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Data Editing

You can edit the imported data in the EXScan Libre. The editing toolbar is in the right side of the interface.

Icon Function Description
Multi View There are six different view angles for you to check data.
/ / / Point Cloud Data / Wireframe / Triangles / Triangles and Wireframe There are four different styles of data for you to check mesh data.
Perspective The object appears larger when closer, and smaller when farther away, which is consistent with the rule of normal human eyes to observe the 3D world.
Orthogonal The object does not appear larger when closer, and smaller when farther away; Also known as "isometric view", the size of the object displayed in the view is independent of the current viewpoint distance.
Show / Hide texture Only projects with textures allow you to enable the display of textures.

Click to enable the 360° rotation display of the 3D model. You can also adjust the rotation speed as need.
You can press the F12 and Esc to enter or exit model display mode.

Icon Function Description
Edit Point Cloud Edit the selected data. Click again will toggle the editing markers mode.
Note
In editing point cloud mode, if you delete the selected data, only the point cloud data will be deleted, not the markers.
Edit Markers Select the data area and the markers in this area will be shown in red. The red markers can be edited at this time.
Note
  • This feature is only supported by markers, global markers and hybrid alignment with markers.
  • In editing marker mode, if you delete the selected data, only the markers will be deleted, not the point cloud data.
  • At least three marker points must be retained.
Edit All Date Edit the selected markers and point cloud data.
Select Through / Select Visible Select Through causes the current selection tool to affect all areas within the selection boundary, not just those visible on screen, allowing you to select the surface data and the interior data simultaneously; Select Visible causes the selection tools to operate only on visible data in the current view, obscured data will not be selected.
Icon Function Description
Lasso Hold down Shift and move the cursor select the area by using the lasso tool. The selected area is displayed in red.
Rectangular Hold down Shift and move the cursor select a rectangular area. The selected area is displayed in red.
Polygon Hold down Shift and move the cursor select a polygon area. The selected area is displayed in red.
Line Hold down Shift and move the cursor to draw a straight line to select the area. The selected area is displayed in red.
Paint Brush Hold down Shift or Ctrl and a red circle will appear. At this time, rotate wheel will zoom in and out of the circle. Move the red circle to select/deselect the area to be edited. The selected area is displayed in red.
Select All Select all the data.
Unselect Cancel all selected areas.
Expand Click the button after selecting a patch of data and all connected region to the selected data will be picked.
Invert Revert the selection.
Icon Function Description
Delete Selected Data Delete selected data.
Undo The last deletion will be undone. You can click multiple times to undo multiple deleted data.
Redo Redo the previous action. You can click multiple times to redo multiple actions.
Cancel Edit Undo all edits, and exit the edit mode.
Apply Edit Click the button or press the space bar to apply the edit, and exit the edit mode.

Context Menu for the Project List

Function
Description
Rename
 Supports renaming projects and meshes.
Save
 After saving, a dialog box for renaming will appear.
Delete
 Supports deleting one or multiple files from the project list panel. If you check Delete Original Files, the file is deleted and cannot be restored.
Group Selected Projects
 It can group multiple files into one group or split files within a group into separate entities.
Select all / Unselect all / Reverse selection
 Select all, deselect all, or revers the selected projects data.
Show all / Hide all
 You can hide or show the currently opened projects/mesh data.

Context Menu

Function
Description
Select All / Invert / Unselect / Delete Selected Data
 The function is the same as the function on editing bar, and can be operated by shortcut keys.
Connect Domain
 Click the button after selecting a patch of data and all connected region to the selected data will be picked.
Zoom to Fit
 The data on the interface is displayed in the center according to the appropriate size.
Set Rotate Center
 Click the desired position to set it as the rotation center.
Reset Rotate Center
 After reset, the center of rotation is at the data center.
Select Through
 Clicking the select through icon causes the current selection tool to affect all areas within the selection boundary, not just those visible on the screen. The surface data and the interior data can be selected at the same time.
Select Visible
 Select Visible causes the selection tools to operate only on visible data in the current view, obscured data will not be selected.

Shortcut

Shortcut
Function
Ctrl+D
Zoom to fit
Rotate Wheel
Zoom in / Zoom out the data
Hold the wheel button and move the cursor
Pan the model
Ctrl+F
Set the rotating center
Move and drag cursor
Rotate the data
Shift + primary
Select the area of data
Ctrl + primary
Deselect the area of data
Ctrl+A
Select all data
Ctrl+C
Deselect all selected data
Ctrl+I
Reverse selected / unselected data
Del
Delete the selected data