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1. ccccceeeccceeeccceecccceecsceecseeecseeseseueeeseueceeeusceesneeeeens 69 AUTOCAD Gc Cyclone license CON NC Easier cseccacanscasucsoonsareaseniaveasaccodendia ces canaeasnanchieeeamentenaadeuceocans 70 Client License Manger over a VPN escien E 70 Client License Manager Proxy ErrOr ccccccssseccccsssccccessececeeseccccensccesausecessuecessegeceessesecetsugeceesenes 70 Velone Gr OS sarc esc sts sparen sea cw spsiecs ors E ease aeacsuees ccoarananeuseeeadesnaes 70 Cyclone cannot find or verify the license server either on my own computer or on a server 71 Cyclone has a trusted Storage error MECSSAREC cceccccsecccceeccceecsceuecseeecseeeeeeeneeeeueceeeueceseuesetseeseees 72 WISET UN VCD SINGS sucststeccnteecotesasteectutotoncyaaybascubesenen isis teas EE E E 75 AR 2vei ay ale yell cha BJ 5 o p 2 6 geen een ne ee eee ne ree ean nee nner ne eee ee 75 TE OFE UTE gee eee ee R ee ee ee eee 76 C R Kennedy amp Company Page 5 Copying Raw Files from the C10 P20 Scanner to the PC Connect the lemo ethernet cable into the scanner and PC Not there are two lemo sockets in the scanner one with 7 pins and one with 5 Connect to the 7 pin socket Open the program C10 Data Copy or P20 Data Copy This can be downloaded from the Leica MyWorld website The program will automatically find a scanner connected to the Ethernet port If after 5 minutes the scanner is not found automatically make sure your network adapter set
2. Verify internet connection Enter one or more entitlement IDs separated by semicolons 27 03 2014 10 36 AM Check for activatable licenses 27 03 2014 10 36 AM Initialize locally a Copy to clipboard 27 03 2014 10 36 AM Uninitialize 27 03 7014 10 36 AMI Initialize Incall Save to file Figure 123 Activating a new license on CLM Returning a License to Rehost Note you can only do this 3 times before the license will be locked If you need to rehost the license on a new server or PC you have to first return the license Start gt Programs gt Leica Geosystems gt Client License Manager gt Administrator Server or CLM For Floating Licenses Click View Installed Licenses gt Check the license gt Return Licenses rehost C R Kennedy amp Company Page 68 A Client License Manager for Floating Licenses o EEN a when it has to be right Leica CLM CLIENT LICENSE MANAGER Installed licenses Geosystems View msialled licenses Checkall Uncheckall Collapseall Expand all Views Entitlements Features Hierarchy Activate new licenses gt 00103 43568 00022 03477 9729C Offline license transfer View licences in use Manage license server Verify licenses lt erify internet connection Query activatable licenses COE3FBA446232A16BD9A388 Query activatable licenses E609278758008B 18EB09803 Query activatable licenses 2F2C9SAZ2E45A6C94B4A6774 16 04 2015 4 37 PM Activate entitleme
3. C R Kennedy amp Company Page 13 Registration Combing Scans Together Leica defines a Registration as Registration is the process of integrating a project s ScanWorlds into a single coordinate system as a registered ScanWorld This integration is derived by a system of constraints which are pairs of equivalent tie points or overlapping point clouds that exist in two ScanWorlds The Registration process computes the optimal overall alignment transformations for each component ScanWorld in the Registration such that the constraints are matched as closely as possible Click on your project folder under your database Click Create gt Registration call it whatever you like Double click on the registration icon to open it Figure 16 Registration icon Scans are referred to as ScanWorlds To add your scans into the registration click Scan World gt Add Scan World Select the scans you wish to combine and copy them to the registration If you added control make sure you select the control ScanWorld as well Click OK Peakdowns CHPP Station O01 Sw 001 GH Station 001 Sw 001 E Station 00Z Sw 001 E5 p a Station 003 Sw 001 i zya a Station 004 S 00 Station 003 Sw 001 55 Station 005 Sw 001 d Station 004 SW 001 abp Station 005 SW 001 Figure 17 Adding ScanWorlds to a Registration C R Kennedy amp Company Page 14 You should now see your scans in the ScanWorlds Constraints
4. Label Lank PL F Figure 72 Geo Tags window C R Kennedy amp Company Page 38 Creating a TruView A TruView allows to you share the scan data in internet explorer ees ES e You will first need to download and install a plugin for internet j explorer Google the term Leica TruView download and download agi z the link ha iis TTT z Encoding E ror 200m 0 006 m To create the TruView open the ModelSpace that you wish to share P ue T Zoom out so that you can see all the scan station positions This will J Copy Geometric Objects to Scanw orlds be the site map of your TrueView Z Show Geometric Objects v Smooth Mesh Shading Limit Visible Neighbor Truv iews Once done click File gt Publish Site Map ene Create a folder where you want the TrueView to be gt OK No Background Images Select your ScanWorld gt OK Click TruView Settings button Use Multilmage Use Current Background Theme Max Visi uviews 6 Owner Info Color Map Settings Cancel Figure 73 TruView Settings Click Color Map Settings If you have photographs set the mode to Colours from Scanner If you do not have photographs set the mode to Intensity Map For Intensity Map mode you set the scheme to either greyscale or Multi Hue Rainbow In Grayscale mode you can adjust the darkness with the Gamma setting Minimum
5. Geosystems License Server Tip Check the port status via Start cmd netstat or http technet microsoft com enus sysinternals bb897437 aspx Client License Manager Proxy Error Make sure you do not the connect remotely to CLM service box ticked and set to local server Cyclone Graphics Options Launch the OpenGL modes from the Windows Start Tap Supatay Oneness 2a menu select All Programs Leica Geosystems Cyclone Utilities OpenGL Modes 2 ol Y 361 362 32 24 Y 363 32 24 Y 364 32 24 Y 365 32 0 Y A combination of 32 RBG 32 ZBuf Y DblBuf Y SW ss 2 oo a Y OpenGL works best for Cyclone on most a3 5 B MO 2 y 370 32 16 Y T computers Ii 32 2 Y Y 372 32 16 Y Y 32 32 Y Y Y 374 32 16 Y Y Y 375 32 32 Y Y 376 32 16 Y Y 377 32 32 Y Y Y al 379 3 16 bi id Y Y M Check ScreenSaver Use Default Set Mode k C R Kennedy amp Company Page 70 Cyclone cannot find or verify the license server either on my own computer or on a server It is either that part of the program is not running properly or is blocked by anti virus software or a firewall 1 Upgrade CLM to 1 4 1 002 or later available on myWorld 2 Make sure the ports are not being tied up by another program a Navigate to here C Program Files x86 Common Files Leica Geosystems License Server b Change the properties of the svr_Igs lic so they are not read only o Open svr_lgs lic in notepad or similar add
6. Remove UTS SSS Museum Destroy Figure 13 Selecting an existing Cyclone database C R Kennedy amp Company Page 12 If you have Photographs 9 Cyclone Navigator Batch Apply Multilmages Eiei Batch Blend Multilmages When importing raw scanner data with a Create gt photographs the photos will need to be blended Elf Peakdow Shortcut in Windows Soe and applied to the point cloud ore de k Copy E Ae 5 Delete Right click on the project folder under the a d S a Ea g LENAMeE database icon gt Batch Blend Multimages ade d l l za 2 J Add Edit Annotations This corrects the brightness contrast of the E Ha Object Info photographs to make the images look like one ce Convert to Enhanced Working Format l la le continuous photo a gwagon Optimize a sume Merge Sub Scans Right click on the project folder under the oe ee Re Import Scans Blend the selected Multilmz Pie eee ee Coe oo aae e le database icon gt Batch Apply Multilmages This colourises the point cloud with images a Images from the camera Importing Control into a Database Cyclone can import survey coordinates of targets into a database Surveyors refer to this a importing control or applying grid coordinates j Right click on the project folder gt Create gt Dy Import ASCI File Format iin a Hx Format Standard Import Save As O Fised Width Delim
7. tab If you have control right click on the control ScanWorld gt Set Home ScanWorld Registration ScanWorld Groups In Cyclone 9 0 ScanWorlds can be automatically grouped together based on common constraints or common overlap Separate groups of ScanWorlds can be easily joined together using the Manual Cloud to Cloud or Visual Registration methods see below You can automatically group ScanWorlds together by selecting ScanWorlds in a registration right click gt Create ScanWorld Groups Registration with Targets j Registration Registration 2 Registration Edit ScanWorld ay sE dep ScanWorids Constraints x Groups Scan Worlds Constraint ID E Pe Ungrouped Station 001 SW 001 p Station 002 SW 001 Station 003 SW 001 Station 004 SW 001 Station 006 SW 001 d Ei z Station 005 SW 001 bay Station 007 SW 0011 d Control Leveled Figure 18 Setting the Control ScanWorld as the home ScanWorld Targets are referred to as Constraints in Cyclone To add targets click on Constraints gt Auto Add Constraints You can see the targets on the Constraints List tab y Registration Registration 3 Edit ScanWorld Constraint Registration poo e dip ScanWorids Constraints E Constraint List 2 woderspaces Constraint ID Scan Word SeanWord Type ec l Station 001 5 Station P02 5 C
8. 0 1400 Actual 0 0736 Maximum 0 3880 0 9988 Humber of Colors 256 Repeat Colors Outside Range Once the TruView is created open the folder and click SiteMap htm NB The TruView plugin will only work with Microsoft Internet V Gamma Corection 94900 Explorer You can download the TruView plugin from the Leica website http hds leica geosystems com en Leica TruView _63960 htm Figure 74 TruView Colour Map Settings Key Plans A key plan allows you to easily share point cloud data locked into the perspective of the scanner with anyone that has Cyclone installed It is very similar to a TruView except a Key Plan must be ran in Cyclone Cyclone can be installed without a license and used as a viewer File gt Create KeyPlan A background image e g from Google Maps can be imported Select 2 scanner setups to align it Limit Boxes Limit boxes are a useful way to view a small volume of data in a large point cloud Open a ModelSpace click C R Kennedy amp Company Page 39 View gt Set Limit Box by Cursor or View gt Set Limit Box by Fence Notice that now the data is limited to just the box To turn off the limit box click View gt Limit Box You can increase the size of the limit box with the multipack mode Click on the limit box and then drag the handles the orange squares sl ae Me i d a j Pia k Ny meee 1A D a ee ely Gian PA tH tae Ae OP ai gs x _ no eet an i lt gt
9. 0 500 0 Alignment1 8 000 m 10 000 10 000 2 000 2 0 500 Alignment1 9 000m 10 000 10 000 2 000 2 0 500 Alignment1 10 000 m 10 000 10 000 2 000 2 Spacing 2 000 Include Transition Points Extent Left 10 000 Right 10 000 Top 2 000 Bottom 2 000 Depth 1 000 J Create Lines J Collect Points Cancel Figure 96 Alignment Create Figure 96 Alignment Section Manager Sections window ENSA ao sao 5 Se Figure 97 Note that the polyline will follow the alignment The handles of the polyline can be manually adjusted to better follow the point cloud if needed Point cloud data can be copied with the alignment by selecting collect points in the Create Sections window C R Kennedy amp Company Page 47 Figure 98 Alignment sections with point cloud The polyline alignment and centre line can be exported as a DXF file File gt Export gt select AutoCAD DX R12 format Alignment amp Sections Cyclone 9 0 In Cyclone 9 0 a new Alignment tool was released that includes a plan view window Cyclone 9 introduces a new tool for Topo feature extraction Tools gt Roadway Alignment amp Section gt Create Alignment gt Alignment Section Manager This tool allows you to quickly break an alignment into sections and draw string lines of features down an alignment e g top of curb edge of curb bottom of curb etc First an alignment must be draw
