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Data Edit

To edit the scanned data when you pause or after you generate the point cloud.

Edit scanned data

Icon Function Instruction
Multi View 6 different view angles to choose.
Cutting Plane Create a plane to do quick cut. For more, see Scan Data Edit.
Icon Function Instruction
Point Cloud Edit Edit the selected data area in the point cloud edit mode.
Markers Edit Click Point cloud Edit again to switch to Markers Edit. Select the data area and the mark points in this area will be shown in red. The red mark points can be deleted at this time.
Icon Function Instruction
Rectangular Select/Deselect a rectangular area. The selected area is displayed in red.
Polygon Select/Deselect a polygon area.
Lasso Select/Deselect the area bu using the Lasso tool.
Straight line Hold down Shift and left mouse button(LMB) and move the cursor to draw a straight line to select/deselect the area.
Brush Hold down both Shift and left mouse button(LMB) 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.

Caution
  Once the edit has been applied, the original state cannot be restored, only by reloading the file.

Shortcut

Shortcut
Function
Press and hold the Left mouse button and move the cursor
Rotate the data
Press and hold the middle mouse button and move the cursor
Translate the data
Hold down Shift + Left mouse button
Select the area of data
Hold downCtrl + Left mouse button
Deselect the area of data
Scroll Wheel
Zoom in/Zoom out the data
Spacebar
Apply the edit
Delete
Delete the selected data

Cutting plane

Remove the base data from the whole scanned data by creating a cutting plane.

Create cutting plane

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

Method Instruction
Fitting Point Cloud Press Shift + LMB to select data, and then click Generate Plane. 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.
Note
3 markers or more are required to generate the cutting plane.

3.Click Create Plane.

Set Cutting Plane

Illusration
Instruction
●Delete selected point cloud/markers:Data/Makers in the reverse direction will be shown in red afetr checking the box. The red data will be deleted after clicking Apply.
●Invert:Inverse the normal direction of the cutting plane.
●Delete Plane:Delete the created cutting plane.
●Reset:Reset all operations after creating the cutting plane.
●Apply:Apply all edits.




●Positioning:After generating the plane, fill in a number in the positioning box or drag the cutting plane normal arrow to translate the cutting plane.
●Rotate the cutting plane:Cutting plane can be rotated around the axis by dragging the blue ball..