Table of Contents

Overview

Welcome
Safety instructions
About the document

Device
Appearance
Scanner
Component
Connect the cable

Installation
Computer & Operating system requirement
CPU
OpenGL
GPU
Get the installation package
Install the software

Activation
Register for Shining 3D User Account
Login
Activate the device
Online activation
Offline activation

Upgrade
Firmware upgrade
Software upgrade

Interface
Navigation bar
Settings and feedback
Social
Settings
Help
Other components

Quick guide
Calibration
Standard calibration
 White balance
Quick calibration

Scan

Workflow
Preparation
Preparation for portrait scan
Hair
Preparation for different object

Scan mode
White light mode
IR mode

Project and project group

Project group
Create project group
Open project group
Project

Project setting
Alignment
Resolution
Texture
Alignment
Resolution
Texture

Scanning

Scan setting
Brightness
Working distance
Other function

Scanning
Preview / Scan / Pause
Generate point clouds

Scan data edit

Cutting plane
Create cutting plane
Set cutting plane

Scan functions
Align point cloud
Post Processing

Mesh
Mesh type
Mesh optimization

Mesh editing
Left panel
Bottom panel
Right panel

Measurement

Create Features
Movement
Measurement
Overview
Welcome

Safety instructions

Symbol Description

NOTE: This symbol is used to inform you of the additional information of the product.

CAUTION: This symbol is used to inform you of incorrect operations that may damage the device
or result in data loss. Any damages resulting from misuse are not covered by the warranty.

DANGER: This symbol is used to inform you of the potential risks that may result in serious
personal injury and other safety incidents.

About the document

This document is related to your safety, lawful rights and responsibilities. Read it carefully before installing and
using the product.

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for the contents of this document and, without the written consent of the Company, it is not allowed to copy,
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The document is a guidance for installing, operating, and maintaining the product, including the Device,
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possible errors and omissions therein. The contents of the document are subject to changes without further
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In the event of any ambiguity and/or any advice on the contents of the document, contact us by the contact

For more information, please visit our support website: support.einscan.com (https://support.einscan.com/)
Device

Please read carefully before the first time of using EinScan H2 (hereinafter referred to as the "Scanner").

Appearance
Scanner
Appearance Description

1 Working distance indicator

2 Zoom in / Zoom out

3 Brighter / Darker

4 Preview / Scan / Pause

5 USB port

6 Power port
Component
Connect the cable

Warning

Make sure you are using the correct power adapter.

Steps

1. Plug USB and DC IN into the bottom of Scanner.

2. Plug the power cable into the connection cable.

3. Power on and the LED indicator should show white.

 4. Plug the other side of connection cable into the USB port of computer.

Now you can see our device in your Device Manager.

Installation

To use the scanner, you need to install the EXScan software first (hereinafter referred to as the "software").

Computer & Operating system requirement

Recommended computer:

Component Model

CPU Intel® Core™ i7-8700 or above

Graphics card NVIDIA GTX 3060 or above

Graphics memory 4GB or above

RAM 32GB or above

USB 3.0 or above

Recommended operating system: Windows 10, Windows 11 (both 64-bit only)

CPU

Improper computer configuration or hardware issues will cause CPU performance degradation and affect the user
experience, it is recommended to use the CPU-Z tool to check CPU performance before starting scanning.

CPU-Z: https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html (https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html)

Install and launch CPU-Z, follow the steps in below figure to get a CPU multi thread performance score. A score of
4000 or more is required.
OpenGL

To use the scanner, you need a graphics card (integrated or discrete) which can support OpenGL4.3 or above.

Use OpenGL Extensions Viewer (https://realtech-vr.com/home/glview) to check the OpenGL version, if it's lower
than 4.3, please update the graphics card driver and check again. If it's still lower than 4.3, it means that the
graphic card CAN NOT support the scanner.
GPU

Highly recommend to use a NVIDIA 1 discrete graphics card for the scanner.

The NVIDIA discrete graphics card should support CUDA10.2 or above.

Use NVIDIA Control Panel to get the CUDA version with follow steps.

Launch NVIDIA Control Panel

Go to Help>>System information>>Components.
Use a discrete graphics card on desktop

Connect your monitor to the port of discrete graphics card on the back of your computer, OS will use the discrete
graphics card automatically.