10. 20 3414 g10477 24 0046 a m0 120x120 15342 C 572747 23 2152 l L Ll T Scanners as Original Scans 2 Unified Clouds Figure 32 ScanWorld Explorer window In the ScanWorld Explorer you can hide or show clouds that are part of the existing registration by un ticking the viewable icon eo Figure 33 Viewable icon Segment scan by distance You can apply delete data beyond a certain range from your scans Figure 34 Segment scan by distance icon Allign View This function puts you into the perspective of the scanner ina m particular scan NB A short cut to this view is to select the point cloud with the pick R a mode and press on the keyboard Figure 35 Align view icon Note that the align view mode is set to the panoramic view This locks your view in a 360 bubble view k ES Figure 36 Panoramic View icon View Properties This option allows you to turn on off visibility and selectability as well as segment cloud or objects into different layers A By Figure 37 View Properties icons C R Kennedy amp Company Page 22 iy View P g pertis 37 x Selectable Visible Object Type Point Cloud Mesh Planar Patch Extruded Patch Box Steel Section Cylinder Elbow Reducing Elbow E Fipe Branch Reducer Flange classic Flange Valve Tee HININIEINIAININIEIRIIISIEIEIE g SILIEIEIGICIEINILIEIEIEICIEISI Cone Figure 38 View Properties window Notice that the
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12. 7142 89 ACRO EAC 38 Rotate 45 000 Adjust Work Plane y 48 yl4s 40 EASTA sf Grid Size i Figure 121 Placing ground points on a grid Separating Overlapping Scans In a Free Station scanning mode if a user forgets to hit Standard Setup StdStp between scan positions the data from two different positions will end up in the same ScanWorld The scan data can be separated into their designated ScanWorlds There is only one image saved per ScanWorld so the images for the overlapping data could be lost 1 From Cyclone Navigator highlight the project folder and from the drop down menu Create Station Highlight the Station and create a ScanWorld This creates a blank ScanWorld structure 2 Expand the Scans folder under the position with the duplicate data The scans are symbolized with turquoise clouds Identify the scans that need to be moved Drag and drop the scans into the Scan folder of newly created Scanworld The scans can also be copied and pasted into the new ScanWorld Cyclone will prompt you that your are attempting to move data Click OK Highlight the target scans select copy and paste the associated target scans into the new Scan folder Delete any duplicate target data in the original ScanWorld Create the ModelSpace and ModelSpace View 3 Open the ScanWorld with the duplicate data and turn off the point cloud under View Hide Point Clouds With multi pick select the vertices of the targets that ne
13. Connect to a Network Proje Domain No Al View gt oO Connect to a Network Projector TCP In Connect to a Network Proje Private No Al Refresh connect to a Network Projector WSD Ev Connect to a Network Proje Domain No Al Q connect to a Network Proiector WSD Ev Connect to a Network Proie Private No Al ca Export List C R Kennedy amp Company Page 69 These ports also have to be defined in the file svr_lgs lic This file is installed in the license server installation folder which by default is C Program Files Common Files Leica Geosystems License Server e add the server port number to the first line SERVER this host ANY 27000 possible between 27000 27009 e add the vendor daemon port to the second line VENDOR LGS port 27010 any port e g 27010 SERVER this_host ANY means the first free will be used VENDOR LGS PORT 27010 AutoCAD amp Cyclone license conflict Change the first line of svr_Igs lic in C Program Files x86 Common Files Leica Geosystems License Server to add 27001 to the end of the first line so that it read SERVER this host ANY 27001 Client License Manger over a VPN Cyclone CloudWorx licenses can be used with a VPN In this case it is also necessary to specify the ports to be used in this network By default CLM chooses ports 27000 27010 This is defined and can also be changed if required in svr_lgs lic under C Program Files x86 Common Files Leica
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15. Mouse Turns the viewpoint around i e Look around Alt Left Mouse While in view mode rotate slowly around focal Spacebar Deselect All s Seek Seek Mode Shift Click on a point The view will be shifted to the scanner s perspective i Information with an object selected c Coordinate system menu Toggle between Pick mode and View mode d Distance measure distance between two points f Segment by fence Shift i Delete inside fence Shift o Delete outside fence C Clear fence Shift s Set selectable Shift layers TruSpaces A TruSpace is useful for viewing the point cloud from the perspective of the scanner It s a useful tool to manually add targets that were missed View gt TruSpace gt Show TruSpaces Select a TruSpace with the pick mode and click View gt TruSpace gt Open TruSpace To link the TruSpace to the main ModelSpace click View gt TruSpace gt Link TruSpace C R Kennedy amp Company Page 57 j ModelSpace ModelSpace ModelSpace View 1 E x File Edit Selection View Viewpoint Create Object Edit Object Tools UserApps Help HRAs ooo oOoaGlev list th 2 ee 2 PEER vw BUodoO UNNI ID YY Ye I Q B BS Px 2 9 FTEFRKGRES rere FEF ES Dee s a E E oe ewe oo SEK Zen R tA e Oo ek a ee S 2 TruSpace tation Ot File Edit View Create Target Measure Re Import Help ib gt elim Fee eS a ey metre HLE Ree Go
16. Tere ik EET Aap ee hel eee x E na P e y ve 6 G e Li e e PNA a4 ime ea ee a Figure 75 A car in a limit box Limit Boxes can also be saved and loaded in the Limit Box Manager View gt Add Edit Limit Boxes The saved Limit Boxes in Cyclone can also be viewed in AutoCAD Cloudworx with the Clipping Manager tool Limit boxes can also be aligned to an axis Select the limit box then click Edit Object gt Align gt Align to Axis gt XYZ Axis Fences Fences are another useful way of isolating or deleting points from the point cloud There are 3 fence modes Polygonal Fence Rectangular Fence and Circular Fence soo Figure 76 Fence tools polygonal square circular and cancel C R Kennedy amp Company Page 40 Viewing Modes Perspective view Shows the point cloud with depth of field Figure 77 Perspective icon Seek Focuses the view on a point in the point cloud The shortcut is S on the keyboard A Figure 79 Seek icon Pick Mode Allows you to pick a point in the point cloud The co ordinates will be displayed at the bottom of the screen Hold down Shift to pick multiple points k Figure 81 Pick Mode icon Hide the Point Cloud This icon depicts a pair of crossed out glasses looking at a cloud This function is useful if you wish to hide the point cloud and only show modelled objects niai Figure 83 Hide the point cloud Orthographic
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18. aches ace ze ccs ccacanecaasntacmacredecesassanonevansoeienen etna otsensesnespanececssiea aessanscatesnseciaanseeceeeceuasaeiecias 37 To Import a Model from the Model LiDrary cccecccccsssccccessecccceseccceeuseceeeuececseeeceeeeenecetsuaeess 37 To Save a Model to the Model LiDrary cccccccccccesseccccsecceceesececeeeceeeeesecessuaecesseneceeseesecetsenesss 38 OEO TS aea A E beeen cede tuseaavateneiobuceseatn nee oti E A E 38 erene a TUNEN E ET 39 E L E I EEEE E E A E A ES E E agen E E 39 Ue BOXO e A E E cases fenennsaaceateukectentesuae 39 FAE e E ee eee ee ere 40 vewe MOCE erer N E 41 Perspective VIEW ss ssessessessessessessessessersesseesersresersrrsresresresrrsresreoresreoerrsseerroreoreoseosesseoseeseeseeseesene 41 OETA PE VION eaa E E cases 41 O E E A E E E E E E A E A E S 41 VIEW MOIE crer a E E eee ash saectn seen ea aes eeanneseteraseeeseents 41 PK IV OGG ea E E E A E E 41 Maka EMO E AR 41 HOE tHE PON CIOU rorya a A E O 41 C R Kennedy amp Company Page 3 Changing the coordinate system ccccssseccccesecccceeseccceeececceusccecauececauecesseesecessusecessuneceetanseeetseneses 41 FMS TI VSP OMS cee ict sececatavacassa E T 42 Mea c UF TMC nS accede geceeueee A E E EE 43 Measuring Clearances USING PatChes cccccccsssecccssececeeseccceeseccceeesececeeeceseeeeceeseeceesseecetsegecessenes 44 Measuring Clearances using Clearance COMMANA ssseccccssscceceesececeesececceecceseeeecess
19. detection i e interference or collision of points of a modelled object against the point cloud For example one could import a modelled pipe run for a new pipe and confirm if the new pipe will fit against the existing cloud Select the point cloud and the model Selection gt Select All Tools gt Measure gt Interfering Points Tolerance Result 16 14 of points interfering 0 44 of points inside the object for 1 selected object Figure 85 Interfering collision Points are highlighted in white C R Kennedy amp Company Page 42 Figure 86 Interfering collision points are highlighted in white Measurements Measurements can easily be made in Cyclone Using the multi pick tool select tool points on a point cloud and select Tools gt Measure gt Distance gt Point to Point Tools gt Measure gt Edit Measurements You can add additional columns by right clicking on the top of a column and selecting Customise Distance Slope distance hypotenuse dX Change in X values dY change in Y values dZ Change in Z values dH Horizontal value dV Vertical value should be same as dZ OS 4a E ao Type Value dx dY dZ Point Point 1 E Distance 9 919 m 6 620 5 866 4 490 8 845 4 490 Figure 87 Saved Measurements window C R Kennedy amp Company Page 43 Measuring Clearances using Patches This function is used to calcula
20. same for the bottom of curb You could also use the Fit Edge tool to perform this C R Kennedy amp Company Page 53 Figure 110 Edge of curb selected with multi pick Tools gt Mesh gt Breaklines gt Extend TIN to Polyline Figure 111 Edge of curb when meshed Animation A fly through animation through a point cloud can be created from within Cyclone It may take some trial and error to achieve the correct frame rate 1 Add the cameras at intervals along your cloud Create Object gt Insert gt Camera 2 Create a path for the fly through by joining the cameras up Tools gt Animation gt Create Path 3 Tools gt Animation gt Set Path 4 Hide the cameras and the path so they don t show up in the animation View gt Set Object Visibility gt Untick Camera and Polyline 5 Tools gt Animation gt Animation Editor 6 Tools gt Animation gt Animate Set frame rate around 50 and the resolution at 800 by 600 The animation will render quickly and you will be able to preview the product Once animation is perfected increase the frame rate to desired level and increase resolution to 1200 by 900 C R Kennedy amp Company Page 54 Cut Planes Cut planes are useful if only wish to see a slice of the point cloud parallel to the X Y or Z plane find it easier to use the icons of the Cut Plane toolbar The Cut Plane menu is located under Tools gt Cut Planes The easiest method is t
21. the multipick to pick a two point on the road and then two more points above the road on the underside of the bridge Tools gt Measure gt Clearances C R Kennedy amp Company Page 45 H Measure Clearance e Measurement Labeling Base Label Vertical Clearance Measurement Tolerance Lane 0 500 m Overhang 0 500 imei Measure Vertical Horizontal Clearance 2 000 m O500 m Left Clearance Right Clearance FP erpendicular bi yi asure Horizontal Results Create inez Rennrt Figure 92 Measure Clearances window Filtering noise from a flat smooth surface To filter noise such as cars people etc from a flat smooth surface such as a road we can run a Smooth Surface filter in Cyclone First fence the area interest out and copy to a new model space Next unify the point cloud Tools gt Unify Clouds Select the ground surface with the single pick tool Create Object gt Region Grow gt Smooth Surface The point cloud will now be split into 2 separate clouds the smooth surface e g road and the noise above the roads e g cars people etc Select the noise above the road with the single pick mode and press delete Figure 94 Road after Smooth Surface Figure 93 Road before Smooth Surface C R Kennedy amp Company Page 46 Alignment amp Sections Cyclone 8 0 An alignment on a road can be easily created in Cyclone and broken into sections
22. the next combination of scans Once you have combined all the scans notice that Cloud Mesh constraints are now in the Constraints List tab The errors will need to be calculated Registration gt Register Confirm that all the errors are minimal If not delete the Constraint and recombine the scans again using the Cloud Constraint Wizard If you re happy with the errors click Registration gt Create ScanWorld Freeze Registration then Registration gt Create and Open ModelSpace Look at your registration file in the Cyclone Navigator It now looks like a normal ScanWorld icon gli Scan World Registration 1 Figure 24 ScanWorld icon of a completed registration C R Kennedy amp Company Page 17 Registration Without Targets Visual Registration Registration without targets can also be performed using the Visual Registration method in Cyclone 9 onwards By generating 2D thumbnails of point cloud data you can visually align two point clouds together much faster than the manual cloud to cloud method First generate the thumb nails In Cyclone Navigator select the scans right click gt Re Generate Scan Thumbnails In Cyclone Navigator create a new registration Create gt Registrion Open the Registration double click Add the ScanWorlds ScanWorlds gt Add ScanWorlds Automatically group the ScanWorlds select the ScanWorlds right click gt Create Scan World Groups with Align 2 groups t
