How to digitize a garden?

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arcol
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How to digitize a garden?

Post by arcol »

Hi,

I would like to digitize a garden, which is not flat.
So I measured the garden at specific points, and I have coordinates like this:
0,0,0 (bottom left corner of the garden)
22m,0m,1.8m (bottom right corner of the garden, 1.8 meter higher)
22m,5m,0m
22m,10m,-2.3m
etc,etc.

So I would like to create a surface, of the garden, so I could model the trees,
and plan where should I put pipes in the garden for watering the plants, etc.

Any ideas? Maybe a python macro?
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rockn
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Re: How to digitize a garden?

Post by rockn »

Hi arcol,
You can put your coordinates in an *.asc file, like this :

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0.0 0.0 0.0
22000.0 0.0 1800.0
22000.0 5000.0 0.0
22000.0 1000.0 -2300.0
And open directly this file with FreeCAD.
Then by hand you have to model faces with Draft wire tool.
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Re: How to digitize a garden?

Post by mario52 »

hi
you can use this macro Macro_WireXYZ to automatically connect the points
mario
Maybe you need a special feature, go into Macros_recipes and Code_snippets, Topological_data_scripting.
My macros on Gist.github here complete macros Wiki and forum.
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