Extract Sample Points from a Surface, Overview

The software described in this appendix is not included in the standard installation of TRIBON M3SP6, but can be made available by contacting local support.

This tool is implemented by the program sj708. This program creates a number of sample points from a surface by using the surface server to intersect a native surface or a NAPA surface. The points are extracted by cutting sections and waterlines and fitting a bi-arc curve to the curves cut, from the bi-arc curves the start and end positions of the bi arcs are used as sample points.

The file with the sample points can then be used as an input file to the Compare Surface function in AVEVA Everything3D Surface Manager to check that the surface has not been altered in moving it from TRIBON M3 environment to AVEVA Everything3D as a native surface.