Project and project group

Create or open a project group before scanning.

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. Project group is mainly used in the following scenarios:

Project Group	Scenario	Description
Only one project in the project group	One object needs to scan with only one alignment mode.	Only one alignment mode can be used in the same project.
Multiple projects in the project group	One object needs to scan with mutiple alignment modes. Multiple objects or one large object need to scan with one or more alignment modes	It is recommended to create multiple projects within one project group when scanning the large object, mutiple objects and one projects with multiple alignment modes. After scanning, you can align these projects one by one.

Create a project group

Two ways to create a project group:

Method One: Click New project group after selecting the scan mode process in the navigation bar.

Method Two: Click and select New project group on the scanning page.

In the prompt window, select the storage path, name the project group and click New. All scaned data will be saved to the folder with the name you just set.

Open a project group

Two ways to open a project group:

Method One: Click Open project group after selecting the scan mode.

Method Two: Click and select Open project group on the scanning page.

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

Note

• The current project group will be saved automatically when opening a project group.
• Only the project group scanned in the same scan mode can be opened.

Project

Each project is a part of the project group. All operations of project can be done by the following buttons.

Icon	Function	Description	Note
	New Project	Two ways to create a project: 1. A project will be created automatically after click New project group. 2.Click to create a new project on the scanning interface.	The project only can be created when the scanner is connected. The last project in the project list is the current project. Only the current project can continue to scan.
	Open Project	Two ways to open the project: 1. All projects of this group will be loaded to the software after opening the project group. 2. Click to open the project group.	Cannot open the project group with different resolution or texture setting at the same time.
	Remove Project	Click to remove selected project from the project tree.	The project can be opened again when needed.
	Delete Project	Click to delete the project from the project tree, and delete all the data of this project.	The scanned data will be deleted from the computer permanently.
/	Visible/Invisible	After clicking, the point cloud or markers can be displayed; click it again to hide the point cloud or markers.	/