Use a discrete graphics card on laptop

Launch NVIDIA Control Panel on your laptop.

In 3D Settings --> Manage 3D Settings --> Global Settings, select High-performance NVIDIA processor
and Apply.

Get the installation package

Please visit the following website to get the installation package: https://www.einscan.com/support/download
(https://www.einscan.com/support/download/)

Install the software

Please follow the installation wizard to install the software.

Note

● Administrator rights are required for the software installation. The initial installation environment may take a long
time, please wait patiently.
● Please do not install the software in C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86). The software will not run when
installed under these folders due to restricted rights.

1. We use CUDA from NVIDIA to get high scanning experience.

Activation

When using the scanner for the first time, please register an account to activate the device.

Register for Shining 3D User Account

Click Register and fill in the account information in the registration pop-up.
 Note

Enter valid email or phone number to get verify code for registration.

Fill in correct user information for better service.

Login
Log in Shining 3D User Account from the pop-up window when launching the software.

If your computer failed to connect to the network:

● Check the network connection and click Refresh to reconnect to the network. It will jump back to the login
interface after successfully connecting to the network.
● If your computer can not connect to the network successfully, click offline activation to directly perform the
offline activation.

User Account Network Not Available

Activate the device

Online activation

If the computer is connected to the Internet, the activation will be processed automatically after you login Shining
3D User Account.
Offline activation

You need another computer which is connected to Internet to help you finish the offline activation.

1. Connect scanner to the computer with no network, export C2V file.

2. Copy the C2V file to the other computer connected to Internet.

3. On the computer with network, log in https://passport.shining3d.com/ (https://passport.shining3d.com/login?

redirect=%2F) , upload your C2V file in offline activation page and complete the information of activation, you
can then download the V2C file.
4. Copy the V2C file to the computer with no network, import the file into the software.
 Note

If you fail to activate the device in neither way, please contact your supplier or our support team
(https://support.einscan.com/) .
Upgrade

When new software is released, you will get prompted when launching the software. If the firmware in the software
is newer than that in the scanner, you will get prompted too.

Firmware upgrade
The firmware is running on the scanner, it will be upgraded for better performance, stability or bug fixing.

Warning

Make sure that the device is powered on during the upgrade; avoid interruption of the upgrade due to power cuts.

When the scanner is connected, the software will automatically detect the firmware. If the firmware does not match,
it will prompt you to upgrade the firmware. Click Yes to upgrade.

Software upgrade
Software upgrade is to optimize software performance, add new functions or bug fixing.

Warning

The software will be closed during upgrading, please save your projects properly before upgrading.

It is highly recommended to use the latest version of software. If not, a reminder will pop up immediately when you
launch the software.
Click Download Now will download the new installation package in the background, you can continue using the
software. Please do not close the software before the download has finished. Once it finished, the following prompt
will show.

Click Yes to start the installation of the new version.

Interface

Navigation bar

Navigation Description

Device Displays the device status: online / offline

Calibration Click to start calibration.

Scan Mode Select different scan mode: white light mode / IR mode

Scan Into scan process.

Post Processing Into post processing after generating the point cloud, includes mesh and mesh editing.

Measurement Use the software to measure your model.

Settings and feedback

Social

Function Description

Official Open the official website (https://www.einscan.com) of Shining 3D to learn about the company’s
Website products and information.

Facebook Enter Shining 3D’s facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/einscan) to view product

introduction and other operations.

Support Enter Shining 3D’s support platform (https://support.einscan.com/en/support/home) to view

Platform product introduction and other operations.

Settings

Function Description

User To help us improve the quality and user experience of the device, we hope to be allowed to
Experience collect usage experience information. This information will not contain your personal information
or scanned data and will not be accessible to any third party.

Factory All settings can be restored to the initial settings, and the software will automatically restart.
Default

Language To select other language.

About View related software release information, contact information, etc.

Help

Function Description

Calibration Checked by default. It will display guide in calibration.

Guide

User Manual Open a browser to show user manual.

Teamviewer The quick access to remote assistance. Send the ID and password in the pop-up window to the
technical supporters for remote assistance.
Other components

Component Description

Camera Window This is the camera window in scan process. Show one by default,
you can open other camera windows through Right-click menu.

