The processing settings are applied when a processing operation is started through the Process Scans button , or the Process Scans command in the context menu of a scan or cluster.
On this video, we will show you how to define general processing settings.
Create Scan Point Clouds
- If enabled, a scan point cloud for each scan will be created as last part of the processing. This setting is enabled per default.
Automatic Registration
- Indicate that the project should be registered with an automatic registration after the processing of scans finishes successfully. The method used for the automatic registration is the method selected on the page.
Colorization Settings
- No colorization
- If you mark this checkbox, no color will be added to the scan points during processing.
- Colorize Scans
- If you have a scan taken by a laser scanner with the color option, this scan will also contain the digital pictures which the scanner took automatically during the scanning. These pictures will be applied to color the scan if this option is selected.
- Laser Illuminated HDR
- With LI-HDR, a photograph of a scanned area is combined with information about the amount of laser light that was reflected by surfaces during scanning. Because the laser provides the illumination, details in areas that are completely over- or underexposed in the photograph can nevertheless be added to the LI-HDR image. The laser light does not provide color information, so areas illuminated only by the laser are shown as grayscale.
- Create PanoCam Scans
If you mark this checkbox, PanoCam scans will be created for every stationary scan whose color was captured with the PanoCam. As a result, after processing, only the PanoCam scans will remain in the project.
Filter Settings
- Dark Scan Point Filter
- This filter removes points based on a reflectance value. Reflectance Threshold indicates the minimum reflectance value a scan point must have. The Reflectance Threshold range is: 0 to 2048.
- Distance Filter
- This filter removes all scan points which are outside of the defined distance range. All points with a distance less than the Minimum Distance and all points with a distance larger than the Maximum Distance will be deleted.
- Stray Point Filter
- This filter checks if the 2D grid cell of a scan point contains a sufficient percentage of points with a distance similar to the scan point itself.
- Edge Artifact Filter
- This filter is enabled by default. The filter is especially useful to remove artifacts at the edges of objects.
Target Settings
- The Find Targets section allows you to select targets such as checkerboards, planes, and spheres. These will then be searched in each scan during processing.
Join Lukas as he explores how processing settings are applied. He’ll explain the advantages of each setting and why he makes his specific choices. #learnwithlukas