Data Editing¶

When you start Scanning, you can conduct Data Editing in Scan to generate accurate point clouds. You can also use other functions.

Bottom Panel¶

You can use following tools to edit data after the scanning paused or the point cloud is generated.

Icon	Function	Instruction
	Perspective View	The object appears larger when closer, and smaller when farther away.
	Orthogonal View	The object does not appear larger when closer, and smaller when farther away.
	Multi View	Observe the data from 6 different views.
	Cutting Plane	Create a Cutting Plane to do quick cut.
	Point Cloud Edit	In this mode, a point cloud is chosen. Click it again and you can switch to the Edit Markers mode.(This mode is enabled by default if there is a point cloud.) Note After switching to this mode, the selected markers data (if any) will be retained to facilitate synchronized deletion and other editing operations. Point cloud data under the cutting plane cannot be edited. Multiple undo or redo operations are supported.
	Edit Markers	In this mode, the selection tool is used to only select markers data. Clicking this button again will switch to the Point Cloud Edit mode (assuming there is point cloud data available), and by default, this button is in Point Cloud Edit mode. Note In the Markers or Hybrid Alignment mode, this function can be used. After switching to this mode, the selected point cloud data (if any) will be retained to facilitate synchronized deletion and other editing operations. In the Handheld Scan mode, it is necessary to retain at least 4 markers. In fixed scanning mode, at least 3 markers need to be retained. Markers data under the cutting plane cannot be edited. Multiple undo or redo operations are supported.
	Rewind	To select (highlighted in red) the scanning data corresponding to a specific frame, drag the progress bar and click Confirm to delete the corresponding data; click Exit to exit rewind (only supported for the software version of V4.0.0.8 or above). Note This function can not be used in the Fixed Scan mode. Up to 200 frames of data can be rewound.
	Rectangular	Select/Deselect a rectangular area. The selected area is displayed in red.
	Polygon	Select/Deselect a polygon area.
	Lasso	Select/Deselect the area by using the Lasso tool.
	Straight line	Move the cursor to draw a straight line to select/deselect the area.
	Brush	Hold down `Shift` or `Left Button` and a red circle will appear. At this time, roll the mouse wheel will zoom in and out of the circle. Move the red circle to select/deselect the area to be edited.
	Select All	Select all of the data.
	Unselect	Cancel All Selected Areas.
	Connected Domain	Click the button after selecting a patch of data and all connected region to the selected data will be picked.
	Invert	Revert the selection.
	Delete Selected Data	Delete selected data.
	Undo	The last deletion will be undone.
	Cancel Edit	Undo all edits, and exit the edit mode.
	Apply Edit	Click the button or space bar to apply the edit, and exit the edit mode.

Right Panel¶

You can use more functions on the right panel in Scanning.

Icon	Function	Instruction
	Project Group	Create / open a project group. About project group, please refer to Project Group.
	Align	Align the data as you need, please refer to Align.
(for the software version of V4.0.0.8 or above) or	Export Data	Export the scan data.
	Mesh	Will move to next step Post-processing to mesh model.

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.
Fitting View	The data on the interface is displayed in the center according to the appropriate size.
Set Rotate Center	The rotation center can be set on the data by the left mouse button.
Reset Rotate Center	After reset, the center of rotation is at the data center.

Shortcut¶

Shortcut	Function
Press and hold the `Left Button` and move the cursor	Rotate the data
Press and hold the `Middle Button` and move the cursor	Translate the data
Hold down `Shift`+`Left Button`	Select the area of data
Hold down `Ctrl`+`Left Button`	Deselect the area of data
Scroll wheel	Zoom in/zoom out the data
Delete	Delete the selected data

Cutting Plane¶

If you need to remove the object's base data during the scanning process, the Cutting Plane can be a very effective tool.

By setting up a cutting plane, the data below the plane will not be captured.

Create a Cutting Plane¶

Fitting Point Cloud: please hold Shift+Left Button to select the point cloud data, and click Create Plane.
Creating Straight Line：please hold Shift+Left Button to draw a line, and click Create Plane.
Markers: please hold Shift+Left Button to select at least three markers, and click Create Plane.

Edit the Cutting Plane¶

Delete the selected point cloud data or markers: When checked, the selected point cloud data or markers will be highlighted in red. Apply the edit to delete the highlighted point cloud data or markers.
Invert: Use this button to reverse the selection of data by flipping the cutting plane.
Delete plane: clicking this button will delete the current cutting plane and return to the interface for creating a new cutting plane.
Reset: reset all the operations performed after creating the cutting plane.
Apply: apply all the edits made.

Note

It is not supported to deleted all point cloud data.
At least four markers should be remained at the front appearance of the cutting plane.

Translate the cutting plane: after generating the plane, you can enter numbers or drag the arrow of the cutting plane's normal in the editing box to translate the cutting plane.
Rotate the cutting plane：you can drag any of the four small balls on the edges of the cutting plane to rotate the cutting plane along a certain direction.