Data Editing¶

To edit the scanned data when you pause or finish scanning.

When you pause or finish the scanning, you can use the following tools to edit the scanned data.

Icon	Function	Instruction
	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. You can click this button to switch to orthogonal view.
	Orthogonal View	The object does not appear larger when closer, and smaller when farther away; Also known as "isometric view", the size of the object displayed in the view is independent of the current viewpoint distance; You can click this button to switch to perspective view.
	Multi View	6 different view angles to choose.
	Cutting Plane	Create a plane to do quick cut. For more, see Cutting plane.

Icon	Function	Instruction
	Point Cloud Edit (IR Mode)	Edit the selected data area in the point cloud edit mode.
	Data Editing	Edit the selected data. Click again will toggle the editing mode.
	Edit Markers	Select the data area and the markers in this area will be shown in red. The red markers can be edited at this time.

Icon	Function	Description
	Select Visible	To select data on the front view only.
	Select Through	The surface data and the interior data can be selected at the same 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`+`Left Button` and move the cursor to draw a straight line to select/deselect the area.
	Brush	Hold down `Shift`+`Left Button` 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 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. You can click multiple times to undo multiple deleted data.
	Redo	Redo the previous action. You can click multiple times to redo multiple actions.
	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, but only by reloading the file.

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
Hold down `Ctrl`+`Left Button`	Deselect the area of data
Scroll Wheel	Zoom in / Zoom out the data
`Space`	Apply the edit
`Del`	Delete the selected data

Function	Description
Select All / Invert / Unselect / Delete Selected Data	The function is the same as the function on editing bar, and can be operated by shortcut keys.
Fitting View	The data on the interface is displayed in the center according to the appropriate size.
Connected Domain / Select Through / Select Visible	For more, see Edit Toolbar.
Switching the Display Type	You can select different display types(triangles, wireframe, point cloud data as well as triangles and wireframes) and the data display mode of the 3D scene will change synchronously after switching.
Set Rotate Center	The rotation center can be set on the data by the left mouse button.
Reset Rotate Center	After reset, the center of rotation is at the data center.

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

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

Method	Instruction
Scan Data Fitting	Press `Shift`+`Left Button` to select data, and then click Generate Plane. The direction of the plane will be calculated by the software according to the direction of the 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.

3.Click Create Plane.

Illustration

Instruction

Delete selected data/markers：Data/Makers in the reverse direction will be shown in red after checking the box. The red data will be deleted after clicking Apply.
- You can not delete all data.
- Please keep at least 3 or more markers on the front of the cutting plane.
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 .