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FARO Laser Scanner Focus
January 2014
To choose a predefined scan profile or to change the scanning parameters push
the Parameters button on the Home screen.
Selected Profile - Shows the name of the selected scan profile. Click to select a
scan profile. If the scanning parameters differ from the selected profile, altered is
appended to its name. Selecting a predefined scan profile overwrites all current
scanning parameters with the settings of the selected scan profile.
Additionally, you may edit the single scanning parameters individually by
changing the following settings:
Resolution and Quality - Displays the selected resolution in Mega points and
the selected quality. Click the button to change these values.
Horizontal and Vertical Scan Range - Displays the scan range with the
horizontal and the vertical start and end angles in degrees. Click to adjust them.
Select Sensors - Opens the screen to enable or disable the automatic use of the
data of the built-in sensors for the scan registration in SCENE.
Scan with Color - Switch colored scan recording on or off. If switched on, the
scanner will also take color photos of the scanned environment with the
integrated color camera. These photos will be taken right after the laser scan and
will be used in the point cloud processing software SCENE to automatically
colorize the recorded scan data.
Color Settings - Shows the current exposure metering mode used for taking the
color photos. Click to change the exposure metering mode.
Advanced Settings - Enable or disable the Clear Contour and Clear Sky filters.
Enable or disable the Far Distance Optimization.
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Figure 5-16 Change the Scan Parameters
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