Project Group Here you can manage your project group, for more detail please refer
to Project and project group.

Scan Setting Here you can set the parameter when scanning, for more detail
please refer to Scan Setting.

Project Information In this area, you can check the project information and other
information such as the remaining memory, CPU usage and GPU
usage.
Component Description

Working distance indicator Indicate working distance between the scanner and the object.
Green: proper
Red: too close
Blue: too far

Edit Please refer to Data edit.

Sidebar Please refer to Scan function.

Quick guide

1. Select scan mode.

2. Create a project group, setup project settings.

3. Set scan parameters while preview .

4. Scan and generate point clouds.

5. Mesh.

6. Save the scan data.

Calibration

With calibration, the scanner parameters are recalculated, which not only ensures the accuracy of the scanner,
but also improve the quality of scanning.

Note

Calibration is required under the following conditions:

When the scanner is used for the first time.

The scanner was severely shaken or shocked, such as shocked during transportation.

Severe accuracy reduction, such as frequent errors in alignment or unrecognized markers.

Incomplete data is acquired during the scanning or serious deterioration of the quality of scanned data.

When the scanner is NOT calibrated more than 14 days, the software will prompt you to do calibration.

Warning

The calibration board is matched to the device. Doing the calibration with an incorrect calibration board will fail to
generate good scan data or optimum accuracy.

Always make sure that both sides of the calibration board are clean and free of scratches.

Do not place heavy objects or sundries on the calibration board.

Keep the calibration board away from corrosives, metals and sharp objects to avoid corrosion or damage.

It is not recommended to wipe the calibration board. When cleaning the board becomes very necessary, gently
wipe it with a piece of a clean damp cloth. Do not use a cloth with chemicals or alcohols to wipe the calibration
board.

After using the calibration board, put it safely in a box or flannel bag.

Standard calibration
For the first time use, you will be guided to Standard calibration when you click Calibration button.

Follow the steps of the calibration wizard in the software. You need to calibrate the scanner from 5 different
directions.

1. Follow the instruction in the picture to place the calibration board onto the holder, with its front site (black with
markers) towards the scanner.
2. Press the scan button on the scanner to start calibration.

3. Move the device slowly and adjust the distance between the scanner and the calibration board according to
the height indicating box.

4. Keep moving until all height boxes turn green.

5. Place the scanner in the next position and repeat step 2 ~ 4.

6. Finish calibration and check the calibration result.

 Note

If the calibration fails, please try it again from step1.

If you cannot get the pass result anyway, please contact your supplier or our support team
(https://support.einscan.com/) .

White balance

1. Place the calibration board on a horizontal flat surface with its back site (white) lying towards up.

2. Hold the scanner face to the center of board in upright position.

3. Press the scan button on the scanner to start calibration.

4. Keep moving the scanner up and down slowly until the scanner takes a photo automatically, which indicates
that the distance is optimal.
After finishing the white balance calibration, click Next on the following pop-up for entering the scan mode.

Note

Do not do white balance or scan under strong light, it may cause color deviation.

If white balance fails, please try it again.

If you cannot get the pass result anyway, please contact your supplier or our support team
(https://support.einscan.com/) .

Quick calibration
Quick calibration can be used for re-calibration when accuracy reduction or misalignment during scanning. Only
one position should be done during quick calibration.
1. Place the calibration board onto the holder, with its front site (black with markers) towards the scanner.

2. Place the scanner as shown in the software, then press the scan button on the scanner to start calibration.

3. Move the device slowly and adjust the distance between the scanner and the calibration board according to
the height indicating box.

4. Keep moving until all the eight boxes turn green.

5. Finish calibration and check the calibration result.

Scan
Workflow

Below is the workflow of the scanner. There are two different workflows: Basic workflow, Global marker workflow.

