PIX Import for Bricscad is a Dr. Picza (.pix) file import plug-in for Bricscad®. This plug-in gives Bricscad the ability to import geometric data from ASCII and Binary PIX files.
PIX Import for Bricscad reads surface and polygon mesh data stored in PIX files and imports it into Bricscad. If the PIX file contains a scan of a surface, PIX Import for Bricscad creates the wireframe of the surface in Bricscad. The wireframe may be created as a set of points, lines, polylines, splines, 3D faces or a polygon mesh. If the PIX file contains the scan information in the form of a polygon mesh, PIX Import for Bricscad recreates the mesh model inside the active Bricscad drawing. The mesh can be recreated as set of points, lines, polylines, 3D faces or a polyface mesh.
PIX Import for Bricscad is very easy to use. Once installed, it must be loaded into the Bricscad environment. There are simple instructions for this in the ReadMe file. Once loaded it adds new commands to Bricscad's existing commands and a new submenu called "PIXImport" to the Bricscad menu containing these newly added commands.
PIXImport - Imports a PIX file
PIXImportHelp - Displays the PIX Import for Bricscad help file
PIXImportRegister - Registers your copy of PIX Import for Bricscad
PIXImportAbout - Displays the PIX Import for Bricscad About box
The PIX File Format
The PIX file format is the native file format of a digitizer software called Dr. Picza which comes bundled with Roland DG digitizers. The digitizer scans an object and transfers the 3D point data to the Dr. Picza software which saves it in the PIX file format. PIX files can contain scan data in two formats: surface and polygon mesh. The surface format is used when the top surface of an object is being digitized, whereas the polygon mesh format is used when the entire surface of an object is being digitized.