Contour plot to mesh
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This tool is accessible via the 'Tools > Projection > Contour plot (polylines) to mesh' menu.
Description
This tool can convert a set of polylines (ideally a set of contour lines) to a mesh. Contrarily to a standard 2.5D Delaunay triangulation, this method will force the contour lines as edges for the output triangles.
Procedure
Select several polylines or a group of polylines then call this method.
CloudCompare will ask the user the 'projection dimension' (i.e. the dimension orthogonal to the contour lines):
'Contour plot to mesh' dialog
CloudCompare will eventually generate the mesh.
'Contour plot to mesh' result
Warning: if the contour lines are crossing (in 2D) then holes may appear in the resulting mesh.