Data editing¶

When you start scanning, you can edit the scanned data in the Scan Step to generate accurate point clouds. You can also use other functions.

You can use following tools to edit the scanned data after the scanning is paused or the point cloud is generated.

Note

After editing the data, you can continue scanning to acquire more data.
If the necessary editing operations have been performed on the scan data, please apply the edits before generating the point cloud.

Icon	Function	Description
	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. Top View, Bottom View, Front View, Rear View, Left Side View and Right Side View.
	Cutting Plane	Create a plane to do quick cut.
	Edit Point Cloud	In this mode, the selection tool is used to only select point cloud data; by clicking this button, you can switch to Edit Markers mode or Edit Markers & Point Cloud mode (Edit Point Cloud mode is enabled by default if there is a point cloud). Note After switching to this mode, the selected markers data (if any) will be retained to facilitate synchronized deletion and other editing operations. Point cloud data under the cutting plane cannot be edited. Multiple undo or redo operations are supported.
	Edit Markers	In this mode, the selection tool is used to only select markers data; by clicking this button, you can switch to Edit Point Cloud mode or Edit Markers & Point Cloud mode (Edit Point Cloud mode is enabled by default if there is a point cloud). Note After switching to this mode, the selected point cloud data (if any) will be retained to facilitate synchronized deletion and other editing operations. It is necessary to retain at least 4 markers in the current project group. Markers data under the cutting plane cannot be edited. Multiple undo or redo operations are supported.

Icon	Function	Description
	Edit Markers & Point Cloud	In this mode, the selection tool is used to select both markers and point cloud data; by clicking this button, you can switch to Edit Point Cloud mode or Edit Markers mode (Edit Point Cloud mode is enabled by default if there is a point cloud) Note After switching to this mode, the selected point cloud data and markers data (if any) will be retained to facilitate synchronized deletion and other editing operations. It is necessary to retain at least 4 markers in the current project group. Point cloud data or markers data under the cutting plane cannot be edited. Multiple undo or redo operations are supported.
	Rectangular	Select / Deselect a rectangular area.
	Polygon	Select / Deselect a polygon area.
	Lasso	Select / Deselect the area by using the Lasso tool.
	Line	Hold down Shift and left mouse button (LMB) and move the cursor to draw a straight line to select/deselect the area.
	Paint brush	Hold down `Shift` or `Ctrl` 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.

Icon	Function	Description
	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	Click this button or `Del` to delete selected data.

Icon	Function	Description
	Undo	Undo the last deletion and recover the last deleted data. Multiple deletions can be undone by clicking multiple times.
	Redo	Redo the last deletion and recover the last operated data. Multiple deletions can be redone by clicking multiple times.
	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.

Side Function Bar¶

You can use more functions in the right-side function bar in scanning.

Icon	Function	Description
	Global optimization	After completing scanning, optimize and generate the point cloud.
	Project group	Create / open a project group.
	Align	Align the data.
	Export the scan	: Save the scanned data in the specified format (ASC, STL, OBJ, PLY, 3MF) locally. : If you have installed the EXModel software and you are in the post-processing or measurement interface with mesh data, click this button to start up the software and import the data into it.
	Mesh	Will move to next step Post-processing to mesh model. Note This button is not available before the point cloud is generated.

Function	Description
Select all / Invert / Unselect / Delete selected data	Their function is the same as that of the corresponding buttons in the 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, and it can be operated by shortcut keys.
Sampling Display	For the project with a large volume of point clouds, the software will prompt you to sample and display the interface data in a pop-up window. You can also manually use this function to adjust the scale of data display.
Set Rotate Center	The rotation center can be set on the data by the left mouse button, press `esc` to exit, and it can be operated by shortcut keys.
Reset Rotate Center	After reset, the center of rotation is at the data center.
Show / Hide Cutting Plane	Click to hide or show the cutting plane (if has been set).

Shortcut¶

Shortcut	Function
Press and hold `Ctrl`+`D`	Fit view
Scroll wheel	Zoom in / out the model
Press and hold the `Middle Button` and move the cursor	Pan the model
Press and hold the `Left Button` and move the cursor	Rotate the model
Double click `Left Button`	Select data
Press and hold the `Shift`+`Left Button`	Select the area of data
Press and hold the `Ctrl`+`Left Button`	Deselect the area of data
Press and hold `Ctrl`+`A`	Select all
Press and hold `Ctrl`+`C`	Deselect all data
Press and hold `Ctrl`+`I`	Switch selected/unselected data
`Del`	Delete the selected data

Cutting Plane¶

If you need to remove the object's base data during the scanning process, the Cutting Plane can be a very effective tool.

By setting up a cutting plane, the data below the plane will not be captured.

Note

After opening the global markers file or scanning the global markers (before or after optimization), it supports creating a cutting plane, and the global markers can be saved together optionally.

Create a cutting plane¶

The three methods for creating the cutting plane are shown below.

Method	Description
Fitting Point Cloud	Press `Shift`+`Left Button` to select data, and then click Create Plane to generate the cutting plane.
Creating Straight Line	Press `Shift`+`Left Button` to draw a line, and then click Create Plane to generate the cutting plane.
Markers	Press `Shift`+`Left Button` to select at least 3 markers, and then click Create Plane to generate the cutting plane.

Set the Cutting Plane¶

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Delete selected point cloud / markers: When ticked, the selected point cloud data or markers will be highlighted in red. Apply the edit to delete the highlighted point cloud data or markers.
Note
- It is not supported to deleted all point cloud data. At least four markers should be remained at the front appearance of the cutting plane.
- If it is the auto cutting plane, only the selected markers can be retained, and the selected point cloud data is deleted by default.
Invert: To reverse the selection of data by flipping the cutting plane.
Delete Plane: To delete the current cutting plane and return to the interface for creating a new cutting plane.
Reset: To reset all the operations performed after creating the cutting plane.
Apply: To apply all edits.

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Pan the cutting plane: After generating the plane, you can enter numbers in the editing box or drag the arrow of the cutting plane's normal to pan the cutting plane.
Rotate the cutting plane: You can drag any of the four small balls on the edges of the cutting plane to rotate the cutting plane along a certain direction.

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