Despike

Source file: despike-a-surface.htm

The Despike tool removes spikes caused by dust, vegetation and other artefacts that can appear when creating a data model.

1. Select the surface to despike.

2. On the Edit ribbon tab, go to the Fix group and select  Despike.

   The tool will remove all the spikes that it can. Results are presented in the report window.

Note:  If unwanted spikes remain after running the despike tool, these must be manually deleted. Follow the next steps.

3. Select facet selection mode .

4. Select the facets that form the unwanted spikes by drawing selection boxes around them. Hold Shift down to select multiple areas.

5. Press Delete to remove the selected facets.

6. Run Fill holes to close the holes that remain.
   

A data model before (left) and after (right) the despike function.