From the course: Learning FARO As-Built for AutoCAD
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Fit circle - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: Learning FARO As-Built for AutoCAD
Fit circle
- [Instructor] Fitting circles to the point cloud works the same way as the Fit Outline Plan Tool, but in this case, we'll select either two points or three points on an arc in the point cloud, depending on the fitting method that we choose. As-built, we'll then analyze the points to fit the circles as closely as possible to the point cloud slice. So, let's take a look at this area in here. Now, I've already gone ahead and created a slice. If you just go to your section manager on the left, turn off all points, and just turn on the foundation. We're going to click on the points again to activate the AutoCAD point cloud menu and change our points to an object color. So, let's look at this circular area of points here. So, these are just gas cylinders or analyzer bottles that you see that are chained to one of these pint rack supports here. So, to model those in or get a representation of where they sit inside the point cloud to the floor plan, for example, we're going to come to our…
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