Project and project group

Project group

To start scanning, you need to create / open a project group. Project group is the standard file structure of the software, it contains one project or more. Each project contains the scan data of its own.

Scenario	Project group	Instruction
One object in the scene, one align mode for the object	One project in the group	Only need one project to finish the scan
Multiple objects in the scene, all can align with the same mode	One project in the group	only need one project to finish the scan
Multiple objects in the scene, need different align mode	One project for each object	The objects might be different in material or need different align mode
A big object in the scene	One project for one part of the object	Scan different part and align together
One object in the scene but needs different align mode in different part	One project for each part of the object	Scan different part and align with different mode

Create project group

Two ways to create a project group:

1. Before scanning, click scan in navigation bar, then click new project group in prompt.

2. In scan window, click project group in side bar, then click new project group in prompt.

In the prompt window, name the project group and new to the path you choose, all the scan data will be saved to the folder with the name you just set.

Open project group

Note

Current project group will be saved automatically.

Two ways to open a project group:

1. Before scanning, click scan in navigation bar, then click open project group in prompt.

2. In scan window, click project group in side bar, then click open project group in prompt.

In the prompt window, select the project group file and then open.

Project

Consider each project as a part of the project group. All operations of project can be done by the following buttons.

icon	function	instruction	note & warning
	Create new project	Two ways to create a project: 1. A project will be created automatically when you create a project group. 2. In scan window, click to create a new project.	Only can create project when scanner connected.
	Open project	Two ways to open project: 1. When opening a project group, all project(s) of this group will be loaded to the software. 2. Click to open the project of one project group.	Cannot open project with different resolution or texture setting.
	Remove project	Click to remove selected project from the project tree.	The data will not be deleted, you can open the project when needed.
	Delete project	Click to delete the project from the project tree, and delete all the data of this project.	This operation will delete the scan data from the computer permanently.