Software Tips & Tricks: Geomagic - Showing all the Polygons

When working in the software, it sometimes appears that the polygon model has many holes in it.


The reason for this is that the model has many polygons. To help the computer system, especially the graphics card, the software reduces the number of polygons on the screen. This is only graphical. If this is not preferred, you can go to the “Manager Panel” and press the little computer. Almost at the bottom you can change the settings for that particular model.


When you know your graphics card is good enough to handle many polygons in a model, it’s also possible to change the threshold to switch to less polygons on the screen in a more permanent way.

Go to: Tools – Options – under “Graphics” – Primitive Settings. Here you can change the number of points, ordered points, and/or polygons from where less will be shown on the screen.

3D Laser Scanning to Convert Building into BIM

Building Information Modeling or BIM is defined as: “the process of generating and managing building data during its life cycle. It typically uses 3-dimensional, real time, dynamic building modeling software to increase productivity in building design and construction.”

In today’s world of advancing technology, cost management systems, computer aided drafting and project management, the construction industry is steadily experiencing a revolutionary change. Life cycles of the building process are dramatically decreasing. With companies such as Clark Construction Group LLC and Hunt Construction Group leading the way with BIM, it’s no wonder why more projects will be built more efficiently than ever. Their most recent project is phase IV of the Veteran Administration’s Southern Nevada Healthcare System medical campus. Direct Dimensions was called in to laser scan the facility with the FARO Laser Scanner Photon. With a range of 395FT. the Photon was able to capture large areas with extreme detail. It is these high resolutions cans that provided the necessary information for the contractors to be used to avoid spatial issues prior to installing plant systems in the existing facility.

To read the full article on 3D Scanning in BIM and the FARO Photon, click HERE.