Artec Studio
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Contents

  • About This Manual
  • 3D Scanning at a Glance
    • Preparation
      • PC Requirements
      • Activation
      • Prepare Object and Scene (Common Recommendations)
    • Scanning
    • Use Autopilot
    • Process Manually
      • Crop Surroundings
      • Align
      • Global Registration
      • Eliminate Noise
      • Fusion
        • Erase Flaws (Optional)
      • Simplify Mesh
      • Texturing
    • Export, Measure, Share
    • Tips and Tricks
  • Glossary
  • Using the Hardware
    • 3D Scanners
    • Buttons and LED Indicators for Eva and Spider
      • LED Indicators
      • Hardware Buttons
    • Hardware Synchronization for Eva
    • Artec Turntable
      • Recovering Lost Tracking
    • 3D Mouse
    • Artec Battery Pack
  • Installation
    • System Requirements
    • User Account
    • Scanner Activation
      • Running Artec Installation Center
        • Logging Out and Switching Accounts
      • 3D Scanner Activation Using Artec Installation Center
    • Artec Studio Installation
    • Offline Activation
    • Deactivation
    • Managing Artec 3D Scanners and Products
  • Scanning
    • Scanner Buttons and Capture Modes
    • Selecting and Preparing Objects for Scanning
    • Technique
    • Scanning Procedure
    • HD Scanning and HD Reconstruction
    • Tracking Modes
      • Base Removal: Erasing a Supporting Surface
      • Resuming Scan After Lost Tracking
      • Auto-align new scans with those marked in Workspace
      • Scanning With Real-Time Fusion
    • Target-Assisted Scanning
      • Placing Targets
      • Using Artec Scanners Only
      • Photogrammetry Solution
      • Preparing To Scan With Targets
      • Scanning Procedure With Targets Clouds
      • Inspecting Quality Of Targets Clouds Registration
        • Features Panel
        • Evaluating Deviations
        • Removing Badly Registered Instances/Clusters
    • Artec Metrology Kit
      • Activating the kit
      • Capturing photos
      • Creating reference cloud
      • Metrology Kit applications
    • Using Certain Scanner Types
      • Notes on Scanning With Spider
      • Notes on Scanning With MHT
      • Notes on HD Scanning With Eva
    • Tweaking Scanning Options
      • Enabling HD Mode
        • Capturing raw HD data
        • Launching HD reconstruction after scanning
      • Disabling Distance Color
      • Real-time processing
      • Tuning Texture Brightness
        • Preventing Overexposure
      • Sensitivity
      • Frequency for Capturing Texture Frames
      • Deactivating Scanner Flash
      • Tuning Exposure Time
      • Disabling Texture Recording
      • Decreasing Scanning Speed
      • Limiting Number of Frames in Scans
      • Supplementary Settings
        • Scan Names and Starting Number
        • Saving Scans to Disk
        • Delay Before Recording
        • Depth of Field
        • Motion Tolerance
        • Specify Scanning Range
        • Hiding Scan Panel During Scanning
        • Temperature Compensation Wizard
    • Troubleshooting
  • Workspace and More
    • Artec Studio User Interface
      • Windows, Panels and Bars
      • Primary Settings
    • Workspace Panel
      • Object Types
      • Object Columns
    • Operations with Objects
    • Actions with Groups
    • Selecting Scans and Models
      • Selecting Frames
      • Object Properties
      • Features
      • Selecting a Point-Cloud Scan
    • Memory Management: Smart RAM Usage
  • Viewing Scans and Models
    • 3D Navigation
      • Moving, Rotating and Scaling
        • Moving
        • Rotating
        • Flipping
        • Zooming
      • Global Coordinate System and Rotation Center
    • Choosing Projections
    • Viewpoints
    • Displaying 3D Data
      • Rendering and Shading Modes
      • Lighting, Color and Texture
      • Backface Rendering
      • Rendering Object Outlines
      • Representation of Normals and Boundaries
      • Rendering and Texturing Untextured Polygons
      • Displaying Boundaries of Texture Atlas
      • Specifics of displaying the textures of Leo scans
    • Saving Screenshots
  • Projects, Scans and Models
    • Creating a Project
    • Saving a Project
      • Restoring a Project
    • Opening Project and Scans
      • Opening an SPROJ file
      • Opening a Project from Leo
        • Connecting to Leo
        • Using SD Card
    • Importing Models and Scans
      • Importing Scans, Meshes or Point Clouds
      • Importing CAD models
    • Exporting Models, Scans and Point Clouds
      • Exporting Scans
      • Exporting Meshes (Models)
      • Exporting CAD objects
      • Exporting Point Clouds
        • Merging Sections
      • Understanding How Artec Studio Applies Transformations
        • Special Aspects of Scan Placement
      • Storing and Exporting Color Information
      • Exporting Target Coordinates
      • Exporting to Leios
      • Exporting to Geomagic Design X
      • Exporting to SolidWorks
      • Exporting to Control X
    • Exporting to Artec Cloud
    • History of Project Changes
  • Data Processing
    • Maximum Error and Registration Quality
    • Reconstructing HD scans from saved raw HD data
    • Revising Scans
      • Separating Scans
    • Alignment and Registration at a Glance
    • Editing Scans
      • Eliminating 3D Noise (Outlier Removal)
      • Erasing Portions of Scans (Eraser)
