Grasshopper

algorithmic modeling for Rhino

Unwrap a 3D fingerprint (convert to 2D)

Hey,
I need to unwrap a 3D fingerprint (convert to 2D). I cannot just remove z coordinate and make it 2D. I need to unwrap it in a manner that it resembles as if the fingerprint would have been scanned as 2D at first place.
The input I am having is a ply file with just the x,y,z coordinates. 
Any suggestion? Any software out there that will do it for me directly? 
I heard there are some spring solvers that will do it for me. Any idea how can I implement it?
I want to do it the easy way rather than getting into too much complexity.
Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by WT4 on July 21, 2011 at 2:35pm

Have you tried the squish command in rhino?

Regards

Permalink Reply by Nisha M on July 21, 2011 at 2:52pm
not yet.. I can see if that works.. I never used rhino though!
Permalink Reply by WT4 on July 21, 2011 at 4:04pm

I am curious to find out how you have been able to use grasshopper and import ply files if you have never used rhino

Permalink Reply by taz on July 21, 2011 at 2:37pm

Have you revised/improved your original data set from a week ago?

 

 

Permalink Reply by Nisha M on July 21, 2011 at 2:52pm

actually I luckily got another dataset to work with :)

Permalink Reply by Abhishek Bhaskar on September 17, 2018 at 12:09pm

hi nisha, i am looking for something similar...could you share the info please?

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