Re: Sectioning surface files

From: michael rees (zedand00@sound.net)
Date: Wed Jul 15 1998 - 09:02:07 EEST

Fusioneng@aol.com wrote:
>
> << Is anyone out there aware of a way to section a CAD surface model or an STL
> file into "tiles" of a specific XYZ size, incorporating a larger area than
> just one polygon? Much like the individual and unique tiles that form the
> surface of the Space Shuttle? >>
>
> This is very simple. Run the surface file into a mesh generator. The type used

Dear Fusioneng,

I'm not sure this is what he had in mind. Even so, do you know of a
program that would break a 3D file into distrete tiled cubes that would
fit together?

best, 

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