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10 Chapter 1. IDEA - the application for Scan in a Box

1.1.3 Toolbar

The toolbar shown in Figure 1.4 collects all IDEA’s tools, subdivided in colors based on their function.

Figure 1.4: Toolbar.

1.1.3.1 Project management (orange)

Organizes the commands to open, close, save and load projects; it also allows to import and export individual

elements of a project.

• New project: it creates a new project;

• Load project: it loads an existing project;

• Save project: it saves the current project;

• Save as: it saves the current project with a new name;

• Close project: it closes the current project;

• Import: loads preexisting data in the current project;

• Export: saves selected data outside the current project;

• Exit: closes the IDEA application.

1.1.3.2 Acquisition (bordeaux)

These are all the commands that regulate the acquisition process.

Figure 1.5: Acquisition settings.

The settings panel (Figure 1.5) will be shown after connecting the scanner with the button open head .

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Surface color

: sets the threshold for the elimination of the darkest areas

of the image that, in general terms, are not to be captured: the brighter the selection, the more extended

the deleted areas;

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Alignment

: determines the type of alignment applied at the end of the scanning process;

in the ﬁrst case no alignment is applied; the second, calibrated axes alignment, is available if the turn

table is present and calibrated;

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Projected Image

: allows the selection of an image to project on the object. It is

possible to choose between White, Gray Code, or Phase shift. This is useful for setting the focus of

the projector;

• Color auto adjustment

: it allows to automatically adapt the color balance of the cameras. It

requires to focus the scanner on a white sheet that has to be bigger than the scanning area;

• Depth: sets the maximum depth threshold (with respect to the Z axis)of the scan;

• Measurement advanced parameters: it sets the basic parameters of the cameras:

– Gain: allows to regulate the light ampliﬁcation factor;

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Clock: is the timing of the acquisition cycle: higher clock value means higher speed, but if it was

to be set too high it could saturate the USB bus, jeopardizing the scan;

– Frame rate: is the number of images per second acquired by the cameras;