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What happened to the surface function "From Point Cloud" in NX 8.5 and higher?
Solution
This function was removed in NX 8.5 and replaced with Fit Surface.
The functionality may appear to be different, but the end result is basically
the same. A surface which best fits the data points selected. And there is
additional functionality like creating not only a best fit B-surface but
also a best fit plane, cylinder, sphere or cone and the results are
associative in that if the points move the surface will update. And if you
use the new NX 8.5 File -> Import -> Points from a file function the points
will be in named groups which means that it will be easy to load-up a
modified set of points and edit the surface by replacing one named-group of
points with a new named-group thus allowing you to update an existing
surface based on a new set of data points.
Notes and References
Hardware/Software Configuration
Platform: na
OS: n/a
OS Version: n/a
Product: NX
Application: DESIGN
Version: V9.0
Function: FREE_FORM_MODEL
Ref: 001-6991940