Data Editing¶

After pausing scanning, you can use the editing tools and right sidebar functions in the scanning interface to edit the data and generate accurate 3D point clouds.

After pausing scanning or generating point clouds, you can use the following tools to edit the data.

Note

After editing the data, you can still click to perform additional scans.

Function	Description
Perspective View	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. Click this button again to switch to Orthogonal View.
Orthogonal View	The object does not appear larger when closer, and smaller when farther away; the size of the object displayed in the view is independent of the current viewpoint distance; Click this button again to switch to Perspective View.
Multi View	Observe the data from 6 different views.
Cutting Plane	Create a cutting plane to make a quick cut.

Function	Description
Point Cloud Edit	In this mode, only point clouds can be chosen. Click it again to switch to Edit Markers. Note Multiple undo or redo operations are supported.
Edit Markers	In this mode, only markers can be chosen. Click it again to switch toPoint Cloud Edit. Note It is necessary to retain at least 4 markers. Multiple undo or redo operations are supported.
Rewind	Drag the progress bar to select (highlighted in red) the scanning data corresponding to a specific frame. Clicking Confirm will delete the corresponding data. Clicking Exit will discard the current operation and exit rewind. Note This function is only supported in IR Scan. This function is available only for scan data without global optimization. If the current data is less than 50 frames, this function is unavailable. Up to 200 frames of data can be rewound once; you can rewind multiple times until the first frame of this scan.

Function	Description
Rectangular	Select or deselect a rectangular area. Use `Shift`+`left mouse button` to select. Use `Ctrl`+`left mouse button` to deselect.
Polygon	Select or deselect a polygon area. Use `Shift`+`left mouse button` to select. Use `Ctrl`+`left mouse button` to deselect.
Lasso	Select or deselect the area by using the lasso tool. Use `Shift`+`left mouse button` to select. Use `Ctrl`+`left mouse button` to deselect.
Line	Select or deselect the area by using the straight line tool. Use `Shift`+`left mouse button` to select. Use `Ctrl`+`left mouse button` to deselect.
Brush	Select or deselect the area by using the brush tool. Use `Shift`+`left mouse button` to select; use `Shift`+`mouse wheel` to adjust the brush size. Use `Ctrl`+`left mouse button` to deselect; use `Ctrl`+`mouse wheel` to adjust the brush size.

Function	Description	Function	Description
Select All	Select all of the data.	Unselect	Cancel all selection.
Connected Domain	Click the button after selecting a patch of data and all connected region to the selected data will be selected.	Invert	Revert the selection.
Delete Selected Data	Delete selected data.

Function	Description	Function	Description
Undo	The last deletion will be undone. Click multiple times to undo multiple deletion.	Redo	The last operation will be redone. Click multiple times to redo multiple operations.
Cancel Edit	Undo all edits.	Apply Edit	Apply all edits.

Cutting Plane¶

The cutting plane tool can be used to quickly remove data below the base or multiple planes of an object. You can create and edit cutting planes through the settings panel on the left; after applying the cutting plane, the data below the cutting plane will no longer be collected when scanning again.

Creation¶

On the editing toolbar at the bottom of the interface, click to enter the cutting plane tool interface.

Select the creation method and follow the interface prompts to create the cutting plane.

Method	Description
Fitting Point Cloud	Press `Shift`+`Left Button` to select data, and generate the cutting plane according to the selected data.
Creating Straight Line	Press `Shift`+`Left Button` to draw a line, and generate the cutting plane according to the line.
By Markers	Press `Shift`+`Left Button` to select markers. 3 markers or more are required to generate the cutting plane.

Click Create to create a cutting plane, which will be displayed in the cutting plane list; click Cancel to cancel all operations and exit the cutting plane tool interface.

Note

When saving a global markers file, the cutting plane will be saved together.
The cutting plane created in the current project are only effective for that project.
After creating a cutting plane, data below the cutting plane will no longer be collected.
Cutting planes can be created after opening a global markers file or scanning global markers (before and after optimization).

Editing¶

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Delete the selected point cloud / markers: When ticked, the selected point cloud data or markers will be highlighted in red. Apply the edit to delete the highlighted point clouds or markers.
Caution
- Unable to uncheck Delete the selected point cloud in the current version.
- It is not supported to deleted all point clouds.
- At least four markers should be remained on the front of the cutting plane.

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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.

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Positioning: The cutting plane can be translated in the following two ways:
- Dragging the normal arrow on the cutting plane to translate the cutting plane.
- Entering the translation distance (unit:mm) in the value box to translate the cutting plane.
Rotation: The cutting plane can be rotated by dragging the sphere on the cutting plane , using the opposite axis of the currently selected sphere as the center axis for rotation.

Right Sidebar¶

In the scanning interface, you can use more functions in the right sidebar.

Function	Description
Generate Point Cloud	Generate point cloud directly without any optimization. Note This function is unavailable in IR Scan.
Optimizing and Generating Point Cloud	Optimize then generate point cloud, suggest choosing this option when you have higher accuracy requirement or when there is layering problem caused by accumulated aligning errors during scanning.

Function	Description	Function	Description
Project Group	Create or open a project group.	Delete Your Scan	Delete the current data to rescan.
Align	Align the data as needed.	Export the Scan	Save the scanned data in the specified format locally.
Mesh	Mesh your model.

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
Press and hold `Ctrl`+`Left Button`	Deselect the area of data
Scroll wheel	Zoom in or zoom out the data
`Spacebar`	Apply edits when editing data
Delete	Delete the selected data

Context Menu¶

Function	Description
Select all / Invert / Unselect / Delete selected data / Connected Domain	The function is the same as the function on editing toolbar, and can be operated by shortcut keys.
Fitting View	The data on the interface is displayed in the center according to the appropriate size; it can be operated by shortcut keys.
Set Rotate Center	The rotation center can be set on the data by the left mouse button.
Reset Rotate Center	Reset the rotation center back to the data center.
Bottom camera	Open or close the camera window.