Use a Scan Project in SCENE

SCENE is the FARO software that you can use to work with your scans. In SCENE, you can measure distances and areas, add annotations, view the project with Virtual Reality equipment, etc. You can also export the data to SCENE WebShare Cloud, and to many other file formats. You can create meshes which can be used to print 3D models of parts of your scan. Use the instructions below to import your projects into SCENE.

SCENE is a complex and flexible application that provides you with many ways to manipulate your scan data. This document explains how to transfer your scan project to SCENE, but does not provide more information about how to use the program. Make sure to read the SCENE documentation carefully. Videos and Training materials are also available at the FARO Knowledge Base (https://knowledge.faro.com/Software/FARO_SCENE/SCENE) to help you become a SCENE expert.

(Optional) Export the Project to a USB Flash Drive

Process the project before you export the project. Process the Scan Project

1. Insert USB flash drive in the Mobile PC.

2. From the projects view, tap Select.

3. Tap the project you want to export to select it.

4. Tap Export. The project will be exported to the USB flash drive as
/Exported_Projects/ProjectName

Import and Open a Scan Project

1. Insert the USB flash drive that contains the scan project into the computer where you have installed SCENE.

2. Open SCENE.

3. Click Create Project and create a new project.

4. Click the Import tab.

5. Click Import Projects.

6. Navigate to the USB flash drive and locate your project under
/Exported_Projects/.

7. Open the *.lsproj file. The scan project will import into SCENE.

Processing

When the project import is complete, select the Processing tab.

If the project was already processed in the app, you only need to process it again if you want to use a different processing configuration.

1. Click, Process Scans.

2. Click, Select scans or clusters.

3. Click, Configure Processing.

4. Change processing settings as needed for your situation.

5. Click Start Processing. Depending on the size of your project and the power of your PC, this can take some time.

Registration

When the project processing is complete, you will need to register the scans in your project if it contains more than one.

1. Select the Registration tab.

2. Select Automatic Registration with targets.

3. Select the scans cluster.

4. Click Select Method and adjust settings as necessary

5. Click Register and Verify. If the registration is not successful, try manual registration instead.

Scan Repair

If a scan shows misalignments in the 3D data, the Scan Repair mechanism can be used to improve the results.

1. Select the Processing tab

2. Select Handheld Scan Repair

3. Follow the instructions on the left side of the screen.

Sometimes you must click in the 3D view to updating the view.

The optimization of scan repair regions is done by automatically aligning planes and texture features. If the result is not satisfying 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 adapt some settings. The parameter Maximum search distance allows you to set the maximum distance between two 3D point clusters.