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Best Practices for using the Sphere Viewer
Best Practices for using the Sphere Viewer

In the new Sphere Viewer you can easily align point cloud data with your floor plan.

Sepehr Rezai avatar
Written by Sepehr Rezai
Updated over a week ago

This article will get you into the best practices for using the Sphere Viewer


Learn more about Sphere Viewer in the following articles


Best Practices

Note:

If there are any further questions or problems please feel free to reach out to us via email at support@holobuilder.com , use the live chat feature in the bottom right corner or simply contact your go-to HoloBuilder representative.

  1. Open your project in HoloBuilder using the “Open in Sphere Viewer” button.

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  2. Once you have opened the HoloBuilder project in Sphere Viewer, click on the
    Connect Point Cloud button in the upper right corner.

    SphereViewer-ConnectPointCloud.png


    Note:

    Currently, only the following HoloBuilder roles can connect a point cloud
    Project Manager
    Enterprise Admin


  3. Login to your FARO® Sphere Account (where you have uploaded your scans).

    SphereViewer-LoginSphereViewer.png

  4. Confirm the connection of your HoloBuilder project with Sphere.

    Sphere Viewer Connection HoloBuilder

  5. Select the workspace to create a Sphere copy of the HoloBuilder project in, that will synchronize automatically.

    Selecting Sphere Workspace

  6. Select your Point Cloud from the panel on the right.
    Make sure to select the correct floor plan on the left.

    Point Cloud UI

  7. Align the Point Cloud using 2 points.

    Note:

    This does not change the Point Cloud scaling, this 2 - point alignment method scales the floor plan t the point cloud.

  8. Set the height of the Point Cloud relative to the floor plan.

    SphereViewer-SetHeightPointCloud.png

  9. Confirm the alignment. A new linked project will now be created in your Sphere Account.

Note:

If there are any further questions you can always reach us via email at support@holobuilder.com , use the live chat feature in the bottom right corner or simply contact your go-to HoloBuilder representative.

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