Freestyle2 Automatic Scan Repair

Until Now

• When a freestyle scan contained double points/surfaces/skins, the user could repair these by using the manual scan repair
• This required the user to manually select the areas with double information
• Then a repair area could be created and applied to repair the scan

New Workflow

• FARO now offers the user an automatic scan repair that automatically finds the areas with double points/surfaces/skins, creates repair areas, and then applies them

How To Use the New Feature

• You need a project with an already processed Freestyle scan
• Go to Processing > Handheld Scan Repair 
• Open the 3D view of the scan
• Click on the button "Automatic Scan Repair“
• Wait until the Automatic Scan Repair is finished
  

• The 3D view of the repaired Scan is shown
• If you are not satisfied with the results, you can start the automatic scan repair again or perform a manual scan repair  

Manual Scan Repair Notes

• Sometimes you must click in the 3D view to update the view
• Scans must be processed in SCENE to enable the Scan Repair functionality. The optimization of scan repair regions is done by automatically aligning planes and texture features. 
• If the result is not satisfactory or planes are not available, you may also use the Cloud2Cloud optimization that is integrated in the scan repair mechanism. To do this, right-click in the 3D view, select Scan Repair > Cloud2Cloud > Run and Add. A dialog opens that allows you to adjust some settings.
• The parameter Maximum search distance allows you to set the maximum distance between two 3D point clusters