Scan data edit

We provid functions to edit the scan data when you pause scanning or after you generate point cloud.

Icon	Function	Instruction
	Multi View	There are 6 different view angles for you to choose.
	Create Cutting Plane	Create a plane to do quick cut, check below for detail.
	Rectangular	Click and hold LMB to drag to select / deselect an area of the data.
	Polygon	Click LMB one-by-one to select / deselect an area of the data.
	Lasso	Click and hold LMB to drag to select / deselect an area of the data.
	Straight Line	Drag to create a line to select / deselect an area of the data.
	Brush	Use brush to select / deselect an area of the data.
	Select All	Select all of the data.
	Unselect	Cancel all the selections.
	Connected Domain	Click the button after select data, all connected region to the selected data will be picked.
	Revert	Revert the selection.
	Delete	Click the button or “DELETE” on the keyboard to delete selected data.
	Undo	Click the button to undo the most recently operations.
	Cancel	Undo all edit, and exit edit mode.
	Apply	Click the button or space bar to apply the edit, and exit edit mode.

Note

Cutting plane¶

Cutting plane is very useful when a base needs to be removed during scanning.

After setting cutting plane, there will be no more data scanned below the cutting plane.

Three methods to create cutting plane:

Method	Instruction
Fitting Point Cloud	Press Shift + LMB to select data, then click the button “Generate plane”. The cutting plane will be created by point cloud fitting. The direction of the plane will be calculated by the software according to the direction of point cloud.
Creating Straight Line	Press Shift + LMB to draw a line, and generate the cutting plane according to the line.
By Markers	Press Shift + LMB to select markers. 3 markers or more are required to generate the cutting plane.

Method	Instruction
Rotation axis	Cutting plane can be rotated around the axis by operating the active bar, editing the text box or placing the cursor on the edge of the cutting plane and dragging.
Move cutting plane	Move the cutting plane by operating the active bar, editing the text box or placing the cursor in the center of the cutting plane and dragging.
Delete	Click this option, data in the reverse direction will be shown in red. Apply this, and the red data will be deleted.
Reverse	Reverse the normal direction of the cutting plane.
Delete plane	Delete the created cutting plane.