Visual Alignment - Leica ScanStation P30 Basic Training Manual

2.2 Visual Alignment

This brings up a viewer which allows for pairs of scans to visually match and align with one
another by using Cloud-to-Cloud registration.
Scans start out viewed in plain view. Only the blue scan can be moved and rotated. The orange
one is fixed.
Various tools are available in this window :
Top View – allows movement in XY plane
Move Point Cloud - only active when Top View enabled
Rotate Point Cloud- only active when Top View enabled
Elevation View – allows movement in Z plane-
Move Point Cloud in Z - only active when Elevation View enabled
View Mode – manually adjust the Viewpoint
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In XY plane when Top View enabled
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In XY plane when Elevation View enabled
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In 3D when Top and Elevation View disabled
Seek mode – reset focal point on the picked surface
Perspective Mode – can only be activated with Top and Elevation View disabled
Ortho Mode – default mode
Optimize Constraint – to further adjust a constraint between a pair of scans that have
been visually aligned
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Registration