Points Convert

Description
The Points Convert command creates point clouds from shape objects or mesh objects.

Here a shape object refers any object with a property. Objects created with the Part and PartDesign workbench are shape objects. But so are objects created with the Sketcher and Draft workbench.

Usage

 * 1) Select one or more objects.
 * 2) Select the  option from the menu.
 * 3) The  dialog box opens.
 * 4) Enter the . The value must be in the  -  range.
 * 5) Press the  button to close the dialog box and finish the command.

Properties
Point cloud objects are App GeoFeature objects with the following additional properties. Select the option from the Property editor context menu to display the hidden properties.

Data

 * : the number of unique Y coordinates in the point cloud. This property is only available for point clouds created with the Points Structure command.
 * : the number of unique X coordinates in the point cloud. This property is only available for point clouds created with the Points Structure command.

Data hidden

 * : a Points PointsKernel associated with this object.
 * : a list of normals. This property is only available for point clouds created with the Points Convert command from shape objects with faces or mesh objects.

View

 * : the size in pixels of the points in the 3D view.