23. the server port number to the first line SERVER this host ANY 27000 possible between 27000 27009 o add the vendor daemon port to the second line VENDOR LGS port 27010 any port e g 27010 SERVER this host ANY means the first free will be used VENDOR LGS PORT 27010 af C Program Files x86 Common Files Leica Geosystems License Server swr_Igs lic Notepad File Edit Search View Encoding Language Settings Macro Run Plugins Window cele esl 8 D c t l REB Aa A A 1 SERVER this host ANY 27000 VENDOR LES PORT 247010 USE SERVER ANY me to M FEATURE JumpStartFeature LES 1 0 permanent 1 S5IGN 1450 19841 BEO2 gt FATE BDS2 2BF6 C2EB 0A94 5498 35ED CC39 7877 SASA ECBS CFIF 1 F40 1F3B A608 C559 OFSF D56F EFD2 1F27 5F98 CO54 C304 F28E gt SDDD 1204 BE31i om of 3 Within C Program Files x86 Common Files Leica Geosystems License Server Run Imtools exe 4 Goto the tab Start Stop Reread and click on ReRead License File Check that the message bar at the bottom of the screen says license file reread Reread Server License File Completed 5 Click on Server Status tab click on Perform Status Enquiry check the result to see if any servers are down If they are go to Step 6 If the lic file cannot be read go to step 6 C R Kennedy amp Company Page 71 E LMTOOLS by Flexera Software LLC Not Responding File Edit Mode Help Service License File System Settings Utiliti
24. useful when viewing a closed room Front Back Silhouette The points closest to the viewer will be darkened whilst the points furthest will be highlighted This gives the impression of seeing through walls Hot Keys Hot keys are keyboard shortcuts that can be saved for nearly all commands in Cyclone They re ideal for saving time and reducing mouse clicks for commonly used features All functions on Cyclone can have a hotkey assigned to them Customise Hot Keys Edit gt Customise Hot Keys 2 Customize Hoty i Window Commands Menu Items ModelSpace v Import a Export Categories Menus Export Pick Points a Export PCF Edit Publish Site Map Selection Export for pcE Application View Export to Leica CloudWorx VF Viewpoint Export Leica System 1200 Create Object Copy Geometric Objects to ScanWorlds Edit Object Create KeyPlan Tools Launch Open New Viewer User Apps TruSpace Open TuSpace Description Current Keys Press hotkey Or Mshit F Cil F Alt None X Assign Remove List All Cancel Apply Figure 115 Hotkeys menu Default Hot Keys Some hot keys that are assigned by default are Left Mouse Rotate around the point of focus use seek to reset the point of focus Righ Mouse Pan moves the point of focus Left Right Mouse Zoom C R Kennedy amp Company Page 56 Scroll wheel button down on Mouse Zoom Ctrl Left
25. view Shows the point cloud with no depth of view Ep Figure 78 Orthographic icon View Mode Allows you to zoom rotate and pan around a point that you selected with Seek y Figure 80 View Mode icon Multi pick Mode Same as the pick mode but allows you to pick multiple points without holding down Shift Ka Figure 82 Multi pick Mode icon Changing the coordinate system Cyclone allows you to easily transform the coordinate system of a point cloud You may want to move the origin or align a wall or object with the X or Y axis New coordinate systems can be saved and the point cloud can easily switch between different coordinate systems C R Kennedy amp Company Page 41 ISpace ModelSpace View UE 7 tN View Viewpoint Create Object Edit Object Tools UserApps Help Save View oe io a wat oy g m E te 2 Show Object s Cloud Peete Show Hidden Clouds Set Using Two Axes ide Selected Clouds a eee ee Set ScanWorld Coordinate System Save View As x fritz sl 6 Al at ModelSpace Views TT Ei T 3 lt TruSpace Coordinate System Save Edit Coordinate Systems ce Show Coordinate System Axes n Set Origin View Object As Set from Points Set Object Visibility Set to Object Hide Point Clouds Set from Reference Plane A lab Reset ScanWorld Coordinate System Figure 84 Changing the Coordinate System Interfering Points This function is useful for clash
26. Changing the Appearance of Modelled Objects Modelled objects can have their appearance e g colour transparency etc customised in Cyclone Select the object with the pick mode then click Edit Object gt Edit Colour Material Grouping Modelled Objects Multiple objects can be grouped together as a single objects This makes it easier to move the objects together or to assign them all to a layer Select all objects with the Multi Pick mode then Edit gt Group gt Group Fit Edge Tool The Fit Edge tool is used for creating a polyline the follows an edge Create Object gt Fit Edge Figure 68 Point cloud of a step C R Kennedy amp Company Page 36 Fit Edge JJe Frag gt J ei amp j ee lo RR KX T gO A ELAJI Y A cross section view point of the edge should Ed Scae 0214 m f MnStepSize 0 300 m fr appear in the Fit Edge window along with a vertex If not rotate the point cloud manually and add a vertex on the edge Multiple vertexes can be added if required The nodal ha ak rane E r e A point indicates the position where a polyline will be created Fit Cancel Figure 69 Fit Edge window with cross section view on point cloud Figure 70 Point cloud with added polyline in grey Import Export DXF files with Cyclone Modelled objects in Cyclone can be exported as a DXF and viewed in 3 party CAD programs such as AutoCAD or MicroStation To export a model from Cyc
27. Cyclone Navigator Database definitions A cyclone database is made up of several modules Project Folder This folder contains all your scan data You can create new project folder Create gt Project to re organise your scan data ScanWorld Each scan position is called a ScanWorld ControlSpace This is a point cloud that contains all the scan data and targets Only open a ControlSpace if you need to make adjustments to targets When you combine scans in a registration Cyclone refers only to the ControlSpace not the ModelSpace Normally you never have to access the ControlSpace ModelSpace This is also a point cloud that contains all the scan data and targets Use the model space for your point cloud work viewing modelling fencing deleting meshing etc You can create multiple ModelSpaces by copy paste or using the fence tool inside a ModelSpace Scans This folder contains all the point cloud data that you acquired whilst scanning including targets You only need to access this data to separate scan data into multiple ModelSpaces Images This folder contains the photograph that you took with the scanner By double clicking on Multilmage you can see all the photos that were acquired C R Kennedy amp Company Page 7 File Edit View Configure Create Tools Help SERVERS BEER d CRKO0465 unshared Dencon Test B BHP Test Elli Station 001 SW 00 fy Control Space za Modelspace
28. Data gt Import ScanStation Project Use when you re importing raw scan data for a new project C R Kennedy amp Company 2 Import C5 C10 Partial Project Import ScanStation Data gt Import ScanStation General Use when you re adding raw scan data into an existing project SubSample pm 100 Pre Registration Options _ Find B amp W Targets _ Auto Align Scans Generate Scan Thumbnails Map Colors W Estimate Normals Find Pipes Automatically Min Diameter Max Diameter Apply All 2 Cyclone Navigator Hexagon Companies Internal License File Edit View Configure Create Tools Help Open Open Temporary ModelSpace View Create and Open ModelSpace View Open TruSpace Update Original ModelSpace Import Batch Import Import Leica System 1200 Import beometric Objects Import ScanStation Data Import ScanStation Project Import MultiStation M550 Data Import ScanStation Partial Project Import as Auto Align Project Export Store in JetStream ProjectVauilt Exit Figure 9 Import ScanStation Data menu Select the root folder of the raw files C R Kennedy amp Company Page 10 Leave all the import setting at default By Import C5 C10 General SubS ample 100 tee Pre Registration Options Find BAW Targets g ta Auto Align Scans L Generate Scan Thumbnails Map Colors W Estimate Normals Find Pipes Automatically 0 015 m w Min Diam
29. INdOWS sssseesssessreessresserrsrrrssrersrressreosrerseressreesrerseeessreesrerseereseee 52 Figure 107 Mesh with contours and coloured based on elevation cccccsssccecessececeesecceeeeseceeaeneees 52 Figure 108 Using a Mesh and Reference Plane to calculate a volUMe ccccccsssececeeseeeeeeeseeeeeeneees 53 Figure 109 Decimate mesh parametefS sessssssseeserrrresrrressrrressrerererresereresreressreresreressrerssrereserersseerese 53 Figure 110 Edge of curb selected with multi piCK sssessenssssensssresesrrrsssrerssreressrerssreressresssrereserersseerese 54 Figure 111 Edge of curb when meshed ssssssssssssesssrrresreressreressreresrrressreresreressreresreressreresrereserersseerese 54 Figure 112 Cutplane TOODA scssastecavesnatendeennesspesneresntnnhecn Ee E E E En a Eeen iiaei 55 Figure 113 Cut plane side view of a coal treatment plant c cc ceeccccesseccceeseececeesececeeeeceeseesecesseneees 55 Figure 114 Point cloud GENSILY Toolbar dcindccdsdancnasscsveseduceconascciaboaintenionaducereoadtunedbaaucesshuattdesanedacenensoeeens 55 PUGS da OKE e ME a 56 Figure 116 Tru space window SMall essesi an N S S 58 Figure 117 Global colour map DalraMelel Su sseaeccsssscunccswesevgesatinvestancoscadvaduveatornadeadsbievesdoueedeadoaieveobereens 59 Figure 118 Reduce Point Cloud Density sessssessensssrenesrrressrrresrrrresrrressrerssrrressrereseeresererssreresereesseerese 59 Figure 119 SmartPick Vie
30. Leica Cyclone Basic User Manual July 2015 rere et lt lt I Cyclone 9 1 C R Kennedy amp Company Page 1 Contents Copying Raw Files From the C10 P20 Scanner to the PC ccccccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeesseeceeeeeeeesseeeeeeeeaaeens 6 Copy Raw Tiles from the USB stick to the PC siasicrvnocdncnccoanncdntesdnaedooasucavenaducssrnantessbenctdesnneeiiesenacuesmnnen 6 OPENER cence ne ae nee oe enn eee E er oreo ene re eee ete eee 6 Dano ASS deM ONS eei E N E E caren yous T O N 7 POCEO e e E 7 SCN OT e E S E EE 7 CORTOS D E e E E T E ee ee 7 Mod AI E r T A 7 OC INS E TE EE E A E S EPEA E E E A E E E A EET 7 NANET EA E EEEE EAEE EA A E EEA E A AEE S EAA EEE E E eens 7 CONTENE E SC Bo aere E 8 impor RAW Scanner FilES eenia a Ea A 9 importan Existing Cyclone Databas eC gcoxetascncacanncsinccsdousivcntersnencaacenngnionaradevanhedatattabeaneeeesenieeaearcrnacs 12 KVON Vice PROOSA re ee eee eee 13 Importing Control into a Database scc ciccevssssceasaciseuddavadeesaeed end anesesiarinwdendi eA E reint 13 Registration Combing Scans Together essssssssserssesrrrreesrrreressrrrrsessrrrressrrrresssetreesssreresserrreessereresse 14 Registration SCAN WONG GroUpS essssssssessssesssreesssreressrrsssreressrerssrtresereessreresererssrereserersseereserresseero 15 Registration with Targets cccccsssccccssseccceesececceseccceeseceesesececseecesseeecceseuscceseeecessugecetseneceetegeeeeeas 15 Registration Without Targets Manual Clou
31. R c ProgramData FlexNet C R Kennedy amp Company Page 73 7 e x FMA gt Computer SYSTEM C gt ProgramData Fibine eih Scorn icine l gt cont Seas Organize v Include in library v rewith v Burn New folder i o amp Perilogs Name i Date modified Type LANNE adskfiex 00691 b00_tsf data 25 04 2012 14 56 DATA File paent uii adskflex_00691b00_tsf databackup00l 25 04 2012 14 56 001 File L UGS_005e d00_event log 14 10 2011 14 15 Text Document E LGS 005ecd00_tsf dats 96 04 2012 10 03 DATA File ae heehee lee LGS 005ecd00_tsf data_backup 001 04 2012 1003 001 File Ol Autodesk LGS_805ecd00_tsf data 5 04 2012 17 45 DATA File ae LGS_805ecd00_tsf data_backup 001 6 04 2012 1002 001 File L Canneverbe Limited E d Cisco A Citrix L Conexant Desktop Documents d FARO g Favorites LL firebird d FLEXnet d FNP J Adobe N f H l J bb Godu Gadu 10 in L 7 items 5 DELETE only files starting with LGS and nothing else 6 Start the FLEX NET service from point 3 and CLM Remote Daemon 7 Go to CLM and re activate the licenses After that Infinity LGO or Cyclone will work C R Kennedy amp Company Page 74 Useful Websites Laser Scanning Forum http laserscanning org uk The Centre for Advanced Spatial Technologies http gmv cast uark edu category scanning software leica software leica cyclone cyclone workflows Turning P
