Gexcel JRC 3D Reconstructor BASIC MEASURING TOOLS
In this tutorial you will learn how to Save snapshots of the 3D view Measure distances and angles of the 3D models Add annotations to the objects in the 3D world Define new points of view in the 3D world for later use Directly connect to CAD
Save snapshots of 3D view 1. Press the button 2. The dialog below appears to choose where to save the image file (available formats:.bmp,.jpg,.tif,.png) with the snapshot of the 3D view
Distances, angles and annotations Click on the Annotation button Double-click on any point of the model, you will be able to insert an annotation. Click on the Angle button With three mouse clicks on the model, define the angle you want to measure. You can choose to save it in the project, as an annotation. Click on the Distance button Click on a model point and, keeping the LMB pressed, drag the mouse towards another model point, then release the LMB. The distance between the 2 points will be shown, you can save it in the project as annotation. Important note: Distance and Angle buttons are accessible also from Point List Windows: - Selecting 2 points, a Distance can be measured - Selecting 3 points, an Angle can be measured
1. Press the button 2. Your current view on the 3D world is saved as a camera item 3. If you navigate away from the camera definition point, you can see the camera you created. Far plane Create a new camera from a current view Frustum: portion of space that delimits the region visible by the associated camera. Near plane Important: if you are in orthographic projection mode, the camera you create will be orthographic: the near and far plane will have the same size.
Some things you can do with your camera 1. Texture mapping Right-click on a camera item Set projector image The camera will be associated with the picture you select. If you then right-click on the camera and select Load projector, the camera will project the photo on the model. In this way, you can have photorealistic models. IMPORTANT NOTE: There is a maximum number of projectors you can have loaded at the same time. It depends on the PC s graphics card, normally it s 8. If you use shadows, this number is reduced by half. You can turn shadows on/off in Navigation Options Projectors cast shadows. 2. Virtually scan your model Right-click on a camera item Scan tools Virtual scan The Virtual Scan dialog appears. Like having a laser scanner in your virtual world, everything that is seen by your camera will be sampled with a grid pattern. The resolution can be set (See Virtual scan tutorial).
CAD connection Start JRC 3D Reconstructor Start your CAD program (through Kubit PointCloud plugin) Click on the button JRC 3D Reconstructor connects to CAD. Points selected in JRC 3D Reconstructor are communicated to CAD, if there is an active drawing command in CAD, the points selected in JRC 3D Reconstructor will be used for the CAD drawing process (i.e. drawing a polyline).
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