Faro FOCUS - Panocam Scanning; Expediting the Scanning Process

PanoCamScanning
WiththePanoCammountingbracketandcameraattached,poweredon,andcalibrated,usethesteps
requiredtoperformanyscanwiththeFocusLaserScanner.
FollowingareconditionstoconsiderwhenusingtheLaserScannerwiththepanoramiccamera.
NOTE: Thepanoramiccamerasignificantlyimprovesthespeedofthecolorscanningprocess;however,
theFocusscanner'sinternalcameraproducesscanswithsuperiorcoloroverlayquality,andfewer
occlusion(parallax).
TheRicohThetaZ1isnotwaterprooforwaterresistant,andshouldnotbeusedintherainormoist
environments.RefertotheRicohThetaZ1instructionmanualforoperatingrequirements,maintenance,and
otherinstructions.Waterdroplets,fog,ordustonthefish-eyelensesofRicohThetaZ1degradesthecolor
capturequality.Donotperformsystemcalibrationscansinwet,rainy,ordustyenvironments.
DuringstoringandtransportoftheRicohThetaZ1,protectthefish-eyelenseswiththesoftcover.Protect
thelensesfromdirt,scratchesanddamage.MakesureyourRicohThetaZ1fish-eyelensesarealwaysclean
andfreeofscratches.
FollowingarebasicstepsforperformingascanwiththePanoCammountingbracketandcamerainstalled:
NOTE: FordetailedinformationaboutscanningwiththeFocusLaserScanner,seetheFAROFocus
LaserScannerUserManual.
1.Setthescanparameters,suchasresolution,quality,angles,etc.
2.Startandcompletethescan.
3.Poweroffthepanoramiccameraandthescanner.
4.RemovetheSDcardfromthescannerandprocessthescanprojectwithSCENE.
ExpeditingtheScanningProcess
AddingthePanoCamaccessorysignificantlyreducesscanningtimeforprojectsthatrequirenumerouscolor
images.Followingarerecommendationsforexpeditingtheon-sitescanningprocesswhenusingthe
PanoCamaccessory.
l YoucanmovetheFocusscannerimmediatelyaftertheTheRicohThetaZ1capturesthelastimagein
thescan.Thepanoramiccameraemitsabeepsoundafteritcapturesanimage,andthescannerGUI
displaysthestatusmessage,"Post-Processing".Duringpost-processing,datatransferoccursandyoucan
freelymovethescannertothenextscanposition.Startthenextscanwhenthescanpreviewdisplays.
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