I am able to mesh it/create a surface from the point cloud data using Solidworks. However, what I want to do is create a solid 3D body (not just a surface); almost like extruding the 3D surface along a certain direction. However, Solidworks is not recognizing the surface at all, thus not...
I have topography data (AFM scans) of a rough surface, represented as a matrix, with each element representing its height above the surface (z) and the row and column positions representing its x and y coordinates.
I can import this surface and plot it in MATLAB, but I am unable to create a 3D...