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<div class="moz-forward-container">Hi Hani,<br>
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you should try to use the tool "point to nurb" (<a
href="http://www.resurf3d.com/Pointcloud2Nurbs.htm">http://www.resurf3d.com/Pointcloud2Nurbs.htm</a><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://secure.shareit.com/shareit/product.html?productid=300416869&sessionid=2427178180&random=6029e2601386266bf91c2786bd789275"></a>).
It produces from abritraty distributed 3D points an IGES surface
that can be imported into Abaqus CAE.<br>
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Cheers<br>
Oliver<br>
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Am 03/04/2013 06:46, schrieb Hani Farouq Abul Khair:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I tried Autocad but didn`t work<o:p></o:p></p>
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