Editing Scans

You can edit scans.

  1. From the Wireframe section of the action bar, click Scan Edition and select the scan to process.
  2. Go to the tab of the required operation.
  3. In the Add Point tab, pick an existing point.
    It is added to the scan.

  4. In the Divide tab, pick a position on the scan.



    The scan is divided into two scans.

  5. In the Merge tab.
    1. Select the two scans.
    2. Enter a Tolerance value, and click Apply.
    The two scans are merged into one.
    Notes:
    • If the gap between the two scans is lower than the Tolerance value, the two scans are merged.
    • If the gap between the two scans is greater than the Tolerance value, a message is displayed. No merge is performed.
  6. Select the Display rank check box and go to the Invert tab.
    1. Select the scan.

      The ranks of the points in the scan are displayed, you can track its direction.
    2. Click Apply.
      The direction of the scan is inverted.

    3. Click OK.
    The inverted scan Invert Scan.x is created.
  7. In the Reorient tab.
    1. Select the scans whose orientation is to be modified.


    2. Select the reference scan that imposes the orientation to the other scans.


    3. Click Apply.
    The scans that did not have the same orientation than the reference one are reoriented. No new scan is created.
  8. In the Sort tab.
    1. Select the scan to sort.

    2. Select the direction along which the scan is be sorted.
    3. Click Apply.
      The scan is sorted.

    4. Click OK.
    Sort Scan.x is created.