Processing Settings for the Blink Scanner

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  1. Click the Settings icon on the right side of the workflow bar.

  2. Then click Processing and go to the Blink tab.

Regarding colorization, the Blink scanner creates full-resolution images by default. You can use these full-resolution images in the quick view.

The Blink processing deployed in 2026.0 as beta processing is now the default processing

Compared to the former Blink processing, the new processing has a much higher quality, needs less time for processing and the size of the resulting data is also much smaller. To achieve full processing quality it is strongly recommended to create the project point cloud first with the following settings:

  1. Deactivate Eliminate Duplicate Points.

  2. Activate Homogenize Point Density.

  3. Set the Cell Size to 2mm.
    This will increase the point cloud creation speed.

  4. Activate Apply Color Balancing.

  5. Activate Apply Noise Reduction Blink Scans.

See also Creating the Project Point Cloud.

Filters

Distance Filter

The distance 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.

Find Targets

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.

Finding targets is time-consuming and should be enabled only when scans are registered with the target-based registration.

Find Checkerboards

A frequently used paper target is the checkerboard target. A checkerboard target fit determines the center point of the target’s four quadrants. Select this option to find checkerboards and use them for scan registration. note that the angle between the laser beam and the checkerboard should be higher than 45 degrees. Otherwise, the accuracy of checkerboard may be compromised.

Find Markers

Select this option to find markers. Markers are printed targets with a unique ID.

Find Planes

Select this option to find planes and use them for scan registration.

Find Spheres

This refers to three-dimensional, white, reference spheres that come in various sizes. The advantage of spheres is that they can be placed at any angle to the scanner. Select this option to find spheres and use them for scan registration.

Sphere search works with spheres meant for registration. Forensic spheres (used for determining shot trajectories) may not be found by this target search.

The global list of sphere sizes set in the Settings > Processing page are displayed in the active and inactive sphere radii list.

Active Sphere Radii

Click Add New and specify new sphere radii. These sphere sizes will be used for target detection.

This list of user-defined sphere sizes will be used for processing the scans in the current processing task run.

Inactive Sphere Radii

Click Add New and specify additional sphere radii for sphere detection.

Drag the sphere radii that are not required for the current project, from the Active Sphere Radii to the inactive Sphere Radii list.

You can easily move items between the two lists and manage the sphere radii for processing the scans in the current project.

Beta Processing

Legacy Options

If you mark the Legacy Processing checkbox, the processing that was the default before version 2026.0 will be used.