New Device Support

• Added support for S1 USB

Other

• Minor fixes and improvements

New Features

• H3 Frame Editing Tool
  Find quick start guide from the link Frame Editing Tool Quick Start Guide
• Carbon Handheld Mode Support
  You need a specific system setup to enable this feature. Please contact our support for more details.

H3 Improvements

• Fixed cutplane crash issue
• Fixed the wrong coloring issue while scanning
• Fixed silent crash on marker alignment
  

Bug Fix & UX Improvements

• Scans will be properly ordered
• Disable marker point projection when scanning with marker dots
• Lower the camera exposure limit from 0.5 to 0.1
• Removed ScanWhite & Phase Live capture and added Capture Test button for phase and white patterns
• Fixed Export To Geomagic button bug

v3.3.22.1

New Features

• Support Trigger signals for all scanner models with external trigger input. ie. EVM, S1

H3 Improvements

• Increased average frame rate from 6 to 12FPS
• Improved data coverage during handheld scanning
• Improved H3 alignment speed and accuracy

Bug Fix & UX Improvements

• Fixed delayed start issue when the rotary table is not connected.
• 360 rotary scans with the Combine option now generate mesh correctly
• Setting images to the phase pattern now shows true scan brightness. (S1, H3, L6)

Localization

• Korean Localization Added
• Japanese Localization Improved

New Feature

• FlexScan3D Lite Version
• A new combine option introduced. Voxel Grid Combine
• Calibrate / Scan by importing Images. Now any camera can be calibrated and scan with FlexScan3D
• DirectShow Camera Support (i.e. Imaging Source, Cameras for David 3D Software)

Improvements

• H3 Texture Processing Improvement

v3.3.21.8

New Features

• Added button to remove the latest 5 scan data on Handheld Scanning
• Added Test Capture button to check real scan brightness of Compact L/S/H Series
• H3 Marker Alignment Beta Release
  (Requires >= H3 Firmware 3.2.0)

Improvements

• Improved H3 Alignment Performance
• Improved Depth Map Color Visualization on Handheld Scanning
• Improved H3 Scanning speed
  (Requires >= H3 Firmware 3.2.0)

• Fixed issues with FlexScan3D crashing when scanner disconnected. 
• Fixed issues with loading ply file which has Unicode characters. 
• Fixed issues with FlexScan3D crashing when wrong number is typed into the exposure edit box in G3 plugin.

Improvements

• Improved UI of the Network Configuration Tool.

• Fixed alignment errors when using marker detection and alignment. 
• Fixed 100% CPU usage issue when streaming live video with the ScanBox Plugin.  
• Fixed issues with the mesh decimation tool.
• Fixed issues with the mesh rebuilding tool.

Improvements

• Improved smooth merge clean up speed.

Added Features

• Circle Selection tool.
• Subtract mesh selection. The hotkeys are Ctrl + Alt + Mouse Drag.
• Point Cloud Alignment
• Point Cloud Finalization

Measurement Tool Updates

• Coordinate Tool has been renamed to Measurement Tool.
• The updated tool is easier to use and has a wider range of capabilities.

Calibration Tuning Updates

• Ballbar Tuning has been renamed to Calibration Tuning

New Hotkey Support

• FlexScan3D now supports Z axis moving using Shift + Alt + LMB + RMB. Previously, it only supported X-Y axis mesh moving

Reordering scan groups

• Scans can now be reordered from within the project window. Drag & Drop a scan to reorder it.

Smooth Merge Improvement

• The quality of smooth merge has been improved.

PLY Import

• You can now import PLY files into Flexscan3D.

Walkthrough

Compatibility

FlexScan3D 3.3.11 has been tested with the following spinnaker driver and HDI Compact Firmware: 

We cannot guarantee full functionality with other versions.

General

• New network config tool is bundled with FlexScan3D. It helps you to configure your network settings for HDI Compact series and TriggerBox v2.0
• Support Active Area and Spacing Interval configuration of HDI Compact C Series
• Improved mesh processing time for HDI Compact C Series

Drivers

• Beta Support for TriggerBox v2.0. Enables you to connect cameras to TriggerBox.
• Beta Support for HDI Compact L Series
• Support Basler color cameras.
  Not only capturing with color cameras, also white balance is adjustable to get precise color.
• PTGrey Spinnaker Driver stability improved.

Compatibility

We have tested FlexScan3D 3.3.10 with HDI Compact firmware v4.7.12.47. It might not work properly with the other version of firmware.

3.3.10.18

Bug Fix

• Alignment issue with HDI Compact L Series
• Marker Detection Crash issue

Improvement

• Faster Mesh Processing
• Alignment speed optimization

Drivers

• Support HDI Compact C with Master 100 for external trigger button

General

• New Render Entity tool for drawing 3D entities and building own Co-ordinate system.
• Added Option to change the resolution of TriggerBox.
• Fixed HDI Compact inactivity timeout issue.
• Fixed Scanner Settings UI issue.

Drivers

• Beta Support for Basler Pylon Drivers. Enables you to use Basler cameras.
  Pylon Driver is included in the installer.
• PTGrey Spinnaker Driver stability improved.
  Tested with BlackFly S and GigE interface cameras.
• Fixed HDI Compact IP Address crash.

Compatibility

We have tested FlexScan3D 3.3.9 with HDI Compact firmware v4.7.12.47. It might not work properly with the other version of firmware.

• New Co-ordinate System tool for exact positioning objects in space for Export and Deviation Comparison
• Re-Arranged the Mode Menu UI
• Added Option to render a ground plane, and render local co-ordinate axis
• Beta support for Geometric Entities

Drivers

Beta Support for PTGrey Spinnaker Drivers.
Enables you to use BlackFly S. You must install the SpinNaker drivers from PTGrey separately. It is not included in the install.

• Directly import / export Scanners to File / Camera
• Many small HDI Compact optimizations and minor bug fixes
• HDI Compact Rotary Calibration can be downloaded
• Select Primary Rotary Drivers

Scanning

• Finalize scans directly after a Rotary Scan
• Automatically apply co-ordinate translations to new scans
• Added support for new Deviation Analysis Algorithms (2 are now available)
• New Smooth Merge Algorithm, replaces old one, better results and 30% faster on large data-sets

• Added World Plane Visualization and Rendering
• Added Local Axis Rendering
• Fixed Rotary Calibration for the C210. (Previously only C109 was working)
• G3 Driver now remembers Exposure, FrameRate and automaticly sets minimum point spacing
• Support for Network Settings Changes