The reverse engineering plug-ins for AutoCAD and Rhino are called Point Cloud for AutoCAD and Point Cloud for Rhino respectively. These plug-ins give AutoCAD and Rhino the ability to reconstruct the geometry of an object from a point cloud which describes it. These plug-ins can drape a surface over a point cloud or wrap a mesh around a point cloud. Draping a surface is similar to laying a piece of cloth over an object. The surface is deformed to take the shape of the object along the drape direction. A surface can be draped along one of the six orthogonal directions (top, bottom, front, back, right and left) or a custom user specified direction. Wrapping a mesh is similar to wrapping cloth all around an object to close it completely. The plug-ins have the ability to wrap a mesh around a concave or a convex point cloud.
Detailed information about Point Cloud for AutoCAD and a trial download can be found at http://www.sycode.com/
About Autodesk
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About Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros is an affordable NURBS modeling software for Windows from Robert McNeel & Associates. Over the years Rhinoceros has made its mark as a perfect companion to all the major CAD systems. Rhinoceros is best suited for NURBS-based conceptual design, free-form curve, surface, solid and polygon mesh terrain modeling for architects, landscape designers, site planners and surveyors. At an unbelievable price of 895 USD, Rhinoceros is value for money. Students and teachers can get it for as low as 195 USD.