The basic workflow can fulfill most of your needs, if you want higher accuracy, you can use global marker workflow.
Basic Workflow

Select scan White light mode

选择扫描模式
mode IR mode

Create new
创建多工程
project group

White light mode IR mode

Alignment Select scan object
工程设置
Project settings Resolution Alignment
Texture Resolution
Texture

预览
Preview & adjust

扫描
Scan

暂停&编辑
Pause & edit

Generate point
添加新工程
New project 生成点云
cloud

Align（for multi-
（多工程）拼接
projects）

封装
Mesh 后处理
Postprocess 测量
Measure 保存
Save
Global Marker Workflow

Select scan White light mode

选择扫描模式
mode IR mode

Create new
创建多工程
project group

White light mode / IR mode

Global marker alignment
工程设置
Project settings
Resolution
Texture

Import global marker Scan global

导入框架点 扫描框架点文件
file N marker file

Generate global
预览
Preview & adjust 生成框架点文件
marker file

扫描
Scan

暂停&编辑
Pause & edit

Generate point
添加新工程
New project 生成点云
cloud

Align(for multi-
（多工程）拼接
projects）

封装
Mesh 后处理
Post process 测量
Measure 保存
Save
Preparation

Object has good geometry or texture features will get scanned easily and fast with good quality. If not, you need to
do some preparation before scanning.

Note

Not recommend to scan following objects:

Moving or vibrating objects, which cause the shape of object changed during scanning process.

Soft material object.

Lattice structures with many small deep holes.

Preparation for portrait scan

Hair

Bad sample Good sample

Preparation for different object

Object Preparation Notes while scanning

Transparent, shiny, reflective surface Use washable or vanishing scanning Scan as normal
objects spray

Objects with less features or repetitive - Place markers on the object. - Select hybrid alignment.
features - Mark/draw on the surface to add - Select texture alignment
features

Thin wall objects Place markers on and around the Choose global marker
objects alignment
Scan mode

There are two scan modes: White light mode and IR mode.

White light mode

Use white light source for scanning, with higher scan data quality and accuracy, suitable for scanning non-
reflective, non-black material objects.
IR mode
Use the infrared light for scanning, the data quality and scan accuracy are lower than the white light mode, it is
often used to scan people and black or slightly reflective materials.
Project and project group

Project group
To start scanning, you need to create / open a project group. Project group is the standard file structure of the
software, it contains one project or more. Each project contains the scan data of its own.

Project Group Scenario Description

Only one project One object needs to scan Only one alignment mode can be used in the same project.
in the project with only one alignment
group mode.

Multiple projects ● One object needs to scan It is recommended to create multiple projects within one
in the project with mutiple alignment project group when scanning the large object, mutiple
group modes. objects and one projects with multiple alignment modes.
● Multiple objects or one After scanning, you can align these projects one by one.
large object need to scan
with one or more alignment
modes

Create project group

Two ways to create a project group:

1. Before scanning, select scan mode, then click new project group in prompt.

2. In scan window, click project group in side bar, then click new project group in prompt.

In the prompt window, name the project group and new to the path you choose, all the scan data will be saved to
the folder with the name you just set.

Open project group

 Note

Current project group will be saved automatically.

Two ways to open a project group:

1. Before scanning, select scan mode, then click open project group in prompt.

2. In scan window, click project group in side bar, then click open project group in prompt.

In the prompt window, select the project group file and then open.

Project
Consider each project as a part of the project group. All operations of project can be done by the following
buttons.
icon function instruction note & warning

Create new Two ways to create a project: Only can create project when
project 1. A project will be created scanner connected.
automatically when you create a project
group.

2. In scan window, click to create

a new project.

Open project Two ways to open project: Cannot open project with
1. When opening a project group, all different resolution or texture
project(s) of this group will be loaded to setting.
the software.
2. Click to open the project of one
project group.

Remove The data will not be deleted, you

project Click to remove selected project can open the project when
from the project tree. needed.

Delete project This operation will delete the

Click to delete the project from scan data from the computer
the project tree, and delete all the data permanently.
of this project.
Project setting
White light mode

Alignment

Alignment Instruction

Feature Uses object geometric features for auto aligning during scanning. Rich features on the object are
required for this mode.

Texture Uses objects surface texture to align the scans. Compared with feature alignment, texture
alignment takes longer and consumes more memory. It is recommended to use the texture
alignment only in cases where the object's geometrical features are insufficient.

Global Uses global markers file to help align the scans. You may add an existed global markers file or
Markers scan one.

