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Figure 6.1: Menu ”Shape Fusion“
Figure 6.2: Single scans prior to alignment, arbitrarily arranged
6. Alignment and Fusion of Multiple Scans
6.1. Menu ”Shape Fusion“
This menu provides functions to 1. align and 2. fuse/merge
several scans into a single 360° model. The fused object
subsequently can be exported to various formats, to be used
e.g. for 3D printing.
In the following, we will describe the general case how to
fuse variously positioned scans. Notes on special cases and
more detailed information can be found on
http://www.david-3d.com/manual
6.2. Alignment of Multiple Scans
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In general, the individual scans are collected via the
”Add to List“
button during scanning. You can
import more scans (OBJ) into the List of Scans - either by drag and drop from the Explorer, or using the
”+“ icon below the list.
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In the list individual scans can be made visible/invisible by click on .
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If you want, you can clean up your scans with the ”cleaning“ tool. At this point, you should delete
only surface segments that are not helpful for the alignment, e.g. do not delete surfaces that multiple
scans have in common.
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Using the buttons you can arrange all scans side by side, to get a good overview.