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How to set the Scale of a Sheet or Grid in the Sphere XG Viewer
How to set the Scale of a Sheet or Grid in the Sphere XG Viewer

Learn more on how to set the scale for sheets in your Sphere XG project for more accurate visualizations, e.g. of the VideoMode path.

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Written by Anna-Azize Adami
Updated over a week ago

You can set the scale of the sheet so that you can define which length on the sheet or grid corresponds to which length in real life. Sheets which are created from uploaded data, for example from CAD files, are already scaled correctly.

1. Click the three-dots icon of the sheet to open the dropdown menu.

2. Select menu item Set Scale. The mouse pointer changes to crosshairs .

3. Click two points on the sheet.

After you have clicked the second point, the popup Enter the real-world distance of the line is shown.

4. From the dropdown list, select the measurement unit you want (metric and imperial units are available).
​5. Enter the real-world distance.

Setting a sheet scale on the FARO Sphere XG Viewer - Enter the real-world distance of the line

6. Click outside the popup to close it and confirm your entries.

7. Optional: click icon on the right side of the screen to make a colored sheet black and white, see also Make a Sheet Black and White.

8. Click button Apply Changes in the top right corner of the screen to apply the scale to your sheet and return to the Sphere XG Viewer.

You can edit or delete a scale later, see below.

For more detailed information, see our Sphere XG User Manual.

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