Starting from SCENE 2024.0 or SCENE LT 2024.0 you can upload SCENE projects to the cloud solution Sphere XG. It is also possible to download projects from Sphere XG and to make incremental uploads from SCENE to Sphere XG.
This feature is in continuous development. You may find more recent information on the FARO Knowledge Base.
NOTE:
You can only upload FARO Focus scans. The upload will fail if your project contains other scan file types, for example, created by the Orbis scanner, the legacy Freestyle or imported .e57 files.
The upload will fail if the SCENE project folder contains files that were added manually, for example, .csv files, .docx files, .e57 files.
You need a Sphere XG account to use this upload feature.
Sign into Sphere XG
In SCENE, click the Sphere XG profile icon
on the top right corner.
You are redirected to the Sphere XG sign-in page. If you are signed in, the icon picture changes to your initials.
The connection to Sphere XG is established in the browser. If the sign-in is successful, the Message Login successful - Switch to SCENE is displayed.
2. Go back to SCENE.
You may need to wait a few seconds until the workspace selector is displayed.
3. Select the Sphere XG workspace to which you want to upload the project.
Upload Project
NOTE:
You can only upload one project at a time.
If you want to upload more than one SCENE project at a time, you can open multiple SCENE instances.
You must have sufficient permissions to upload a SCENE project, i.e. the permission to create a project.
You can find an overview of roles and permissions in Overview of Roles and Permissions on the Workspace and Project Level in the Sphere XG user manual.A project point cloud must be available in the project if you want to see the 3D point cloud in the Sphere XG Viewer.
Open the SCENE project you want to upload.
On the Project tab, click the Upload button on tile Sphere XG.
Dialog Upload to Sphere XG is displayed.
Enter the Sphere XG project name you want.
This name can be different from the project name in SCENE.Select the workplace to which you want to upload the project.
Select the Group to which the project will be assigned in Sphere XG.
Click OK.
The upload process will begin.
When the upload is finished, the Sphere XG tile in the tab Project will turn green.
To open your project, go to Sphere XG and go to the previously selected workspace. Click here if you are using EU server.
Download a Project from Sphere XG
Open SCENE, sign into Sphere XG and select the workspace as described above, then follow the steps below:
On the Projects Overview page select Show Cloud.
Click the three-dots icon on the tile of the project that you want to download.
Select Light Download or Full Download, see further explanations below.
If you click the project tile when Show Cloud is selected, SCENE will automatically start a light download of the project.
When a project is downloaded, you will notice that the scan point clouds and the project point cloud are not present in the project. This is to minimize the amount of data that is uploaded/downloaded. You should recreate them if they are needed.
Full download: Downloads the entire SCENE project as described above.
Light Download: Downloads only the project structure and metadata. The scans are only downloaded when they are loaded in SCENE. The light download allows you to easily and efficiently add or remove scans in existing large projects without the need to download the entire project.
You can find more detailed information and tutorials on the FARO Knowledge Base.
Synchronize Changes with Sphere XG from within SCENE
Once you have uploaded a project to Sphere XG, it is possible to make changes in your SCENE project and synchronize those changes with Sphere XG. Once the changes are synchronized, they will be visible in the Sphere XG Viewer.
The following changes can be synchronized:
Added and removed scans.
Modified registration of the existing scans.
Modified scans, e.g. reprocessed, points cleaned.
Modified project point cloud.
This is a major improvement compared to the existing WebShare Cloud workflow where a new WebShare Cloud project had to be created for every project update. With Sphere XG it is easy and efficient to perform incremental updates on uploaded projects.
To synchronize the changes:
Save the project.
The Sphere XG tile is highlighted yellow and the Sync button is enabled to indicate that the project is no longer in sync with Sphere XG.
Click the button Sync.
You can find more detailed information and tutorials on the synchronize functionality on the FARO Knowledge Base.
Change the Workspace
Click the Sphere XG icon in the top right corner of your SCENE window.
The following dialog is displayed:
Open the dropdown list and select the workspace you want.
Click OK.
Sign out of Sphere XG
Click the Sphere XG icon in the top right corner.
The Log off or choose the Sphere XG workspace dialog is displayed, see above.
Click Log Out, then click OK.
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
How to resume an aborted upload?
Go to the Project tab.
The Sphere XG tile will show a Resume upload button.Click this button to resume the upload.
How to re-upload a SCENE project that has been previously uploaded?
Open the project
From the project tab, you can remove the existing connection between your SCENE project and the Sphere XG project by clicking the Delete icon next to the Sphere XG link (see figure below). Note that the connection between the project in SCENE and the project in Sphere XG cannot be re-established once it is deleted.
Note that these steps may also work when uploading a project fails.
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