        • Selection Types
        • More Actions With Selections
        • Erasing Supporting Surface
    • Fine Registration
    • Alignment
      • Selecting Objects for Alignment
        • Changing Object Status
      • Displaying Objects in 3D View
      • Summary of Alignment Modes
      • Drag Alignment
      • Auto-Alignment
        • Managing Collections and Scans
      • Manual Rigid Alignment Without Specifying Points
        • Texture Alignment
      • Specifying Points and Editing Their Positions
      • Manual Rigid Alignment with Points
      • Datum Alignment
      • Nonrigid Alignment
      • Complex Alignment
    • Global Registration
      • Global-Registration Parameters
      • Locking Object’s Reposition
      • Global Registration for Point-Cloud Scans
      • Possible Global-Registration Errors
    • Transferring Transformations
      • Use Cases for Transformations Transferring
    • Ray Scan Triangulation
    • Creating Models (Fusion)
      • Fusion-Algorithm Errors
    • Editing Models
      • Small-Object Filter
      • Defeature Brush (Editor)
        • Selection Types
      • Smoothing
        • Smoothing (Tools)
        • Smoothing Brush (Editor)
        • Smoothing Edges
      • Hole Filling
        • Bridges or Smart Hole Filling
        • Automatic Hole Filling
        • Fixing Holes
      • Mesh Simplification
        • Conventional Algorithm
        • Fast Mesh Simplification
    • Photo Registration
      • Preparing Object
      • Capturing Photos
      • Importing Photos
      • Inspecting Quality Of Photos
      • Registering Photos
      • Photo-Registration Parameters
    • Texturing
      • Preparing Model
      • Applying Texture (Procedure)
      • Modes
        • Texturing for Preview (Triangle Map)
        • Texturing for Export (Texture Atlas)
      • Supplementary Settings
        • Inpaint Missing Texture
        • Remove Targets
        • Enable Texture Normalization
        • Reduce Glare
        • Suppress Background Colors
      • Texture Adjustment
    • Texture-Healing Brush: Manual Inpainting
    • Preparing Models To Export
      • Moving, Rotating and Scaling (Transformation Tool)
        • Translate
        • Rotate
        • Scale
      • Placing Objects on Coordinate Plane (Positioning Tool)
    • Advanced Techniques
      • Automatic Processing
      • Mirroring
      • Isotropic Remesh
      • Normal Inversion
      • Correcting Triangulation Errors
  • Working with CAD objects
    • CAD Primitives Types
    • Constructing CAD Primitives
      • Constructing Fitted CAD Primitives
      • Constructing Independent CAD Primitives
      • CAD Primitive Properties
      • Converting CAD to Mesh
    • Setting constraints for CAD primitives
      • Ambiguity of some constraints
    • Positioning CAD Primitives
      • Primitives’ Points To Use for Positioning
    • Editing meshes using CAD objects
      • Boolean Operations
      • Splitting Mesh By Plane
    • Working with Imported CAD Models
      • Alignment
  • Additional Modes
    • Multicapturing
      • Bundle Creation
        • Preparation
        • Capturing
        • Alignment
        • Bundle
      • Performing Multicapture
        • Tweaking Multicapture Options
    • Measurement Tools
      • Distance
        • Linear Distance
        • Thickness measurement
        • Geodesic Distance
        • Exporting Linear (Geodesic) Measurements
      • Sections and Volume
        • Comparing Values
        • Volume and Surface Area of Models
        • Exporting Sections
      • Distance Maps
        • Exporting Distance Maps
      • Notes (Annotations)
        • Exporting Notes
    • Copying Log Records
    • Feedback Form
  • Settings
    • General
      • Project-Storage Path
      • Temporary Folder
      • Registering Artec Studio as Default Viewer
      • Opening Files
      • Surface-Consistency Detection During Import
      • Model Placement
      • Base Removal for Leo Scans
      • Point-Cloud Export
      • Units
      • View-Control Settings
    • Performance
      • Multithreading
      • Texture-Recording Mode
      • Real-Time Fusion Settings
      • Scan Reconstruction
    • Scan
      • Algorithm Settings
      • HD Reconstruction
      • Photogrammetry Settings
      • Capture
        • Scan Using Auto-Alignment
      • Misalignment Detection
        • Default Capture Settings
    • UI
      • Audio Notification
      • Workspace Colors
      • Warnings
        • Startup Checks
        • Warnings in Tools and Editor
      • Displaying in 3D View Window
        • Display
        • Colors
        • Screenshots
        • Playback
        • Background
        • Welcome Screen
        • Autopilot
    • Miscellaneous
      • Usage Information
      • Language
  • Scanner Calibration and Correction
    • Suggestions for Use
    • Launching Calibration Tool
    • Scanner Correction
      • Correcting Field of View for EVA
    • Spider Calibration
    • Notes Regarding Scanner-Calibration Files
    • Assembling the Scanner Stand
    • Assembling the Calibration Rig
  • Switching from Artec Studio 14
  • Hot Keys
    • Scanning
    • Workspace
    • Save, Export and Import
    • Viewing 3D Content
      • Switching Viewpoint
    • Editor
      • Transformation Tool
    • Aligning Scans
    • Starting Tools, Modes and Dialogs
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