Process Freestyle Handheld Scans in SCENE

Overview

FARO^® SCENE version 2019.1 or later allows users to import, process, and register scans made with a handheld scanning device.

Details

Use the steps below to process hand-held scans.

1. Click Process Handheld Scans on the Processing ribbon.
   
2. Select the scans or scan cluster.
3. Click Configure Processing.
   
4. Configure scan processing options.
   
   • Marker Detection
     • On/Off - Toggles marker detection for all processing.
     • Auto - Uses marker detection only if it was switched on when the scan was created.
     • Tracking - Only markers are used for tracking.
   • Plane Detection
     • On/Off - Toggles plane detection for all processing.
     • Auto - Uses plane detection only if it was switched on when the scan was created.
   • Replay - If scans have already passed some processing steps, Replay restarts the processing from the beginning. Processing is then executed with higher precision than it was done during capturing.
   • Scan Optimization - Adjusts all frames of a scan to minimize the overall displacements errors and close loops. The Extended setting may give better results but will take longer.
   • Stray Point Filtering - Removes stray scan points. 
     • Standard - Removes stray points without additional 3D smoothing. This setting tends to make edges and corners look better.
     • Smooth - Removes stray points with additional 3D smoothing. This setting tends to make planes look better.
   • Color Optimization - Averages the color of scan points in overlapping areas within a scan, and adjusts color effects caused by different lighting situations.
   • Delete Raw Data - Deletes the raw scan data and the project history after processing is complete. Note: Select this option only if you are sure that you never want to process the scan again.
5. Click Start Processing.
6. Click Ok when processing is complete.