Hybrid Uses features, markers to align the scans. Use the function to avoid alignment error in some
target parts. By this alignment, we do not need to place the markers all over the part, but only on
the region where has less geometry. Global markers files can be imported to assist in scanning
and aligning.

Resolution

Resolution Instruction

0.2mm ~ 3mm 0.5mm by default

Texture

Texture Icon Instruction

Texture scan on Will capture texture data.

Texture scan off Will not capture texture data.

 Note

Texture switch cannot be changed once the project group been created.

IR mode

The scanner support two scan targets: Portrait scan, Object scan.

You need to choose scan target when you create the project. With different scan target, the settings below will be
different.

Note

You can select Medium object or Large object under object scan.

Medium object: size between 100mm X 100mm X 100mm and 300mm X 300mm X 300mm.

Large object: size larger than 300mm X 300mm X 300mm.

Alignment

Scan Mode Alignment Instruction

Portrait - Features Hybrid alignment here means feature alignment plus texture alignment.
Scan - Texture
- Hybrid

Object Scan - Features - When select Global Markers alignment, if global marker file not import, you
- Texture need to scan global marker file first.
- Hybrid - Hybrid alignment here means feature alignment plus marker alignment.
- Global
Markers
 Note

FEATURE ALIGNMENT uses object geometric features for auto aligning during scanning. Rich features on the object
are required for this mode.

TEXTURE ALIGNMENT uses objects surface texture to align the scans. Compared with feature alignment, texture
alignment takes longer and consumes more memory. It is recommended to use the texture alignment only in cases
where the object's geometrical features are insufficient. Texture Scan is required to select if you want to use texture
align.

GLOBAL MARKERS ALIGNMENT uses global markers file to help align the scans. You may add a existed global
markers file or scan one.

HYBRID ALIGNMENT uses two different alignments to align the scans. Use the function to avoid alignment error in
some target parts. By this alignment, we do not need to place the markers all over the part, but only on the region
where has less geometry. Global markers files can be imported to assist in scanning and aligning.

Resolution

Scan Mode Resolution Instruction

Portrait Scan 0.2mm~3.0mm 1.0mm by default

Object Scan 0.2mm~3.0mm 0.5mm by default

0.2mm~0.5mm(Medium object) 0.3mm by default(Medium object)

Note

With smaller setting value, you will get more detail, but will lead to larger file size and longer processing time.

Resolution cannot be changed once the project group been created.

Texture

Texture Icon Instruction

Texture on will capture texture data

Texture off will not capture texture data

 Note

Texture switch cannot be changed once the project group been created.
Scanning
Scan setting

Following parameters can be set when scanning.

Brightness
Adjust the brightness for different material / color of the object to get better scan data.

Too high Proper Too low

Working distance
Use short working distance to get more detail, but need more time to scan the whole object.

Use long working distance to get large FOV, scan time will be shorter, but will lose some detail of the data.

Scan Mode Minimum distance Maximum distance Working distance range

White light mode 200mm 700mm >=200mm

Portrait scan in IR mode 200mm 1500mm >=200mm

Object scan in IR mode 200mm 700mm >=200mm

450mm(Medium Object) >=40mm(Medium Object)
Other function

Function Value Instruction

Data Quality ON/OFF To indicate the data quality of your scan, help you to get better scan data.
Indicator - Only available before generating point cloud.

Texture LED ON/OFF Please turn on the LED light when there is not enough light for better
Light texture scanning ( This function is enabled by default).
- Only available when texture on
- Cannot change during scanning

Hair Mode ON/OFF Easier to scan hair, but also increase data noise.
- Only available in Portrait Scan.
- Cannot change during scanning.
Scanning

Preview / Scan / Pause

You can always switch in these 3 status with the trigger on the scanner, or click the button in the software. The
basic switch order is: Preview -- Scan -- Pause

Function Icon Instruction

Preview In this mode, only show data for preview, but not record the data, you can modify
the scan parameters according to the preview.

Scan Start scanning, data is recorded. During scanning, make sure to keep the
scanner perpendicular to the surface, keep a proper distance from the object,
and adjust the brightness depending on the ambient light or texture of the object.

Pause Pause scanning, you can edit the scan data or change the view angle if you
want.
 Preview

Caution

When scanning the recessed areas of an object, please hold the scanner directly towards the area to be scanned.

