Area
Reconstructor® provides different ways of computing areas.
When you press the Area button you can choose if you want to compute an area defined by a mesh (1) or by a point cloud (2).
1. Area of a mesh portion
By using the Sampling tool you can perform a selection of a mesh's portion A new mesh is created using only the geometry visible from the current view point.
2. Area of a point cloud portion
- Selected with Sampling tools
You can select the point cloud portion by using Sampling tools on the 3D window. This selection can span across multiple point clouds.
- Selected with 3D polyline
You can select the point cloud portion by using the Point selection with polyline command.