32. Registration Label C R Kennedy amp Company Page 20 Object Info Add Edit Annotations Delete View Object As Edit Color Map Distance oom Fence Reference Plane Figure 30 Naming renaming a target Qy Registration Label Lx Registration Label Add a Registration Label to the selection Figure 31 Changing a targets value name Using modelled objects as targets Cyclone can use modelled objects as targets For example you can use a modelled pipe as object Select the pipe and click Tools gt Registration gt Add Edit registration label A 3 plane corner i e ina room where the ceiling and two walls intersect can be very accurately defined by Cyclone and can be used as a target Create Object gt Fit Fenced gt Corner vertex added automatically Click on the vertex then Tools gt Registration gt Add Edit registration label ScanWorld Explorer The ScanWorld Explorer is a useful tool to turn on off point clouds in a registration You cannot do this once you have unified the cloud To access the ScanWorld Explorer open the ModelSpace of a registration and click Tools gt Scanner gt ScanWorld Explorer C R Kennedy amp Company Page 21 ScanWorlds Cols Rows Points can Ean a Station 005 5 os a oints 6283x2357 9001759 Station O01 5 Station 002 Station 003 Station 004 201 x 201 34897 201 x201 120 x120 8 049 64 2651 19 5834
33. The individual sections can be modelled with a poly line automatically Note Cyclone cannot perform tunnel alignments Technodigit 3D Reshaper software is required for tunnel alignments Fence an area of a road Select two points on a road surface with the Multi Pick tool and click Create Object gt From Pick Points gt Alignment If the road surface is curved you can create a polyline If you need to filter the noise see the previous chapter Filtering noise from a flat smooth surface Next create the alignment Tools gt Alignment amp Sections gt Create Alignment then create sections Tools gt Alignment amp Sections gt Create Sections A list of sections will be displayed The individual sections can be inspected by click on the station in the Station column Alignment Alignment 1 non horizontal Start Station 0 000 m Length 1 segments 34 968 m Horizontal Length 34 792 m Initial Station 0 000 End Station 34 968 Section Alignment e Name Station Left Right Top Alignment1 0 000 m 10 000 10 000 2 000 2 0 500 0 Alignment1 1 000m 10 000 10 000 2 000 2 0 500 0 Alignment1 2 000m 10 000 10 000 2 000 2 0 500 0 Alignment1 3 000m 10 000 10 000 2 000 2 0 500 Alignment1 4 000m 10 000 10 000 2 000 2 0 500 Alignment1 5 000m 10 000 10 000 2 000 2 0 500 0 Alignment1 6 000 m 10 000 10 000 2 000 2 0 500 0 Alignment1 7 000m 10 000 10 000 2 000 2
34. a Modals pace 1 my 8 1 fa aga Scans B A made O BAe 1 e ee Figure 4 Cyclone navigator definitions Configuring the Server Computer Database Project Folder ScanWorld ControlSpace ModelSpace Original scans Photographs Using unshared will improve Cyclone s performance since the Shared folder is meant to prepare the data to flow through a network Right click on Servers folder the menu will appear See Figure 5 Click on Servers Uncheck the Shared server box if it is checked See Figure 6 y v Show Servers Estimate Cloud Normals Figure 5 Right click on Servers folder Figure 6 Deactivate shared Server C R Kennedy amp Company Page 8 Import Raw Scanner Files When you import raw files from a scanner you need to first create a Cyclone database Cyclone navigator window Configure gt Database gt Add B Flews Beit View Servers Databases Scanners H SCANNERS Figure 7 To create a new database Sever CAKOO465 unshared z Databases gd pe Saa Dencon Test Remove UTS m kiii Destroy Database Hame Database Filename lesa Figure 8 Adding a name to a new database Add any filename that you like Leave Database Filename field empty no Cyclone database has been created yet The database has been created Right click on the blue database icon that you just created Import ScanStation
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36. cccessccccesececeeecceceesccesausecessuaeceeseesecessuaecesseneceesenaeeetas 8 Feure c Deacu ne Saree NET erea E 8 Feure 7 TOC eave a New daba E eee a 9 Figure 8 Adding a name tO a new Catabase cccccccsseccccsssecccesseccccenscccceeseceseeecceeeeeececsuecesseecesseeeeeetes 9 Figure 9 Import ScanStation Data MENU sarsicce enana 10 Fieure 10 P20 scanner Import SCTHAES curnice EE 11 Figure 11 P20 Scanner Import SEUNG sicassscarineiesculancrnbulcedsadulcssncensccdeitiewasnwensannadvadeonatenncieatueueenaieeaenes 11 Figure 12 Adding anew data Dasi eeen 12 Figure 13 Selecting an existing Cyclone database ccecccccsssecccessececceseccceeeseceesesececeeeceeseeseeetseneees 12 Figure 14 Batch Blend amp Apply IMages oossnsossenssseessrrenesrrressreressrerssrrressrerssreressreresreressreessreresereseseerese 13 Figure 15 Import control settings sssseesesrressrrererrrresrrrrssrrressreresrrressreresrtressrereseeressreeesrereserereseerese 13 Figure 16 Registration ICON sssssssessessessessessessessesseesesseoseeseeseesersersrrsresresresresrroreorroseoreoreoseeseeseeseeseese 14 Figure 17 Adding ScanWorlds to a Registration ccccccsseccccsssecccesseccceeseccceeescceceuecesseneceeseusecessuneees 14 Figure 18 Setting the Control ScanWorld as the home ScanWorld cccccssscccceesececeeseceeeeeseeeeaeneees 15 Figure 19 List of constraints on the Constraints List tab c cscsccccccsssseccccesessecec
37. ceeeeseceeseuaeeeesseegess 15 Figure 20 Cloud constraint registration progress cccccssseccccsssecccesececeesececeeuseceseueceeseeeceeseuseceeseneces 16 Figure 21 Cloud Constraint Wizard Matrix cccccccsssecccessececcessccccesececceseccceeuecceseueceesegeceeseesecesseneees 16 Figure 22 Cloud Constaints Wizard WINKOW cccccssseccccseccccesseccceesececeeececeeescceseueceeeueeceeseeeeeessuneees 17 Figure 23 Muki Pick mode ICON scersesiacreir e E 17 Figure 24 ScanWorld icon of a completed registration cccccccsssecccessecccceecceesesececseeceeeeusecesseneces 17 Figure 25 2D Scan Thumbnails WINKOW sssssssssesesssesesserssrrressreressreresrrressreresreressrereseeresereessrereserersseerese 18 Figure 26 Visually aligning the 2D thumbnailS ssssessseessensssrensssrnsesrrrssrresssreressrerssreresrrerssrereserersseerese 19 Figure 27 Registration diagnostics report sssseesssessreessrrssrressrrssrerserrssreesrersreresreesreeseeresreesrerseereseee 19 Figure 28 Unify cloud OPtiONs cccesccccesseccccesscccceesececeuececeusececausececeuececseueceseuececseeeceesensesessuneses 20 Figure 29 Picek Mode ICOM tacsecrecatens tenes eslnaterecesnse senate E E NE 20 Figure 30 Naming renaming a targ t snsssirsiirannrne irere anire inn E are EE Eein 21 Figure 31 Changing a targets value NaMe sciesussinavniveabsanuseteasaiees chosasesnccmaoaadsangseavananeseiveanmstacsvanetcosess 21 Figure 32 ScanWorld Exp
38. d to Cloud sssssssssesssssrrsssrrssrrsrrrerrresrrrsrrrserresreens 16 Registration Without Targets Visual REZIStration ccccccessecccceseccecenseceeeesececeeeceeeegceeseeeeeeeas 18 Registration DIGS MOSES ercecastesscrstcerer iee a E 19 TAI RSV CIS Spate eee cteecacionsasa e S 19 Adding Renaming Targets see satrcrcsaeerseaennanaauincerereunsateneasenonvaveaaanadundictsaueieneuamoneeveneannauneonscuneoendst 20 TOA EE E E EE EE E T EA 20 To name or rename a target n sesseseseoresrsroresrsroreresroreresrororesrsroresrseoreresesreresrsroresessorenesroreres 20 Using modelled objects as targets ccccccsssccccsssececessececeeseccceenscceeeeseceseeneceseueceeseeseeesseecessuneceesenes 21 SAI OTIT EX OTC oea sneer waceassiecteeueseconanuseccsatnsseereaseutenarsetuneesaueccssyseeseesseeceu 21 WHEW PEO DCTS se isctea aerator vaca aarasenvaae E A sane aiesieenians 22 BV CLS EE E PEET E E A eee ET E E O ET EE E ETA 23 VOW AS eaa E E E E 23 SeleCVi ible E gt Deere EE eee a 24 OE TV ONE soe E E E N 24 Modelling Cylinders Pipes from the Cloud ccccccccccccccccsseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeecesseeeeeseeeeeeeeneseeeeess 24 C R Kennedy amp Company Page 2 Modelling Cylinders Automatically ccccccccsssccccsscceceeseccceesececceecceeeeseceseeeceseeeceeseneeeesegeeeeas 25 Modelling Cylinder Components ccccceesecccceseccccesseceeeesececsesececceeceeeeesecessuneceseugeceeseneceeseneeeetas 25 Model
39. del flat objects such as walls ceiling floors etc Holes can be cut into patches so long as they do not cut through the perimeter Patches can be extruded to become 3 dimensional objects Once extruded holes cannot be cut into them C R Kennedy amp Company Page 28 Select a point on the surface with the pick mode then click Create Object gt Region Grow gt Patch cae shasta aa eraan pr peann OF FT BR OE Fe re heer we Be re Reh eR Bete ek ee Or eer he DS ORE HD FE r i A Normally there will be numerous handles and corners The patch can be made rectangular by selecting the patch then Edit Object gt Patch gt Make Rectangular NB In the above example a patch could also be created using by drawing a 2D polygon against the XY reference plan Cutting fences from a Patch Objects such as doors and windows can be cut out of the patch using the fence tool It is best to view the patch in orthographic mode when making cuts NB A fence cannot be cut beyond the perimeter of the patch Create Object gt Insert Copy of Objects Points C R Kennedy amp Company Page 29 Layers ViewAs Selectable Visible Object Type Point Cloud Planar Patch EX BES S ded Fatec Steel Section Cylinder Elbow Reducing Elbow Pipe Branch Reducer Flange classic ERREREE SSIES SS siss L s S Figure 52 Changing the visibility of the patch N
40. ed to be separated and copied into the new ScanWorld Select Edit Copy Open the ModelSpace of the new ScanWorld and go to Edit C R Kennedy amp Company Page 63 Paste to put the vertices into the new ScanWorld Select the vertices in the new ModelSpace and go to Tools Registration Copy to Control Space 4 Return to the ScanWorld with the duplicate data Multi pick the extra targets and delete them Turn on the point cloud under View and uncheck Hide Point Clouds Traverse Editor If you have traverse with the C10 or P20 scanner and have made a mistake with the vertical heights or original backsight you can manually correct the traverse settings in the Traverse Editor In the Cyclone Navigator menu click Configure gt Scanners gt Add In the Cyclone Navigator open the Scanners folder and click on the Scanner icon Select your project Click Windows gt Traverse Editor Python Scripting Cyclone allows users to create scripts using the Python language In a model space click User Apps gt seve C R Kennedy amp Company Page 64 CloudWorx for AutoCAD Cloudworx for AutoCAD is a plugin that allows the user to import Cyclone databases directly into AutoCAD Cloudworx allows AutoCAD to display very large point clouds whilst maintaining full AutoCAD functionality i rob crkenne CloudWor Home Insert Annotate Parametric View Manage Output d Autodesk 360 xpress Tools BIM 360 eature Pa 2 Open W O Reset t
41. erlap identifies common objects in the point clouds and further aligns the scans based on these common objects The cloud constraints are added to the Constraint List tab as cloud mesh oud Regi on rog Cloud Constraint 6 of 6 Cloud Constraint Station U03 SY 001 Leveled Station O04 S4 001 Leveled 9 2 completed Stop 0 100 m emor Figure 20 Cloud constraint registration progress Once done click Registration gt Create ScanWorld Freeze Registration Then to view the data click Registration gt Create and Open ModelSpace Look at your registration file in the Cyclone Navigator It now looks like a normal ScanWorld with all the scans aligned perfectly together Registration Without Targets Manual Cloud to Cloud If you did not have any targets in a ScanWorld you will need to manually identify common points between two scans Rather than adding constraints automatically like before we have to add them manually Click Cloud Constraint gt Cloud Constraint Wizard Cloud Constraints Wizard O OOO Select Al Stafon 002 SW 001 Staion 003 SW 001 Stafon 004 SWD Stafon O01 SW 001 C C Staton 002 sw 001 _ LJ siston 00s 5 01 Z O Stafon 004 sw 001 C C Figure 21 Cloud Constraint Wizard matrix C R Kennedy amp Company Page 16 In the Cloud Constraints Wizard you have to select which scans are overlapping In this example I ve selected scans 1 amp 2 scans 2 am
