12 Post-Processing
T-Scan Collect offers the possibility to automatically post-process the acquired 3D surface data
in order to create a triangle mesh.
To automatically post-process the data, click the
Post-Processing
icon in the standard toolbar
or choose
Edit
Post-processing
. The following dialog appears:
During automatic post-processing, the separate surface measurement data sets are combined
to an overall triangle mesh (data such as reference points or polylines are not affected). In the
process, the individual data sets are pre-decimated and then combined to a single triangle
mesh. The result is further processed to remove small isolated fragments, outliers and to
reduce noise. Afterwards, the mesh is decimated once again to reduce the number of
triangles. Optionally, the mesh is smoothed in a final step.
Tolerance for pre-decimation
To use reasonable values for pre-decimation, it is recommended to run a data analysis first. To
do so, press the button for
Data analysis
. The following dialog appears: