BASE Editor Module : Commands : Create Boundary TIN
 

Create Boundary TIN

 

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Tools > TIN > Create Boundary TIN

A Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN) is a triangulated surface constructed from input data containing 3D data points.

TINs can be created for BASE Surfaces, Point Clouds and feature layers containing features with a depth/height value. By default, these layers can contain up to 3 million points to be included in the TIN. Depending on the resources of the computer that you are using, the number of layer points that can be included in the TIN could be much greater than the current limit value. For information on how to change this value, see “Defining Maximum Points Per TIN” on page 513.

A TIN can be created for all data points in a data layer, or for the boundary of the data. A boundary TIN is generated using only the nodes of a dataset that are near the boundary of the data. You may choose to create a boundary TIN if the resulting TIN would exceed the limit of points supported for a single regular TIN. A boundary TIN can only be created for a raster surface.

Related commands:

• Create TIN

• Long Edges (TIN)

• Apply Feature Layer to TIN

• Generate TIN Coverage Boundary

• Interpolate Surface from TIN

• Digitize TIN Feature

• Edit TIN Feature

• Delete TIN Feature

• Update TIN

• Reset TIN

Procedure

1. From the Layers window, select a layer containing features with a depth or height value.

2. Select the Create Boundary TIN command.

The TIN is created and added to the Layers window and the Display window. See TIN Layers for information on the TIN layers.

You can edit the appearance of the TIN using the Wireframe properties in the Properties window when the TIN attribute layer is selected.