42. ers can be added to the end of pipes Reference Plane gt Reducer Connectors Drawing gt Eccentric Reducer Connectors Redlining ee E These functions can all be found in the Piping menu under Mesh gt Convert Elbow to Miter Tools gt Piping Contours gt E Create Branch Cutplane b z Connect Piping Ani Disconnect Shared 2D Extraction gt Disconnect All Animation b Select Connected Lighting Virtual Surveyor Alignment amp Section Geo Tags Figure 43 Piping Menu Modelling Cylinders Automatically Cyclone 8 0 onwards can scan the point cloud and model pipes automatically Note this cannot be done on unified points clouds To begin the process select the point cloud Selection gt Select All and click Create Object gt Find Pipes Automatically You may wish to colourise the cylinders different colours To do so click Edit Objects gt Appearance gt Create Objects from Random Colours You can filter cylinders by size by clicking Create Objects gt Filter Pipes Modelling Cylinder Components There are several other options with pipes Valves blind flanges wielding neck flanges reducers and tee joins must be fitted by eye You cannot region grow or fit to cloud a valve Using the C R Kennedy amp Company Page 25 handles adjust the size to best match the cloud To add these objects click on the end handle of a pipe then Create Object gt Insert gt An elbow joi
43. es Start Stop Reread Server Status Server Diags Contig Services Borrowing AlexNet license services installed on this computer Start Server Stop Server ReRead License File l Force Server Shutdown Edt Advanced settings NOTE This box must be checked to shut down a license server when licenses are bomowed 6 Open Cyclone amp re check your licenses it should now work 7 Ifyou still cannot connect to your license server then check to see if your anti virus is blocking your servers if it is the server will be seen as down If you cannot find anything then Stop CLM and Flexnet SERVICES then go to Add Remove programs and Uninstall all your Flexnet and CLM activation wizard programs from this list Then re run CLMN 1 4 1 002 exe install and WATCH FOR A POP UP WARNING FROM YOUR ANTI VIRUS SOFTWARE choose to allow software through the anti virus software Go to Step 5 8 Ifyou still cannot open the server go to Windows Firewall settings with Advanced security and check that there are Inbound rules for CLM TCP 19700 19701 and CLM TCP 2700 27010 For the application Imgrd exe open TCP port for 27000 27009 for LGS exe open any unused TCP port and for clmrdsvr exe open port 19701 Go to step 5 Cyclone has a trusted storage error message Please do the following 1 WRITE DOWN OR TAKE A SCREEN SHOT OF ALL YOUR CLM EID NUMBERS 2 Close INFINITY LGO or CYCLONE and close CLM software if open 3 Go to Control Panel Admi
44. eter Max Diameter 1 500 rm a Cancel Figure 10 P20 scanner import settings O Import P15 P20 T j Impo f a Advanced Remove Intensity Overloaded Pixels Remove Mixed Prels Remave Low Quality Pixels Area Filter Min 4 Apply All Figure 11 P20 Scanner Import Settings C R Kennedy amp Company Sampling 100 what percentage of the point cloud density to import Find Black amp White B amp W Targets off unless you had black amp white targets and did not pick them on the scanner Auto Align Scans Will automatically join scans with 25 or more overlap Generate Scan Thumbnails Used for Visual Alignment of scans Map Colours off applies the photos to the point cloud but does not blend them Estimate Normals on needed for adding manual Cloud Constraints in Registration Find Pipes Automatically off unless you have pipes that you want modelled automatically When importing P20 data into Cyclone ensure you turn check the Remove Mixed Pixels menu during data import This will reduce the amount of noise from laser flare in the data Page 11 Import an Existing Cyclone Database Cyclone navigator window Create gt Database gt Add Servers Databases SERVERS 7 ce ap 3 SHORTCU H SCANNERS Scanners Figure 12 Adding a new database Select the Cyclone database IMP file iiis Add Dencon Test
45. extract features points and 3D line data with point codes line connecting codes and comments directly from point cloud in Cyclone and then export these feature codes as a standard ASCII format into the surveying software of your choice If you are using AutoCAD or MicroStation based platforms the original raw point cloud can also be brought in via CloudWorx to verify the feature extractions and add detail to the existing topographic representation Tools gt Virtual Surveyor When prompted Opening Existing VS File click the Skip button to start a new VS file A new VS window will appear In the VS window create a New Layer by clicking the Layers button to put in the linework and give it a colour optional See Figure 1 Then click Set Current in the View Properties box then click OK Repeat this step for additional linework e Enter or select a Feature Code optional See Figure 2 e Turn OFF the Automatic Candidate Features button See Figure 3 e Multi Select points See Figure 3 e Click Start to create Polyline See Figure 3 e Turn ON the Feature Code button See Figure 3 e Check in candidate picks at the bottom of the VS dialog box You can use the SmartPick tool by clicking Dy SmartPick View View gt SmartPick Viewport Tee EE Fc Fac atl Se el The SmartPick tool allow you to pick points within a defined radius of the cursor The options are 1 Closest Point i e the closes point cloud po
46. gt Ps fs Figure 116 Truspace window small Exporting Point Clouds Point clouds can be exported in several formats With the ModelSpace open File gt Export and select the format The most common formats for point clouds are pts ptx and txt The easiest way to share a point cloud is to copy the Cyclone imp database and view the point cloud within Cyclone Cyclone is free to use as a viewer Importing Point Clouds Point clouds and raw scanner data Leica Z F Riegl and Faro scanners can be imported directly into Cyclone In the Cyclone Navigator create a new database Configure gt Database gt Add enter a name Once created right click on the database gt Import Some of the common formats are Riegl 3dd rxp rsp Z F zfs zfc Faro fls for fws Drawing You can use Cyclone to draw objects in 2D against the reference plane This is useful if you wish to trace the outline of an object and then extrude it Select a point with the pick mode that you wish to draw on against a plane then Tools gt Reference Plane gt Set to Tools gt Drawing gt Draw Polyline Tools gt Drawing gt Create Drawing Create Object gt From Curves gt Patch NB The reference plane can viewed as a XY YZ or XY plane It can also be rotated and tilted to suit the object that you re drawing to C R Kennedy amp Company Page 58 Turn the drawing to a 3D object Edit Object gt Extrude Global Co
47. int to the cursor 2 Highest Point i e the highest point within the cursor E g the top of a tree 3 Lowest Point i e the lowest point within the search radius E g the bottom of a tree 4 Ground Point The SmartPick will interpret where the ground point by searching within a radius even if there are no points directly where picked NB Clicking in the bottom right hand corner of the SmartPick View window will rotate the view Figure 119 SmartPick View Window C R Kennedy amp Company Page 60 ATBICIOBELFIGHHE i ik lol x A Virtual Surveyor STT To FC FC Fc Sat fe oP fe mE Frefix Number Create Lines Stan Polyline C Polygon Lode Tags pretix Begin Attribute Feature Code Motes Valle 0 Mew Features Format Output Y Figure 120 Virtual Surveyor Menu Click to add a candidate feature with each pick Show features in the ModelSpace viewer Show candidate features in the ModelSpace viewer Show unsaved features in the ModelSpace viewer Highlight the current feature in the ModelSpace viewer Show features options which affect how features are displayed Select to add a feature with each pick Change the viewpoint to view the current feature Adds one vertex to the ModelSpace for each feature Exports the features directly to LandXML Exports the features directly to the Leica System 1200 format Invokes
48. ited Tab F Space Comma Merge consecutive delimiters Scanworld Call it whatever you like e g Contro Right click on the ScanWorld gt Import Select the txt file containing your control Note the control should Hof columns 4 k H Rows to skip g be in CSV format but renamed to a txt file extension a emicolon Other Comment Marker You can have your values separated by commas Negative Value Spaces semicolons or tabs Unit of Measure Meters Create line segments between Test Qualifier pairs of vertices Make sure each column has the correct definition As Point Cloud Auto Preview Preview Options The column containing the target names must be called Target ID The columns for X Y Z or E N El Column 1 Column Column 3 Column 4 coordinates must also be correctly named You can change column type by clicking on it One done click Import Open the control ModelSpace You will now see only targets with the coordinates that you ve imported Remember when you create a registration with control add the ScanWorlds including the control TargetID Text Figure 15 Import control settings one and right Click on the Control ScanWorld gt Set Home ScanWorld x Decimal 1012 448 1014 565 1001 670 391 581 Y Decimal 1012 448 1006 486 992 134 1000 995 Decimal 102 355 101 594 101 504 102 688 101 801
49. jects cloud by selecting the modelled object and clicking Create Object gt Insert Copy of Objects Points Dj Modat pace Model T Madal View Ble Edt Selection Yew Wem a pant Creme Obect Ege Object Tools Userfpps Heb emir rif gt Deges Lf Zn Age bbi Figure 40 Plant objects can easily be modelling Cyclone Modelling Cylinders Pipes from the Cloud You can model pipes in your original ModelSpace To model a single pipe select the pipe with the pick mode click Create Object gt Region Grow gt Cylinder Figure 41 Modelling a single pipe To model a pipe run click on the separate parts of the pipe with the multi pick mode click Create Object gt Region Grow gt Pipe Run C R Kennedy amp Company Page 24 E pE REESEN TEE spice td a 5 Hl ra IARE ATA Diar A NE ee poche man a T r Figure 42 Modelling a Pipe Run of 3 sections m Pipes can also be modelled automatically Create Object gt Tools User Apps Help O sss s O stS Model Library Manager gt its amp gg Find Pipes Automatically The function will not work ona Info ae ip P ar se unified pipe cloud and will not add pipe elbows only Measure gt bat ig 40 tp gt Pz q Piping gt Pipe Modeling straight Pipes nn lt Piping Mode SEEREN H eliveseh eeeeumciane Pipes can be connected with elbow or mitre connections Unify Clouds dit Elbow Bend Ratio i 2 ra ii or reduc
50. led Station 004 SW 001 Leveled Coincident Vertex Vertex On 1 0000 0 003 m 0 002 3 Station 003 SW O01 Leveled Station 004 SW 0O01 Leveled Coincident Vertex Vertex On 1 0000 0 002 m 0 001 5 Station 003 SW 0O01 Leveled Station 004 SW 001 Leveled Coincident Vertex Vertex On 1 0000 0 004 m e Ee Cloud Mesh 1 Station 001 SW O01 Leveled Station 002 SW 001 Leveled Cloud Cloud Mesh Cloud Mesh On 1 0000 0 003 m aligned 0 018 m Cloud Mesh 2 Station 001 SW O01 Leveled Station 003 SW 001 Leveled Cloud Cloud Mesh Cloud Mesh On 1 0000 0 003 m aligned 0 019 m Cloud Mesh 3 Station 001 SW O01 Leveled Station 004 SW 001 Leveled Cloud Cloud Mesh Cloud Mesh On 1 0000 0 003 m aligned 0 015 m Cloud Mesh 4 Station 002 SW O01 Leveled Station 003 SW 001 Leveled Cloud Cloud Mesh Cloud Mesh On 1 0000 0 002 m aligned 0 012 m Cloud Mesh 5 Station 002 SW 0O01 Leveled Station 004 SW 001 Leveled Cloud Cloud Mesh Cloud Mesh On 1 0000 0 002 m aligned 0 013 m Cloud Mesh 6 Station 003 SW O01 Leveled Station 004 SW 001 Leveled Cloud Cloud Mesh Cloud Mesh On 1 0000 0 003 m aligned 0 018 m Cloud Mesh 1 Station 001 SW 001 Leveled Station 002 SW 0O01 Leveled 4 p b Figure 27 Registration diagnostics report Unifying a ModelSpace Before you start modelling or do any further changes to the registration
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52. lone select the item s and click File gt Export and selected AutoCAD DXF R12 Format dxf Cyclone can only import COE Cyclone Object Exchange objects It cannot import DXF objects directly To import DXF models into Cyclone you have to convert them into COE files using the Leica COE data transfer plugin for AutoCAD or MicroStation Model Library Cyclone has a model library for commonly used objects You can add or load models to from the library easily To Import a Model from the Model Library Tools gt Model Library Manager gt Insert Model C R Kennedy amp Company Page 37 Leica Reserved Lib Z Leica Reserved Lib 1 Leica Reserved Lib z Rkennedy Assemblies Tank Model 1 jpa Tank Model 1 Hand Rail 0 Hand Rail Item 0 Item 1 Item 2 Ttem 3 Item 4 Item 5 Ttem K Tank Mnrdel Figure 71 Insert Model window To Save a Model to the Model Library Take a screenshot of your model and save it as jpg file Copy the model into a new Model Space Select All then click Tools gt Model Library Manager gt Save Model Create a new name for a Library Assembly and load the screenshot of the model Geo Tags A Geo Tag allows you to add additional meta data to the point cloud in Cyclone Geo Tags will be automatically saved into a Leica TruView when created Tools gt Geo Tags Ta fia w g E Create bounding sphere using 2 pick Tag finde Category