Generate point clouds

When you finish the scan, you can Generate Point Clouds 1 or Optimize and Generate Point Clouds 2. You may
want to edit the data later.

Note

The time it takes to generate point cloud depends on the data size of your project and the hardware configuration of
your PC.
1. To generate point cloud directly without any optimization, will be fast and less memory been used; Only available in
Object Scan.

2. Optimize then generate point cloud, suggest choosing this option when you have higher accuracy requirement or when
there is layering problem caused by accumulated aligning errors during scanning.
Scan data edit

We provide functions to edit the scan data when you pause scanning or after you generate point cloud.
Icon Function Instruction

Multi View There are 6 different view angles for you to choose.

Create Cutting Create a plane to do quick cut, check below for detail.
Plane

Rectangular Click and hold LMB to drag to select / deselect an area of the data.

Polygon Click LMB one-by-one to select / deselect an area of the data.

Lasso Click and hold LMB to drag to select / deselect an area of the data.

Straight Line Drag to create a line to select / deselect an area of the data.

Brush Use brush to select / deselect an area of the data.

Select All Select all of the data.

Unselect Cancel all the selections.

Connected Click the button after select data, all connected region to the selected
Domain data will be picked.

Revert Revert the selection.

Delete Click the button or “DELETE” on the keyboard to delete selected data.

Undo Click the button to undo the most recently operations.

 Icon Function Instruction

Cancel Undo all edit, and exit edit mode.

Apply Click the button or space bar to apply the edit, and exit edit mode.

Note

press Shift + LMB to select the area.

press Ctrl + LMB to deselect the area.

Cutting plane
Cutting plane is very useful when a base needs to be removed during scanning.

After setting cutting plane, there will be no more data scanned below the cutting plane.

Create cutting plane

Three methods to create cutting plane:

Method Instruction

Fitting Point Press Shift + LMB to select data, then click the button “Generate plane”. The cutting plane will
Cloud be created by point cloud fitting. The direction of the plane will be calculated by the software
according to the direction of point cloud.

Creating Press Shift + LMB to draw a line, and generate the cutting plane according to the line.
Straight Line

By Markers Press Shift + LMB to select markers.

3 markers or more are required to generate the cutting plane.
Set cutting plane

Method Instruction

Rotation axis Cutting plane can be rotated around the axis by dragging the small ball.

Move cutting Move the cutting plane by operating the active bar, editing the text box or dragging the arrow.
plane

Delete Click this option, data in the reverse direction will be shown in red. Apply this, and the red
data will be deleted.

Reverse Reverse the normal direction of the cutting plane.

Delete plane Delete the created cutting plane.

Scan functions

Before or after scanning, you can access the other scan functions through the sidebar function buttons.

Icon Function Instruction

Project Group Create / open a project group.

About project group, please refer to Project Group.

Clean Data Clean the current point cloud data to redo scan.

Align Align the data as you need, please refer to Align.

Save Data Save scan data.

Show Texture To show / hide texture on screen.

Mesh Will move to next step "Post Processing" to mesh.

Align point cloud

This is how you align multiple projects in one project group.

Click on the right side of the interface to enter the project alignment interface.

Align Instruction Note

Mode

Choose Feature Alignment and Regular shaped objects (circular objects and square
click Apply, alignment will be objects included) or small sized objects are not suitable
performed automatically. for this mode.

Manually choose at least 3 common - The chosen points should NOT in a line.
points in the fixed window and - Manual alignment is a supplement to feature
floated window. Click Apply to align. alignment, which can solve the problem of feature
alignment failures such as some areas with few
common areas or extremely similar areas. The data is
aligned by the best fit of all points of the data in the
floated viewport and the fixed viewport.

If the currently selected project is a The two projects have no less than 3 common markers
marker project, the marker each other.
alignment can be performed. The
software will automatically align
according to the mark points.

Select two project files and manually - The selection of markers should be as separate and
select multiple (≥3) markers for random as possible.
alignment. - The selected markers will be cleared after aligning.

Note

You should generate point cloud before doing align.

Post Processing
Mesh

Meshing is to convert the point cloud into a triangular mesh surface. The data after mesh can be directly used for
rendering, measurement or printing.

