if you can get it done inside a two week trial period and/or have ~15k on hand.
You could also use Geomagic DesignX if you can get it done inside a two week trial period and/or have ~15k on hand.
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Rhino 3D
( www.Rhino3D.com ) Download a fully functional 30 day trial.
https://discourse.mcneel.com/c/gallery/architecture/135
You can create a "Mobile Construction Plane" inside a Clipping plane and move that through the pointcloud.
It is similar to a mobile User Coordinate System.
Mike.
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https://discourse.mcneel.com/c/gallery/architecture/135
You can create a "Mobile Construction Plane" inside a Clipping plane and move that through the pointcloud.
It is similar to a mobile User Coordinate System.
Mike.
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Re: Spiral staircase
Is there an option in FARO Asbuilt to create multiple planes automatically?TommyMaddox wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 8:19 pm FARO Asbuilt for AutoCad is what I'd use for it. Whatever software you use, you'll want to make sure you can snap to edges, corners, lines, etc... without clicking through the point cloud and the multi-view interface for point selection is the best I've seen of any other offering.
You could also use Geomagic DesignX if you can get it done inside a two week trial period and/or have ~15k on hand.
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Thanks for the reply, I will try Rhino3D!Mike Annear wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:37 am Rhino 3D
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You can create a "Mobile Construction Plane" inside a Clipping plane and move that through the pointcloud.
It is similar to a mobile User Coordinate System.
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The easiest way is to use "model in place " in Revit. No need for any shiny and expensive add-ins.
PM me if you need more detail.
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PM me if you need more detail.
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This spiral staircase in San Francisco was narrow and quite unlovely--a small part of larger project. I was pleased that I captured it at all, due to the tightness of the space. A complete Revit model was later created by a sub-contractor from the data.
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Re: Spiral staircase
If you're needing pre-fab grade results for a material that is fairly demanding, expensive, inflexible, and has complex curvature (Glass panels for a spiral staircase) you may want to consider using one of the more capable software suites. Not to knock on RhinoCad or Peyman's recommendations here, but if I were liable for the fitment outcome of this project, I'd want to be doing it in the platforms I recommended. Trials are available if you can work quickly, this helps keep costs down if you're not doing this type of work on a monthly basis.
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Name a CAD package that does complex surfacing better than Rhino 3D ?TommyMaddox wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:55 pm has complex curvature (Glass panels for a spiral staircase) you may want to consider using one of the more capable software suites. Not to knock on RhinoCad
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Here is one example of "fitment outcome" as mentioned above.
I was tasked to help solve a few 3D problems for an installation artist in Mandurah, Western Australia.
I used Rhino 3D to create the production cutting plans for the Aluminum structure that is held in place by Laser Scanned wooden poles.
No two join angles are the same, including the pipe joints and each plate is twisted, not flat.
Everything fitted together perfectly on site.
A Spiral staircase is pretty simple by comparison.
Using Rhino, I could calculate and document each pipe joint for the fabrication guys.
As for Rhino not being "Capable Software", do a quick Google search of buildings, production/racing boats, aircraft, production/racing cars, sports shoes, jewellery, medical products etc that have been made using Rhino 3D. ...... and it is still under $1000 (USD) to buy.
There are no annual fees, subscriptions fees and it is backwards compatible between versions.
I used to be a day-in-day-out out AutoCad user and I have also used 3Ds Max extensively.
I have tried to sit down and learn Revit a few times in the past and just gave up in frustration, it is simply not suitable for accurate "Asbuilt" 3D modelling from Pointclouds unless you assume everything is flat/level/vertical.
But..there is always " rhino-inside-revit" for Revit Die Hards...
https://www.rhino3d.com/features/rhino-inside-revit/
...my 2c worth
Mike.
I was tasked to help solve a few 3D problems for an installation artist in Mandurah, Western Australia.
I used Rhino 3D to create the production cutting plans for the Aluminum structure that is held in place by Laser Scanned wooden poles.
No two join angles are the same, including the pipe joints and each plate is twisted, not flat.
Everything fitted together perfectly on site.
A Spiral staircase is pretty simple by comparison.
Using Rhino, I could calculate and document each pipe joint for the fabrication guys.
As for Rhino not being "Capable Software", do a quick Google search of buildings, production/racing boats, aircraft, production/racing cars, sports shoes, jewellery, medical products etc that have been made using Rhino 3D. ...... and it is still under $1000 (USD) to buy.
There are no annual fees, subscriptions fees and it is backwards compatible between versions.
I used to be a day-in-day-out out AutoCad user and I have also used 3Ds Max extensively.
I have tried to sit down and learn Revit a few times in the past and just gave up in frustration, it is simply not suitable for accurate "Asbuilt" 3D modelling from Pointclouds unless you assume everything is flat/level/vertical.
But..there is always " rhino-inside-revit" for Revit Die Hards...
https://www.rhino3d.com/features/rhino-inside-revit/
...my 2c worth
Mike.
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