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54. lour Map The colour representation of the point cloud can be Global Col p 25 or Map Param changed in Cyclone Mode Colors fram Scanner Scheme Wiulti Hue Rainbow Edit Object gt Appearance gt Edit Global Colour Map This is useful if you wish to change the representation of reflectivity 0 0740 Actual Maximum 0 9988 0 9988 Mininiurn Number of Colors Repeat Colors Outside Range Gamma Correction 0 4500 Enable Global Color Map Figure 117 Global colour map parameters Reducing Point Cloud Density Using the pick tool select the point cloud and click Tools gt Reduce Point Cloud Horizontal 2 Point Count 22062 NB This function can only be used on point clouds that samping h T l vertical 9 Percentage JE ave not been unified To reduce the point cloud Sampling of Original density of unified point clouds you can use the unify Original Point gpg2449 tool again Tools gt Unify Clouds Lount ok Segment Cloud Figure 118 Reduce Point Cloud Density It can be useful to separate a point cloud into small sections Create Object gt Segment Cloud gt Cut Sub Selection Cut by Fence Cut by Intensity Useful for cutting out noise from the scanner Cut by Distance from Point Cut by Offset from Plane Cut Near Ref Plane Trim Edges C R Kennedy amp Company Page 59 Virtual Surveyor VS With Virtual Survey you can
55. lume of a stockpile To do this 1 Isolate the point cloud that wish to calculate the volume of with the fence tool and right click gt Copy To New Model Space 2 Select the isolated point cloud with the pick mode 3 Create the Mesh Tools gt Mesh gt Create Mesh gt Tin 4 Click on the bottom of the mesh with the pick mode 5 Add the Reference Plane Tools gt Reference Plane gt Set Plane Origin at Pick Point 6 Calculate the Volume Tools gt Measure gt Mesh Volume gt Above Ref Plane The volume area is now calculated Figure 108 Using a Mesh and Reference Plane to calculate a volume Decimating a Mesh Often the mesh may be of higher resolution than needed To reduce the number of triangles in the Triangles METE mesh and hence the resolution select the mesh Daa a 11567 anah 10 Selection gt Select All and then click Tools gt Mesh iane eunea Mit gt Decimate Mesh Usually a 10 reduction is vertices Boundary Edges Breakline Edges N E Maintain C Ignore Ignore sufficient Maintain Maintain 0 Keep Exact keep Exact Figure 109 Decimate mesh parameters Extending a TIN Mesh to Break lines By creating a polyline along an edge e g top of curb the mesh can be extended to the breakline to create a sharp edge First create the break line Pick a polyline along an edge and click Create Object gt From Picked Points gt Polyline Do the
56. n Select two points using the multipick tool then click Create Object gt From Pick Points gt Line Segment Next turn your line segment into an alignment With the line segment selected click Tools gt Roadway Alignment amp Station gt Create Alignment Then open the Alignment Station manager Tools gt Roadway Alignment amp Station gt Alignment Station Manager Alignment Station Template Alignment Alignment 1 Station 37 0 000m Stations Template Objects LandXML Options Extent Left 9 489 Right 9 489 Top 1 368 Bottom 1 368 Update Current Thickness 1 000 UpdateAll Create Initial Station 0 000 Indude Transition Points End Station 18 949 V Create Lines Spacing 2 000 Create Insert at Value Z Collect Points Figure 99 Alignment Section Manger amp Plan View in Cyclone 9 0 To create an alignment enter in the desired values and click Create The point cloud will now be split into sections and a top down Plan View window be shown C R Kennedy amp Company Page 48 A new feature in Cyclone 9 0 is the ability to create templates Click on the Template tab C R Kennedy amp Company Page 49 TIN Meshes Cyclone has a very powerful TIN mesh function A TIN Triangulated Irregular Network is particular type of Digital Terrain Model DTM used to emulate surfaces It should not be used for complex surfaces e g people sta
57. n is a continuous smooth pipe join A mitre join is made of multiple pipe cross Note pipe runs will add elbow joins between sections It is not a smooth continuous join like pipes automatically an elbow 2 Cylinders of different diameter joined together 2 Cylinders of different diameter joined with a Concentric Reducer together with an Eccentric Reducer C R Kennedy amp Company Page 26 Figure 47 Eccentric Reducer Figure 46 Concentric Reducer 6 Valves Tee Joins Create Object gt Insert gt Valve f Figure 49 Modelled Tee join Figure 48 Modelled valve C R Kennedy amp Company Page 27 End Caps You can add end caps to cylinders Edit Object gt End Caps gt Figure 50 Flat left and Semi Elliptical right Caps Modelling Pipe Objects without the Point Cloud Pipe objects pipes elbows flanges etc that have not been di Pear Component Pipe scanned or do not yet exist can be modelled from within Cyclone Table For example a new pipe run can be added into the pipe cloud and Line ID X point cloud collisions can be ran to determine the pipe will fit oe s correctly Tupe ie y Insulation Thickness 0 000 m x EOC a Placement Tools gt Piping gt Pipe Modelling 0 000 m 0 000 0 000 0 000 m Flip Create Close Figure 51 Modelling objects not in the point cloud Modelling Patches A patch is a 2 dimensional plane Patches can be used to mo
58. ng AutoCAD View for Buildings Common AutoCAD commands UCS 11 Additional Option to Align AutoCAD View 12 Hiding Regions Toolbar Definitions 13 Using Fit Section Tool O CON DU BWHN FE C R Kennedy amp Company Page 66 14 Using Fit Pipe to Cloud Tool 15 Drawing Completed 16 Clash detection Turn off SNAP visibility Turn on OSNAP e OSNAP e UCS e Line e Polyline e Offset e Hatch e Symbols e Text C R Kennedy amp Company Page 67 Client License Manager Leica Cyclone and Cloudworx uses a Flex LM license program called Client License Manger Licenses are not issued on a hardware USB dongle They are issued with an entitlement identification EID number Activating a License To activate the licenses on the Server open the License Administrator Server Start gt Programs gt Leica Geosystems gt Client License Manager gt Administrator Server or CLM For Floating Licenses Click on Activate New Licenses copy and paste the EID number then click Check for Activatable Licenses then Activate License G Client License Administrator Server a X a when it has to be right Leica Geosystems Activate new licences Entitlement IDs 00102 87813 00020 45731 E3279 er your entitlement ID for activating licenses on your comp View licences in use entitlenicnn so suc ine delivery note or the invoice Example 00101 10490 E01CF OF85B 9F367 Manage license server Verify licenses
59. ngle channel Tee rectangular tube and wide flange I beams steel beams can all be modelled in Cyclone using the above method C R Kennedy amp Company Page 32 Angle Channel Rectangular Tube Wide Flange Il Beam or H Beam C R Kennedy amp Company Page 33 Modelling Steel Beams Extrude Shape Method Cyclone 9 0 In Cyclone 9 0 steel beams can modelled from 2 picks without having to clean the cloud Using the multi pick tool pick two points on a steel beam Create Object gt Extrude Shape 2 picks gt Wide Flange NB This function will only model to dimensions in the database Create Object gt Use Parts Table must be ticked and enabled NB The area around the cross section of the picks on the steel must be clean of noise for 20mm on each side of pick see image Figure 64 Cyclone 9 0 can model steel beams using the multi pick method Modelling Boxes Cuboids Like steel beams boxes can only be modelled from point clouds using the Fit to Cloud command Therefore you must first fence and copy a box to a new model space isolate the box point cloud data then Create Object gt Fit to Cloud gt Box Modelling Spheres Like steel beams spheres can only be modelled from point clouds using the Fit to Cloud command Therefore you must first fence and copy a sphere to a new model space isolate the sphere s point cloud data then Create Object gt Fit to Cloud gt Sphere Modelling Ta
60. nistrative Tools Services or type services into your windows search area amp it takes you here One by one click on the 3 services which start with Flexnet and choose to STOP the service If you have a floating license also stop the CLM Remote Daemon svr If you are not sure look for it and stop it if you find one C R Kennedy amp Company Page 72 0 5 s Om gt au pN Od Services Local FLEXnet Licensing Service the service i has panid ce oat Lh Google Update Service Tek duces poles i Sa Googie Update Mense functions on behalf of FLODA Group Policy Client enabled products OO Health Key and Certific La HomeGroup Listener Li HomeGroup Provider OO HsfXAudioService gt Human Interface Devic CA IKE and AuthlP IPsec Li Intel R Management amp Gi Intel R Management and Sec Allows appli L3 Intel R PROSet Wireless Event Manages th CI Intel R PROSet Wireless Regis Provides re A Interactive Services Detection Enables use Ci Internet Connection Sharing L Provides ne AIP Helper Provides tu Ge IPsec Policy Agent Internet Pro Started Manual oe s Extended Standard Stop service FLEXnet Licensing Service on Local Computer Resume Restart All Tasks Refresh Properties Help Ss i e a PF rFPPFP FF FFF fF fF 4 Go to the path it is hidden folder c Documents and Settings All Users Application Data FLEXnet winXP O
61. nts Return licenses rehost Copy to clipboard Save to file Clear Activate EID 00103 43568 00022 03477 9729C Query entitlements Figure 124 Rehosting a license on CLM Ports that need to be opened on a network The following ports are required to be opened on a network to allow Cyclone s client license manager CLM to work To enable clients to check out or borrow licenses from a server in your LAN you have to create inbound rules to open TCP ports e For the application Imgrd exe open a local TCP port in the range from 27000 27009 The default is 27000 e For the application LGS exe open any unused TCP port e g 27010 e For the application clmrdsvr exe open the local TCP port 19701 With CLM 1 3 or higher they have already been predefined and do not have to be entered manually File Action View Help e AG is ee E Inbound Rules Group Profile Enabled Ac Name Outbound Rules z Ba Connection Security Rules ema Li 19700 19701 In All a New Rule gt IX Monitoring CLM TCP 27000 27010 In Y Filter by Profile oO BranchCache Content Retrieval HTTP In BranchCache Content Retr All No All Y Filter by State gt oO BranchCache Hosted Cache Server HTT BranchCache Hosted Cach All No Al v BranchCache Peer Discovery WSD In BranchCache Peer Discove All No Al i Y Filter by Group b Connect to a Network Projector TCP In
62. o World eH se Forward z Point Visibility m Pipe Patch E Workplane Q Q t F 4 E Pd W Y E ES Close Save UCS fig Backward Ay Point Sna 8 Connect Section eae Workplane on off Import E Floor ee Le Clipping Hide Limit X Regenerate Color i z 3 Points Pa are Open MsView a Save Wall Ar Align View Manager Outside Box Axis Reset Clip Points Mapping Density Off Flange on Grid is TruSpace Bj Project v Orientation Clipping Rendering Fitters Tools TruSpace v Figure 122 CloudWorx for AutoCAD ribbon Ai Ho me Cafe had Close Impo rt Mis View Project TEE nsert Annotate Parametric View ia Reset to World ME Save UCS Floor ie T Eea ee Wall View e Align View Ornentation Manage Output Add ins Autodesk 360 Forward Backward Manager Outside Box Axi ti Reset Clip Clipping Hide Lirit Clipping C R Kennedy amp Company Page 65 Express Tools BIM 360 Featured Apps a EA Point Visibility AS Point Sna Regenerate Color E Points Mapping fy Density Off Rendering J E Workplane Werk rnlarna on emtt pa Workplane on oft Points a onGrid key Tools Open 7 TruSpace a TruSpace Setting Up CloudWorx for AutoCAD CloudWorx Toolbar Definitions Configuring a Database Opening a ModelSpace in CloudWorx Point Rendering Aligning AutoCAD View for Mapping Restoring Saved UCS Digitize the Point Cloud Hiding a Point Cloud 10 Aligni
