Release of ScanCenter NG 2021.1

What's new in ScanCenter 2021.1 release 

Key features:

Scanning

• Improved scanning versatility and convenience by implementing the "Add to the selected group" option. 

• During scanning, you can add incoming meshes to any group inside the project. It is available for all scanning modes including scanning with a turntable.

Processing

• New "Combined smoothing" function added.

• It performs fast local deletion of scanning defects, markers and other unnecessary artifacts as well as mending surfaces with holes, which significantly speeds up the preparation before creating a resulting model. Located in the Smoothing menu.

• Improved brush selection of processed meshes

• Renewed work logic in three-windowed manual alignment mode:

• synchronized mesh display in different windows,

• blocked movement of Fixed meshes,

• added colour highlights for aligned meshes,

• added multi-selection by Ctrl + Alt + LMB.

• Expanded and improved Hole filling algorithm

• significantly increased the border detection speed,

• added two methods for filling holes with flat surfaces,

• changed the approximation process of hole filling direction vector,

• added noise deletion,

• added deletion of up to three triangle rows around borders,

• improved algorithm stability and surface patch quality.

• Expanded the scaling functionality

• increased the accepted coefficient range from 0,1 - 100 to 0,01 - 10 000,

• added separate scaling coefficients for different coordinate axes,

• added the option to simultaneously scale any number of selected meshes.

• Improved surface texturing

• added the texture pixels' weight values to the texture processing algorithms,

• included the ability to turn off projected light during the texture capture phase.

Scene visualization

• New mesh display option developed - Transparency

• Improved visualization of meshes less than 5mm in size

• Moved the tolerance scale settings to the interface

• Moved the scene visualization settings to the interface

• Added dimension lines for cylinder and sphere diameters

• Improved mesh visualization in Perspective projection mode when Move to the centre option is activated

Service

• Added the Help section containing links to educational content and software updates

• Added the Hotkeys list

• Moved the available software updates indicator to the interface

• Moved the expert scanning and processing settings to a dedicated tab. The Vibration detection and Focus assessment settings have been moved to the expert settings tab.