Mesh type

Icon Function Instruction

Unwatertight Unclosed model stays the way it is scanned. Processing time is quicker
than Watertight.

Half Some of the holes will be filled automatically.

watertight Holes with a diameter less than or equal to the resolution*5 will be
filled.

Watertight All holes will be filled automatically. The data can directly be 3D printed.
Only watertight mesh can set model quality.
Mesh optimization

Optimization Instruction Note

Filter Optimize the data and improve the - None: No optimization

clarity of the data. The higher the level, - Low: Optimizes data slightly and preserves
the less the small details . data characteristics
- Med: Reduce the noise on the surface of the
scan data
- High: Reduce the noise on the surface of the
scan data and sharpen it powerfully.

Smooth Smooth the possible noise on the

surface of the scan data.

Remove small Remove small floating parts on the

floating parts model.

Simplification Select to reduce the polygon numbers, - Resolution <= 0.5mm, simplification will be
file size and detail of data while selected by default.
meshing. - Resolution > 0.5mm, simplification will be
deselected by default.

Max triangles Set max plate number to get mesh

model’s triangle plate number is within
configured plate number.

Fill small hole Auto fill the small hole when mesh. Default value 10mm, for objects with holes
(smaller than 10 mm), please set the function
parameter value to a smaller one.
 Optimization Instruction Note

Remove spike Remove spike-like data on the image edge.

Marker hole fill Fill in the surface of the object that is not scanned to the pasting marker.

Click Apply to confirm the settings and start meshing, you can click to restore or click Confirm to confirm the
mesh result.
Mesh editing

Left panel
Click + to open each function.
Function Instruction Note

Texture Brightness and Contrast can be Confirm to apply, Cancel to restore

adjusted.

Simplification After simplification, the polygon High level may cause detail loss. Set the ratio from
numbers, file size and detail of data 1 to 100, the default is 0.
will be reduced universally.

Mesh Mesh optimization can optimize the

Optimization quality of the data by adding more
triangles to curvature regions.

Smooth Smooth the possible noise on the It might remove some small details or smooth some
surface of the scan data. sharp edges at the same time. Set the ratio from 1
to 100, the default is 0.

Remove small Remove small floating parts in the From 0 to 100% where 100% is the size of the
floating parts scan data. largest mesh island. Smaller islands will be
removed. 0 means no operation, 100 is the
maximum. The maximum value is the square of the
diagonal length of the floating part/10, MAX=(L/10)².

Auto Hole Auto fill every hole with a smaller Choose Curvature, Tangent or Flat before filling
Filling perimeter than the number input. hole.
- FLAT: calculates the solution for the hole filling
considering the point position on the boundary.
- TANGENT: calculates the solution considering the
point position and the normal of the last row of
triangles forming the boundary.
- CURVATURE: calculates the solution considering
the point position and the normal of the 2 last rows
of triangles forming the boundary.

Manual Hole The hole edges are displayed green Choose Curvature, Tangent or Flat before picking a
Filling and get red after picking. The hole.
number of the holes and the number
of holes filled will be displayed on
the interface.

Flip Normal To redefine the front direction of the Texture mapping will be unavailable after flip Normal
scanned data in reversal design.
 Function Instruction Note

Cutting Plane Define a plane by drawing a straight line. Delete the selection
Tool and close the mesh at the intersection. Use the cutting plane to
align the mesh to the CSYS.

Mirror Mirror the mesh through a plane defined by a straight line. After mirroring, texture
remapping cannot be
performed.

Bottom panel

Icon Function Instruction

Select Visible To select data on the front view only.

Select through To select data all through.

Note

The other editing functions are the same as point cloud editing
Right panel

Icon Function Instruction

Open file Open a file (STL, OBJ, PLY) for post processing.

Save Data Save scan data.

Sketchfab Use your Sketchfab (https://sketchfab.com) account to share the model.

Upload

Third-party Save the data and open with third-party software.

software

Texture After the post-processing, hole filling on texture scanned data will affect the
remapping texture render. By doing the texture remapping, the texture information will be
reapplied on the mesh.

Show Texture To show / hide texture on screen.

Measurement
You can measure on the model you just scanned, or you can open a model file to do the measurement.

