Creating Unified Mesh

Step 0:

• If needed, the Overview Map has a rotation tool that allows you to align the X, Y and Z cropping axis
  along any region of interest.
• The Overview Map rotation tool will not change the scans coordinate system.
  It is used to facilitate the cropping but this rotation is not persistent.
• Select your project or Work Zone.
• Rotate your scans to make sure that they are orthogonal to the screen axis.

Step 1:

• Select the region of interest using Cintoo Cloud’s CROP TOOL
  in the Overview Map or in the 3D View.
• Use the X, Y or Z crops and any of the 6 cube's faces views to select your meshing region.
• In the 3D View, your crop must be done in 3D Navigation mode, not in Scan Mode.
  • In 3D Navigation mode, all the scans visible in the crop will be selected for the meshing.
  • In Scan Mode, only the selected scan will be used for meshing.
• Save or Update your crop.

Step 2:

• Click on ‘Create Mesh’ for the selected crop to open the ‘Create a Mesh’ window.
• Select the resolution (or density) from 0.2 cm (1/10 inch) to 20 cm (7.9 inches).
  • This is the minimum distance between two vertices.
  • Be careful when selecting the resolution (see Unified Mesh Use Cases & Examples).
• Select the export format: OBJ, FBX, STL
  • OBJ: Photo-textures included
  • FBX: Photo-textures included, lighter than OBJ
  • STL: Geometry only

You may get an error message about the limitation of 100 scans, not allowing you to generate the mesh.
Check this article to get a work-around for this issue: Mesh Creation limited to 100 Scans (Work-around)

!Be careful: huge meshes (large region with very small resolution) will take more time to process and will hardly be displayed in any desktop app. See Unified Mesh Use Cases & Examples section.

Step 3:

• After some time, you will receive an email to inform you that your mesh is ready for download:
  • You can then download directly using the first URL.
  • Or go your project in Cintoo Cloud to download it as well. Save your crop.

Step 4:

• To download the unified mesh from Cintoo Cloud, go to your project or Work Zone and select ‘DATA’.
• Click on the download icon at the right of each unified mesh to download it.
• Or select the file and click on ‘Download Files’ at the bottom of the page: