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Welcome...
The POLYWORKS/MODELER SUITE
PolyWorks Basics
1 – Starting PolyWorks’ modules
2 – Interface basics
3 – Visualization in IMAlign, IMEdit, and IMView
4 – Positioning scans/polygonal models using the mouse
Getting the data files...
Step #1 - IMAlign
IMAlign basics
1 - The Block Project - Getting ready
2 - Aligning the scans manually
2.1 Load the scans
2.3 Lock one image and ignore the rest
2.4 Manually align 3D images one at a time
3 - Optimize the global image alignment
4 - Analyze the alignment results
5 - Remove redundant points (optional)
6 - Save the IMAlign group
7 - Exit IMAlign
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2.2 Hide bad/irrelevant data points from IMAlign processes
Step #2 - IMMerge
IMMerge basics
1 - The Block Project
1.1 Calculating parameter values
1.2 Creating the polygonal mesh from an IMAlign group
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Step #3 - IMEdit
IMEdit basics
Triangle & vertex selection
1 - The Block Project - Getting started
2 - Fill holes
2.1 Clean the holes
2.2 Fill holes automatically
2.3 Fill complex holes using a composite Bézier surface
3 - Optimize the mesh
3.1 The Optimize Mesh window
3.2 Optimizing the mesh
4 - Extract edge and tangent curves
5 - Reconstruct a corner
6 - Reduce the edited mesh
6.1 The IMCompress window
6.2 Reducing a selected group of triangles
7 - Generate Cross-Sections
8 - Subdivide the mesh
9 - Export the edited polygonal model
10 - Save the IMEdit editing project
11 - Get ready to start a new project
12 - Create fitted NURBS surfaces
12.1 Create the boundary curves
12.2 Create curves from pairs of user-picked points
12.3 Create additional curves by picking on the model
12.4 Create the curve network from a set of curves
12.5 Create NURBS surfaces fitted on a curve network
12.6 Evaluate the resulting NURBS surfaces
13 - Export the fitted NURBS surfaces
14 - Save the IMEdit editing project
15 - Exit IMEdit
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Glossary