Scan Area

The dialog is a part of the Site Scan wizard.

To set an area for 3D scanning. This dialog is displayed if Area is selected in the Scan Type field of the Site Scan configuration dialog.

Set an area to scan and generate point cloud in any of the following ways:

  1. Specify the upper left and lower right corners of the area. It can be done by selecting points from the from the map or the list . Alternatively, you can measure the necessary points by clicking the Meas button (this will open the Sideshot dialog).
  2. Specify angles of direction only. In this case, no specifying points is required - turn the instrument telescope to the left border of the area and click Angle Only in the Upper Left group. After that, turn the telescope to the area right border and click Angle Only in the Lower Right group. The angle values will be displayed in the lower part of the dialog.
  3. When measuring points or specifying angles, turning the instrument's laser pointer on (the button) may be helpful.

When you have specified the area borders, click Scan to start scanning.