63. o first align the cut plane to a reference plane Remember reference planes can be on the XY XZ or YZ planes First adjust your coordinate system to be aligned with the object you want to slice In the below example the X axis is parallel to the front of the building see the previous section Changing the Coordinate System Next show the reference plane you want Tools gt Reference Plane gt Set to XY XZ YZ Plane Click on the View Slice icon in the Cutplane toolbar You can also set the thickness of the slice and progress through sections on the point cloud Using a single pick point with Quick Slice will result in a 1 meter slice thickness of DE 2 ee ie a et ote Figure 112 Cutplane Toolbar Figure 113 Cut plane side view of a coal treatment plant Point Cloud Density If you PC is lagging you can reduce the number of points that are being displayed View gt Point Cloud Density gt No Reduction Low Reduction High Reduction 2 EEEE Figure 114 Point cloud density Toolbar C R Kennedy amp Company Page 55 Depending on the power of your PC you can increase the number of points that your computer loads and displays to produce a denser point cloud Edit gt Preferences gt Point Cloud gt Load Max Points Display Max Points Point Cloud Rendering View gt Point Cloud Rendering gt Shaded One Sided This mode will remove the points on a plane closes to the viewer This is very
64. ogether Visual Registration gt 2D Scan Thumbnails Registration Registration 1 B Reg stration Edit ScanWorid lt straint Cioud Con e atic m x K id p5 a EAE aer 4 a p t i s de Scaritorkde Cond 2D Scan Thumbnails e Groups ScanWo j amp Group 1 Selection Mode Yv owe A ff ial a 4 amp Group 2 5 f Ungrouped Group 1 2 a la 7 Constraint Viewer 1 Group 1 sw4 ASW 04 04 2012 06 23 34 04 04 2012 06 41 04 Group 2 2 A Registration is out of dij EES a og aki Figure 25 2D Scan Thumbnails window C R Kennedy amp Company Page 18 Dy Visual Alignment SW5 and SWI 5 ee el File Viewpoint Tools Help Ser amp OF GB seo Noting selected gt lt lt N Figure 26 Visually aligning the 2D thumbnails Registration Diagnostics A full report on a registrations diagnostics can be easily generated Open the registration and click Registration gt Show Diagnostics The report will display the errors of each constraint used pm y Registration Diagnostics mn bpt 5 7 2S Constraints Name ScanWorld ScanVorld Type On Off Weight Error Error Vector 2 Station 001 SW 0O01 Leveled Station 002 SW 001 Leveled Coincident Vertex Vertex On 1 0000 0 001 m 0 001 2 Station 001 SW O01 Leveled Station 003 SW 001 Leveled Coincident Vertex Vertex On 1 0000 0 001 m ut Of nni 2 Station 001 SW 001 Leveled Station 004 SW 001 Leveled Coincident
65. oincident Vertex ae 2 Station 001 5 Station 003 5 Coincident Vertex me Station 001 5 Station 004 5 Coincident Vertex st J Station 001 5 Station 002 5 Coincident Vertex we 3 Station 001 Station P03 5 Coincident Vertex zE 3 Station 001 5 Station 004 5 Coincident Vertex xg Station 001 5 Station 02 5 Coincident Vertex xg Station 001 Station 003 5 Coincident Vertex a Station 00 5 Station 903 5 Coincident Vertex me f Station 00 5 Station 903 5 Coincident Vertex ec 2 Station 002 5 Station 004 5 Coincident Vertex si si sf acc EL a Fy Vertex Vertex Vertex Vertex Vertex Vertex Vertex Vertex Vertex Vertex Vertex Cloud Constraint Viewers Help 4 Status On On On On On On On On On On On Figure 19 List of constraints on the Constraints List tab Notice that the errors have not been computed under the Error column the value is N A To calculate the errors click Registration gt Register C R Kennedy amp Company Page 15 Sort the errors by value by clicking on the Error column bar If you have errors above 6mm would suggest disabling them right click gt Disable Then re calculate the errors by clicking Registration gt Register Once you re happy with the error values click Cloud Constraint gt Auto Add Cloud Constraints This feature examines scans that have at least 20 ov
66. oint Systems Group http turningpointsystemsgroup com HDS 20Support htm Leica HDS Blog UK http hdsblog co uk blog Leica HDS Demonstrations http software lgshds com public cyclone demo cyclone6 0 htm Technodigit 3D Reshaper Ww a i r ay 3D Reshaper is an advanced point cloud software for creating meshes tunnel alignments and deformation analysis Figure 125 3D Reshaper Screenshot To find information about the use of 3D Reshaper please refer to the following Beginner s guide from the Windows Start Menu or in your My documents folder Help files from Reshaper Help Menu Videos http www 3dreshaper com eni En Videos htm Exercises http www 3dreshaper com en1 En_ Practicalsdownload htm gt Login NurbsSurface eo a gt Password Reconstruction 5 3D Reshaper forum http www 3dreshaper com en1 En forum htm C R Kennedy amp Company Page 75 Table of Figures Figure 1 C10 Data CODY Ol OC Fa iis xicrcedicsticersretititreeiucdintenidenieaenie gener anpremeeumnernt 6 B40 aay aml ate 1 6 2 ae o g ene nee nee te AE E E ee ee eee ee 6 Figure 3 Cyclone Navigator aivscesscrcccvesewsnsessevossudsnvessennsteassiovssnnnte lpaunksiewentongsmuntetalensnteseeeoiiwaweentensemcntwedenes 7 Figure 4 Cyclone navigator definitions sessssssssesssrreserrrsssrrressreresrrressrerosrreessrereserressreresrrresrrereserresene 8 Figure 5 Right click ON Servers FOIGEL ccccccsesec
67. ote the rectangular fence over the doorway Figure 53 Patch with fenced area removed Extruding Patches Extruding a patch give it depth and becomes a 3D object A patch is only a 2D flat surface Once a patch has been extruded fences can no longer be cut from it Figure 54 An extruded patch with depth Extending Patches Select the patches and select Edit Object gt Extend gt Extend All Objects C R Kennedy amp Company Page 30 Figure 55 3 Patches before extension Figure 56 3 patches after extension Note the corner C R Kennedy amp Company Page 31 Modelling Steel Beams Fit to Cloud Method With Steel Beams you must copy the beam to a new ModelSpace Fence out a steel beam using the fence tool right click gt Copy Fenced to New ModelSpace Clean up the steel beam by using the polygonal fence tool and right click gt Fence gt Delete Outside or Delete Inside The steel beam point cloud should look like the below figures A F d Pal f ns eek y Figure 58 Top down view of cleaned up steel beam Note that the view is in orthographic mode not perspective mode Figure 57 Side view of steel beam To model a steel beam click on the beam with the pick mode and then Create Object gt Fit To Cloud gt Steel Section gt Wide Flange NB You can also fence the beam right click gt Fit Fence gt Steel Section gt Wide Flange Steel beam A
68. p 3 and scans 3 amp 4 Click Update Dy Cloud Constraints Wizard E3 P 7 Cloud Constraint for Station 001 SWW 001 Leveled and Station O02 S V 001 Leveled Pick conesponding points in the two Constraint viewers then Preview the alignment based on the picked conespondences Constrain the current pair and advance to the next pair Navigation Go Back to the previous pair Skip to the Next pair if there is not enough overlap Returm to the Cloud Constraints Wizard grid Constrain Back Next Return Figure 22 Cloud Constaints Wizard window Move the Cloud Constraints Wizard window away but do not close it You will now see two windows displaying two point clouds on Cyclone Using the multipack mode ey click on at least 3 common points on each scan with at least 100mm accuracy Figure 23 Multi Pick mode icon Try and spread the points around as much as possible Then click on Preview in the Cloud Constraints Wizard window and view the combined scans to confirm that they are aligned If you have you not picked enough points or spaced your points around enough Cyclone will tell you with an error message Simply add to the points that you have already picked and click Preview again When you click Preview visually check that the scans are aligned Then close down the ModelSpace preview and click Constrain on the Cloud Constraints Wizard The wizard will automatically progress to
69. r ICE sirrane renren EE E EEE 46 Figure 94 Road anter SIMOOLN SUr ACO soian rre E EEE 46 Figure 96 Alignment Section Manager essssssesssseesesreresrrressrrressrereserresererssrtressrerssreresrreessrereserereseerene 47 Figure 96 Alignment Create Sections WwWINdOW ssssssssesseressrrrsssreresreressreresrrressreresreressreessrereserereseerese 47 Figure 97 Note that the polyline will follow the alignment cccccccsseccccssececeeseceeeeeceeeeeeeeesseneess 47 Figure 98 Alignment Sections with point cloud ccccceseccccesscccceesececeeececceescceeeusececeeeeceeseuseeessuneees 48 Figure 99 Alignment Section Manger amp Plan View in Cyclone 9 0 cccccccssscceceseceeeeecceeeesecesseeeees 48 Figure 101 A TIN mesh when viewed as a SOLIC ccccccesseccccesseccceeseccceusececeeuseceseuseceeseneceeseesecessuneees 50 Figure 101 A TIN mesh when viewed as a WIFETFAME cccccssseccceesececeesececeeuseceseuseceeseaeceeseusecetsuaeess 50 Feure 102 Mesh with Spike soren enaner an E E E S 50 Figure 103 Mesh with hole s perimeter selected ssessesssssensssreserrrrssrrererrrressrerererressrressrereserereseerese 51 Figure 104 Mesh with spike reMoOved cccccccsssccccessececeesececcescccceusececeueeceeseuscceseueceesueeceeseneecesseneees 51 Figure 105 A grid of points sampled from a MeSh ssesssssssseessseesesrrrssrrrrssrrresrreresrrresrrreesrereserereseerese 51 Figure 106 Contours Parameters W
70. re are three main tabs Layers View As and Selectable Visible Layers You can select points meshes or modelled objects and assign them to a layer of their own This is useful if you wish to hide certain objects or group the same objects together e g assign all cylinders to their own layer View As You can set the resolution of object in the View As tab For example a mesh can be viewed in high resolution LOD Full Range or as a wireframe Ea View F rope ties po Layers Wi Selectable yisible Wiew As LOD Full Range 0O Show Object Cloud LOD Highest Complexity LOD Lowest Complexity Wi iretrarne Per Face Normals Figure 39 View Properties View As tab C R Kennedy amp Company Page 23 Select Visible Tab This tab gives you the option allowing an object to be visible and also selectable with the pick mode 3D Modelling Cyclone is a very powerful tool for modelling pipes steel beams valves boxes patches and other objects When modelling pipes and steel beams Cyclone can model to standard sizes To activate this mode click Create Object gt Use Parts Table You can choose the database to use by clicking Edit gt Object Preference There are five ways to model Region Grow Fit to Cloud Fit to Fence 2D Draw and Insert Object When modelling objects from the point cloud using Region Grow commands the objects point cloud will be made invisible At any time you can show the ob
71. rgets Scanner targets HDS target black white target or sohere target can be modelled in Cyclone Select the target with the pick mode You do not have to select the centre of the target Create Object gt Fit to Cloud gt Note you do not have to isolate the target If there is enough point data on the target Cyclone will automatically add a vertex in the centre of the target C R Kennedy amp Company Page 34 Modelling to standard sizes In Leica Cyclone you can create modelled objects to sizes ina Dy Object Preferences Modelspace 1 View 1 esm m database To do this click Edit gt Object Preferences and select ts We paas utomatically pick given point on selection Cylinder Center the Object Type When you next model this object Cyclone will 7 Catalog Parts Table to fit cloud and or override object creation f f Table ANSI AWWA_DIP_ENG Match Table Item Within best fit the dimensions to a list of standard sizes from a ltem 0 000 m_ Fit Tolerances Fit Constraints database itini Databases are located in the directory C Program Files Leica Geosystems Cyclone Lib Tables Creation Initial Values Merging models back into the original Model Space 0 000 108 Close Amy ae This ModelSpace was copied from another ModelS pace q d and can be merged back into the originating ModelSpace Figure 65 Object Preference
