FARO
®
Laser Scanner Manual
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Chapter 7: Controller Software
Factory Predefined Scan Profiles Overview
Indoor...10m Indoor 10m... Outdoor...20m Outdoor 20m... Preview Object HD
Description
Scan
indoors
where the
distances
from the
scanner to
the main
objects of
interests are
less than
10m
Scan
indoors
where the
distances
from the
scanner to
the main
objects of
interests are
greater than
10m
Scan out-
doors where
the dis-
tances from
the scanner
to the main
objects of
interests are
less than
20m
Scan out-
doors where
the dis-
tances from
the scanner
to the main
objects of
interests are
greater than
20m
Capture a
fast and
rough pre-
view scan of
the environ-
ment in low
resolution.
Scan certain
objects or
areas in very
high resolu-
tion. It is rec-
ommended
to limit the
scan area to
the object or
area of inter-
est, else the
scan might
take very
long to com-
plete.
Quality
3x 4x 4x 4x 4x 6x
Vertical Area
-60° - 90° -60° - 90° -60° - 90° -60° - 90° -60° - 90° -60° - 90°
Hor. Area
0° - 360° 0° - 360° 0° - 360° 0° - 360° 0° - 360° 0° - 360°
Inclinometer
ON ON ON ON ON ON
Compass
ON ON ON ON ON ON
Altimeter
ON ON ON ON ON ON
Use GPS
OFF OFF ON ON ON ON
Color
ON ON ON ON OFF ON
Clear Contour
ON ON ON ON ON ON
Clear Sky
ON ON ON ON ON ON
Distance
Range
Near Near Normal Far
Distances
Normal Near
The following values refer to full area scans (360° horizontally / 300° vertically):
Resolution
(MPts)
11 28.2 28.2 44 2.8 176.0
Net Scan
Duration
(hh:mm:ss)
00:05:11 00:08:52 00:08:52 00:09:12 00:01:27 01:58:49
Scan File Size
(mb)
190.70 243.88 243.88 171.18 8.53 2338.20
Scan Size (Pt)
5156 x 2134 8248 x 3414 8248 x 3414 10310 x
4268
2578 x 1068 20622 x
17066