Display Settings and Display Modes

This article describes different display settings and modes available in 3D View and how they affect visual scene.

Watch tutorial video: Display Settings

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Solid
• Point
• Mode
  • 3D RGB
  • 3D Intensity
  • 3D X-ray
  • 3D Heightmap
  • 3D Surface
  • 2D Panoramic (Scan mode only)
• Backface

Find Display Settings on the sidebar

. Display Settings options include Solid, Point, Mode, and Backface.

Solid

Is only available with Scan Mode camera type. Solid displays 3D scan data as a solid-surface mesh.

Point

Can be used in any camera type and displays 3D scan data as mesh vertices. Use either Auto setting set to 2px, or pass onto manual mode and choose the points size.

Mode

Allows to toggle between various display modes: 3D RGB, 3D Intensity, 3D X-ray, 3D Heightmap, 3D Surface, and 2D Panoramic (Scan mode only).

Display modes can also be switched from top bar in 3D View and Overview Map: click Display setting mode button, then select a mode in Display setting mode panel. Current mode is highlighted, and button always shows icon of display mode currently applied.

Some display modes are unavailable in certain situations - hover over a disabled mode to see why:

• 2D Panoramic - only in Scan Mode with Crop Tool closed, and never in Overview Map
• on a 360 image - only 2D Panoramic is available
• while Visual Check Tool is active - 3D X-ray, 3D Heightmap and 2D Panoramic are unavailable

3D RGB

Displays 3D scan data in a form of a colorized mesh. It's visualization is greatly improved by projecting color information from the panoramic images to deliver higher quality.

Fallback on 3D Surface display mode if no RGB information is found.

3D Intensity

Displays intensity of 3D scan data.

Fallback on 3D Surface display mode if no RGB information is found.

3D X-ray

Displays 3D scan data as see-through.

3D Heightmap

Creates 3D scan data with RGB height information displaying height deviation from the set baseline.

3D Surface

Displays mesh generated from scan data when it is imported into Cintoo with no color information. Using Turbomesh to use contributions of different scan positions to the scene. Mesh is dynamic depending on the zoom, increasing the level of details when zoomed in for example.

2D Panoramic (Scan mode only)

Displays panoramic image at each scan position captured by a laser scanner. If scans without panoramic images, mobile scanners data, or unstructured data were imported into Cintoo, this will not recreate a panoramic image and will display scan data instead.

Backface

Allows to hide backfaces of 3D mesh surfaces to be able to see inside of buildings from outside and to clean up the scene from unnecessary mesh pieces.

Backface setting enabled = hide backface surfaces

Backface setting disabled = show backface surfaces