Display Modes

Point

Sampling

Defines the percentage of the points to be displayed.

By default, Sampling is set to 100%.

Colored

When selected, displays the points in the color contained in the Ascii RGB file. Otherwise, the display color is as defined in the Graphic Properties menu.

Applies to clouds of points that contain color information for each point (e.g. imported from a Ascii RGB file).

By default, Colored is selected.

Symbol

When selected, displays the points as the symbols contained in the imported file. Otherwise, the display symbol is as defined in the Graphic Properties menu.

Applies to clouds of points that contain symbol information for each point.

By default, Symbol is selected.

Scan (Polyline) or Grid

Segment: Displays scans or grids as segments.
By default, Segment is selected.

Point: Displays scans or grids as points.
By default, Point is not selected.

Vector

Vector: Displays vectors as vectors.
By default, Vector is selected.

Origin: Displays the vectors by their origin.
By default, Origin is not selected.

Mesh

Vertex

When selected, displays the vertices of a mesh, for a lighter display.

By default, Vertex is not selected.

Triangles

When selected, displays the mesh as triangles.

By default, Triangles is not selected.

Free Edges

When selected, displays the free edges in yellow.

Note: The free edges displayed are those of the complete cloud of points:

If you activate only a portion of a cloud of points, the free edges of that portion are not displayed.
If you remove a portion of a cloud of points, the free edges of the remaining portion are displayed.

By default, Free Edges is not selected.

Non-manifold Edges

When selected, displays the non-manifold facets and their vertices in bold white lines. If you choose the display of triangles, the triangles accepting a non-manifold edge have their edges displayed as regular white lines.

By default, Non-manifold Edges is not selected.

Flat or Smooth

The mesh can be displayed as Flat or Smooth

Note: you cannot combine Flat and Smooth.

By default, Smooth is selected, Flat is not.

Light Visualization

Activate light visualization of meshes

Select the Activate light visualization of meshes check box and set a Number of triangles. If the number of triangles contained in a mesh is greater than the number you have defined, the light visualization mode is activated.

Note:

This mode applies only to a mesh visualization.
The light visualization mode improves performance, but degrades the visualization quality.

By default, Activate light visualization of meshes is not selected.

Dynamic Display

Dynamic display of information: When selected, activates the dynamic display of coordinates and information, in the case of user-defined format.; By default, Dynamic display of information is not selected.

Highlight Mode

Bounding Box: When selected, switches the highlight to the bounding box of the clouds of points or meshes.

By default, Bounding Box is not selected.

Optimized Mode

Optimized Mode: The Optimized mode is mandatory to see colors in meshes and scans. Selecting the Optimized Mode option also improves performance when you use clouds of points with colors, but to see color for clouds of points, you are not required to turn on Optimized Mode.

By default, Optimized Mode is not selected.

Back and front mode

Back and Front Mode: The Back and front mode is mandatory to see meshes with a different color for the front and the back side. It requires that the Shading with Material mode is on too.

By default, Back and front mode is not selected.