You can align point clouds to a sheet. If you do not have a sheet, you can also use the grid supplied by Sphere XG to align your point cloud in a symmetrical way.

A sheet (floorplan in Sphere Legacy) a 2D image that can be used to get an overview of an area. It is created by users, software or a CAD system. A sheet may include text, a legend and scale information. Typically, sheets are exported floorplans in .pdf, .png format or sometimes .jpg format.

You must add a sheet to your project upon project creation. You can add further sheets to your project later via the Import button, see below.

1. After you have created a new project, click Open in Sphere XG.
The following form is displayed:

2. Enter a sheet name.
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3. Add a sheet via drag&drop or select the file you want from your file system.
Currently supported file types are .pdf, .png, .jpeg/.jpg.
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4. Rotate and crop the sheet as required, see description below.
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3. Click Use Grid if you do not have a sheet.
In this case a simple grid is added. You can go back to the initial form by clicking Select a Different Image.

4. Click Import to either import your sheet or add a grid to your project.

The Sphere Viewer is displayed with either the sheet or the grid in the project area. Grids have a vertical numerical scale and a horizontal alphabetical scale.

After you have selected a sheet, you can rotate and crop it with the toolbar buttons.

Rotates the sheet clockwise in 90 steps.

Displays a crop preview on the sheet which you drag to increase or decrease in size.

If you want to read the most recent translation of this article in a language currently not available in this Help Center, refer to the Sphere XG User Manual here under .

By default, you must add a sheet to your project upon project creation. However, you can import further sheets via the Import button in the Sphere XG Viewer.