Click to select the file to be measured; or directly drag the file (STL, OBJ, PLY) to the measurement interface.

Create Features

Click to display the menu of creating features. To close the menu, please click the icon again, or click Close.
Point

Creation Method Description Note

Selected Points ● Click on the data to select a point. -

● Click Create to create a point.

Line-Plane ● Click on the created line, or select it on the Line and Plane should be
Intersection dropdown. created in advanced.
● Click on the created plane, or select it on the The line should not be parallel to
dropdown. the plane.
● The point generated is the intersection between the
non-parallel line and plane.

Line

Creation Method Description Note

Point-Point ● Pick 2 points. -

● Click on the data to select a point or click on a feature
point previously created.
● In the Choice list select one of the points to redo it.
● The line generated is define as point from to point to
point.

Plane-Plane ● Click on the plane previously created, or select it on 2 planes should be created in
Intersection the dropdown, repeat for the second plane. advanced.
● The created line is the intersection between the 2 The planes should not be
non-parallel planes. parallel to each other.
Plane

Creation Description Note

Method

3 Points Fit ● The plane is generated by 3 points not co-linear. The 3 points can't be on the
● Click on the data to select one point or click on a previous same line.
created feature point.
● In the Choice list select one of the points to reselect it.
Feature creation failed! Error code 6: the points selected
are co-linear.

Point-Line Fit ● The plane generated includes the point and the line (The Line should be created in
line should be created in advanced). advanced
● Click on the line previously created or select it from the
drop-down.
● Click on the data to select a point or click on a feature point
previously created.
Feature creation failed! Error code 6: the point selected
belongs to the line.

Best Fit ● The plane generated is the position with the smallest -
deviation from the selected area.
Movement

Use this mode to modify the alignment of the data to the global coordinate. This action is useful for post processing
or reverse engineering.

Caution

● The shape and accuracy of the model will not be changed by the movement.
● After the movement and exiting, the changes are irreversible so you can only reset the model by reloading the
original file.

Click to enter the movement interface. Click it again to exit.

 Exact Movement

Click "Move to" to align the model center with the input coordinates, and the axis direction is adjusted to match the
input rotation angle.

The coordinate system displayed on the interface is the global coordinate system, in which the direction of the red
line is the positive direction of X-axis, green is the positive direction of Y-axis and blue is the positive direction of Z-
axis.

Click Reset to cancel all the transformation in the exact movement interface.

Click Close to save the results and exit.

3-2-1 System Movement

3-2-1 system movement aligns data by selecting the point, line and plane. Before movement, create feature points,
lines and planes. The feature lines created are not perpendicular to the plane.
The coordinate system on the interface represents the global coordinate system: Red=X+, Green=Y+, Blue=Z+.

Select a feature surface in the plane drop-down menu, and select an axis in the corresponding constraint drop-
down menu of the plane. The arrow on the plane corner indicates the positive direction of the plane, and the
selected axis direction will be consistent with the plane direction.
 Select a feature line in the drop-down menu of the line, and select an axis in the drop-down menu of the line.
The arrow of the line indicates the positive direction of the line, and the direction of the selected axis will be
consistent with the direction of the projection of the line on the selected plane.

Click the drop-down menu to select a point, the position of this point is the origin of the coordinates (0, 0, 0).

Click Movement to start the coordinates transformation. When the lines are perpendicular to the plane, the
transformation fails, so the movement fails.

Click Reset to cancel all the transformation in the 3-2-1 system movement interface.

Click Close to save the results and exit.

Measurement

Click to enter the measurement interface and the menu is displayed. Click it again to exit.

Measurement Description Steps

Distance Calculate the distance between two Click on the surface of the model to pick two
points on the surface of the model. points, the calculation will be done automatically.
● Total is the 3D distance.
● X, Y and Z are the projection of the
segment to the respective planes.

Surface Area Calculate the surface area value. ● Press Shift + left mouse button(LMB) and
move the cursor to select an area
● Press Ctrl + left mouse button(LMB) and
move the cursor to unselect.
● Ctrl + A to select all.
● Press Ctrl + C to deselect all the date.

Volume Calculate the volume of the watertight It returns the volume in mm³ and the coordinates
data. of the bounding box.

Note:
Only available for watertight mesh.