72. s Window Merge into original ModelSpace Remove link from orginal ModelSpace Delete after close Once the model has been made close down the ModelSpace windows and check Merge into Figure 66 Closing ModelSpace View original ModelSpace and Delete after close Object Handles Handles are contained in objects within Cyclone that are used to adjust the object s position orientation and size Handles are colour coded to indicate the movement type e Red Rotate e Orange Resize translate and snap e Blue Translate and snap You can move objects in Cyclone and restrict the movement to a 2 dimensional plane Edit Object gt Handles gt Constrain Motion To gt Left click on an orange handle and hold Ctrl to move an object Left click on an orange handle and hold Shift to will snap handles to each other Quick Move A modelled object can be moved easily with the Quick Move command Select 2 points on the model click on the blue handles with the multi pick mode then select two corresponding points on the point cloud and Edit Object gt Quick Move This is much faster than manually dragging an object C R Kennedy amp Company Page 35 Copying Multiple Models A modelled object can be copied multiple times This is useful for example if you wish to copy a steel beam every 5 metres in the X axis directions Select the object with the pick mode then click Create object gt Copy
73. scr O patecese tenudsaueneea 32 Top down view of cleaned up steel beam Note that the view is in orthographic mode not OES OC UI SIU Soc a TR 32 SV HS Se a aT T 33 eer Mammel BE eee ee ae eee ee ee eee 33 FCS SiS ea a essere hss eessere sce E E 33 Rectangular Steel Beam esms e r denv asanaenteneseepdeenieseaanenteeetee 33 wide Hanee Seel BEII cenn E A 33 Cyclone 9 0 can model steel beams using the multi pick method ssesssseseeesesreresrreserreress 34 Object Preferences WIndOW esssssssesssssresesrnssrrrsrreesrrnsrtrsstrnsrtrsrteustersrtesstenstresrtesstesseresreeseees 35 Closing ModelSpace VieW cccccssseccccssccecenseccceesececceecceeesececsueceseuneceeseusecesseecetsuneceeseges 35 3 Modelled objects ZrOUPEM ceeccccesseccccesscccceesececeeecccceesececeesececeeecceseusecesseneceeseneeeeees 36 Point coud OT SUC pate sce nat vedccnnasaursecscadanneceasinatennicostusinnoanuentenaeceenesatwcuGenanacbaveeracaternecoceuns 36 Fit Edge window with cross Section view ON point cloud cccccesseccceeseceeeeeseeeeeeseceseeneess 37 Point cloud with added polyline in grey cccccccssssccccessseccceeseseceseseeeeeecesseeeeeeeessaenneeess 37 moore Mod WNION meris an E saan cet ence E 38 GEO TS WOW aaa E 38 VG SENS Sot cee gin EAT 39 TRUVIEW Colour Map Settings ecsccesssccncevinscecestsctesasdonsbenucsdcesynndteonvecedearneeasvannsodeeaunmodsnnewecedue 39 AC N DO a E E T A EAN eee 40 Fence tools polygonal square circul
74. t Plane Origin at Pick Point Align the plan to the mesh Tools gt Reference Plane gt Rotate Sample the mesh against the plane Tools gt Mesh gt Sample Grid Hide the reference plane Tools gt Reference Plane gt Show Active Plane Hide the Mesh View gt Set Object Visibility Figure 105 A grid of points sampled from a mesh C R Kennedy amp Company Page 51 Creating Contours on a Mesh Select the mesh selection gt select all and click Tools gt Contour gt Create Mesh Interval between major contours 4 000 Number of minor intervals per major interval example enter 4 for three minor contour lines between each pair of major conbours Contours Extents Minimum Masimum E o oo Yoo ra z E 2 m 0 Measure Elevation From Label Contours Reference Plane Curent Coordinate System Figure 106 Contours Parameters windows Colouring the mesh based on elevation Edit Object gt Appearance gt Edit Global Colour Map Under Mode select Elevation Map Mode Elevation Map z Scheme Topo 3 BIGNeBrPuwh v Start 0 000 m x Delta 0 020 m Number of Colors 256 V Repeat Colors Outside Range an ies N ABnN Lamma Lorrection 0 4500 V Enable Global Color Map 2K Lee Figure 107 Mesh with contours and coloured based on elevation C R Kennedy amp Company Page 52 Calculating Volumes with Mesh You may have a need to calculate the vo
75. te the clearance height For example to calculate the minimum clearance height of a bridge over a road Tools gt Measure gt Clearances In this example a bridge is scanned from over 100m away using the Leica C10 whilst traffic was continually flowing om a single point we can see the bridge clearance is 17 4 ft we can measure the entire length quickly Figure 88 A point cloud of a bridge and freeway A ef Ay Figure 89 Patch on the road surface under the bridge Use the Fit Edge tool to place a polyline along the edge of the bridge Select the edge with the pick mode then click Create Object gt Fit Edge C R Kennedy amp Company Page 44 keno HOO 64 won OB SLAM htt 0 AO Ne eS bboweant KLE AShag a Zena SU0UCCd YUU Mer See bee Fin o fti eeO08e eQige Theme 7 oort cloud miesi Lect batta mien Dated Pick 68 398 H A EN Xy Eis Figure 90 Fit Edge tool Tools gt Measure gt Point to Unbounded Surface gives the true vertical distance to a patch In this example a different height is found in each lane By using the Fit Edge tool you can calculate better clearance values then picking points in the field by eye Figure 91 Clearance height distances from patch to polyline Measuring Clearances using Clearance Command Bridges clearances can also be calculated using the Clearance command without modelling patches or edges First you will need to use
76. the Layers command M The prefix of the current feature N The point number that will be assigned to the candidate feature created from the next pick MAST TOAMAOGOR gt C R Kennedy amp Company Page 61 JON SP U V Displays coordinate data for the current feature Click the arrow icon to edit the coordinate data Click the lock icon to keep that value constant Select a feature code library List of values for the available attributes The Create Lines area Select the creation of a polyline or polygon supply the Code Tags that will be prepended to each corresponding feature then click the Start button Click to customize the attributes displayed Invokes the Customize Lookup Lists command See Customize Lookup Lists for information on managing the libraries Visibility of each attribute in the graphical window Click to select or enter a value for the desired attribute W Undo last add features X Y Z Commit the candidate features Click to export current added features Click to close the Virtual Surveyor C R Kennedy amp Company Page 62 Points on a Grid Cyclone can place points within a fenced region by sampling the reference plane This is very similar to sampling a mesh against the reference plane Click Tools gt Points on a Grid View the point cloud top down Reference Plane Points On Grid Move Rotate Origin 0 000 Y 0 000 2 0 000 Y 48 B45
77. tings in Windows are set to Obtain an IP address Automatically These should be the default settings C Available Scanners ere eS Looking For Scanners Figure 1 C10 Data Copy program Click on Find Scanners gt Continue A window with two sections will appear The view on the left is the Scanner s Hard Drive The view on the rights is the PC s hard drive Select the Project and the destination folder click Copy Projects For Ok Tedi the destination folder is D laser scans Once finished close C10DataCopy and shut down the scanner Copy Raw files from the USB stick to the PC If you wrote files directly to the USB stick with the scanner plug the USB stick into your PC and copy the raw files to your PC for OK Tedi D laser scans Opening Cyclone Open Cyclone by clicking on the Cyclone icon on your desktop or Start gt All Programs gt Leica Geosystems gt Cyclone 8 0 gt Cyclone D This will open the Cyclone Navigator Gydton Figure 2 Leica Cyclone icon C R Kennedy amp Company Page 6 Dy Cyclone Navigator If you re running Cyclone for the first time you should turn off File Edit View Configure Create Survey mode it displays the individual scans in their own Tools Help folders Turn Surveyor off mode BP SERVERS Gm SHORTCUTS Edit gt Preferences gt Scan gt Survey Mode No SCANNERS Ensure that Level is set to Default Figure 3
78. tues buildings trees but more simple surfaces such as a road ora stockpile Creating a TIN Mesh Select the surface with the pick mode click Tools gt Mesh gt Create Mesh gt TIN Meshing You can view the mesh as a wireframe Highlight the mesh Ctrl A View gt View Object As gt Wireframe Figure 101 A TIN mesh when viewed as a solid Figure 101 A TIN mesh when viewed as a wireframe Removing Spikes from a Mesh When you mesh a surface occasionally random spikes will appear due to point cloud noise To remove the spikes fence the spike using one of the fence tools Right click Fence gt Delete Inside Figure 102 Mesh with spike Filling in hols in a Mesh Select the perimeter of the whole using the pick mode Tools gt Mesh gt Fill Selected Hole C R Kennedy amp Company Page 50 ae gt gt 7 S pie J 4 1 x I NATI Aa t A f i s 7 ba Fe jean Y all bent a Tad A 5 5 ete amp EAR e MaS Figure 104 Mesh with spike removed Figure 103 Mesh with hole s perimeter selected Sampling a TIN Mesh Note Cyclone 9 has introduced a Points on a Grid tool that is similar to this function A TIN mesh can be sampled against the reference plane to create a grid of points vertexes or as another mesh First add the reference plane Tools gt Reference Plane gt Show Active Plane Move the plane s origin to the mesh Tools gt Reference Plane gt Se
79. uecetsugeceesenes 45 Filtering noise from a flat smooth surface ceeeeeeseeeeececccccccceeeeeeueeeeseeeceecececsssseeeeeeeaueusnsnseeeeess 46 Alignment amp Sections Cyclone 8 0 cccssesccsosssscncossvecccnssscuenssscncoussesecussscneusseseoussecuenssseneuussene 47 Alignment amp Sections Cyclone 9 0 ccc ccecccccsssecccesececeeecceceseceeauececseneceeeeesecessunecessenecesseneeeetes 48 TUM SSCS aE E E E 50 Tenne HAMC eE A E E dara ieeeeacs seaeecene eaten swandeess 50 Removing Spikes from a MeSh esessssssssssssessrrrssrrrresrrrsssreresrrrsssrereserrnssreresererssreresererssrereserersseere 50 Fine m nob ma MES ansan ATE 50 Samping a TIN MESH iepr E A 51 Creating Contours ON a MESH 1 ccccccccssseccceeseccccenecccceesececsuecceseeeceeeeusecessusecesseneccessuecetsenecessenes 52 Colouring the mesh based on elevation weisccciciessoncdudssanacusdabesdsducensdacsvorcdusivoeasucdebeaiiienesadeccusnaancoens 52 Calculating Volumes with MeSh esssssssesssseesssreresrrrsssrrrssrrersserresrerreserreserereserresererssrrreserereserressre 53 Decimo inea MOS ee E ree nnn ee ee one 53 Extending a TIN Mesh to Break lines ccccccsseccccessececeesececeuececeeeecceeeuseceseeeceseuseceeeegeceeseeaeeetas 53 ANO e T E oan ec eawteouea eae 54 CIP E E EA E E N E ete eevee cate wnt A E A AE A E E A A E 55 PO IMME COUA DENS Iy oeo A dedsuataotedeatdecasancuoeiaeaidesgensesseteunase 55 PO COU RENGE ere E E 56 BLA IS EE
80. unify the registration that you have done Even though the registered ScanWorlds look like one single point cloud they are still treated as separate point clouds in a ModelSpace Unifying results in better resource allocation of your PC s memory C R Kennedy amp Company Page 19 dain E unity Coude A z Reduce Cloud Average Point Spacing 0 003 m Point Cloud Reduction No Point Claud Reduction C Low Point Cloud Reduction Medium Point Cloud Reduction C High Paint Cloud Reduction C Highest Point Cloud Reduction Figure 28 Unify cloud options Adding Renaming Targets To add a target Once you unify a ModelSpace you cannot un unify it So it s a good idea to a make a copy first To make a copy of a ModelSpace right click gt Copy then under the ModelSpace folder right click gt Paste To unify right click on the new ModelSpace gt Unify ModelSpace You have the option to reduce the point cloud density This is useful as it reduces the number of points in the cloud improving performance in Cyclone recommend a 3mm reduction in points for modelling purposes Once done click Unfiy Click on the centre of target with the Pick Mode and then Create Object gt Fit to Cloud gt HDS Target or Black White Target x Figure 29 Pick Mode icon To name or rename a target Click on the centre of target with the Pick Mode and then Tools gt Registration gt Add Edit
81. w WINGOW ccscccccssscccceesececeusececcesccecsesececeueceesenscceseuseceesegeceesenecesseneess 60 Figure 120 Virt al Surveyor WIG ccecssscnescacncwscanvacasatiensedavatsoueneaseiwentaecanadulesandcceewnehsasuineednveeimekieeumbensice 61 Fig re 121 Placing ground points on a grid sssssissssissirsssisisesrsrarktrr sss tuso sra niaes nE Eroa ETPA NENNT 63 Figure 122 Activating a new license on CLM sessssessssesssseesssrrrssrreresrrressrerssreressreresreresrrressrereserereseerese 68 Figure 123 Rehosting a license on CLM essssssssessseesesreresrreessrrrsssreresrrressreresreressrereseeresrreeesreresereeeseerese 69 Fig re 124 3D Reshaper Screenshot srera 75 C R Kennedy amp Company Page 78

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