3D Toolbar

Accept the current spreadsheet modification. This button is enabled only if a graphic editing is in progress.

Cancel the current modification and restore previous values (if any). This button is enabled only if graphic editing is in progress.

Enables the Z-Axis Height Color Map and the Color Map Legend, indicating the height of the point cloud points along the Z-axis, relative to the height coloring setup in the Spreadsheet Editor.

Point cloud with color mapping disabled	Point cloud with color mapping enabled

When color mapping is enabled, the warmer the point is, the closer it is to the top threshold (i.e., it is "higher" in the working space of the sensor). Consequently, the colder it is, the closer it is to the bottom threshold (i.e. the lower it is in the working area of the sensor).

Fits the 3D point cloud to the display. The point cloud will automatically scale to be maximally displayed in the viewer. The original aspect ratio of the point cloud is also maintained, therefore it may not fill the viewer completely.

Toggles a 3D grid around the point cloud, indicating the planes, axes and distances within the point cloud space.

Allows you to switch between Mesh Mode ()and Point Cloud Mode () in the 3D viewer as shown below. This setting is disabled if the vision system supports only one of these modes.

Point Cloud Mode	Mesh Mode

Allows you to switch between the orthographic and perspective views of the acquired image data.

• In orthographic view, all principal axes and planes of the point cloud are parallel with the projection plane, and lines of the same length all appear equal. In this view, there is no vanishing point, and parallel lines never touch. This view therefore makes it easier to compare various areas (e.g. multiple objects) of the point cloud, as there is no viewpoint and/or distance distortion. This is the default setting.

  

• In perspective view, closer areas of the point cloud appear bigger, the vanishing point exists, and parallel lines of the object(s) touch at infinity. As such, this mode provides a better sense of depth.

  

Click the button to enable perspective view, and click the button to switch back to the default orthographic view.

Enables or disables ambient directional Lambert lighting in the 3D scene. When disabled, lighting is cast from the Z-axis. When enabled, it comes from the 3D viewer camera perspective.

Lambert Lighting disabled	Lambert Lighting enabled

Changes the view to display the point cloud on the Y and Z-axes, in a reverse X-axis direction (in other words, shows the point cloud "from the left").

Changes the view to display the point cloud on the Z-axis and a reverse Y-axis, in an X-axis direction (in other words, shows the point cloud "from the right").

Changes the view to display the point cloud on the Z-axis and a reverse Y-axis, in an X-axis direction (in other words, shows the point cloud "from the right").

Change the view to display the point cloud on the Y-axis and a reverse X-axis, in a Z-axis direction. In other words, this view shows the point cloud "from the bottom", with the perspective aimed toward the camera sensor.

Changes the view to display the point cloud on the Z-axis and a reverse X-axis, in a reverse Y-axis direction. In other words, this view shows the point cloud "from the front", and the orientation on-screen is as if looking at the inspected part facing from camera-to-laser in front of the 3D vision system.

Changes the view to display the point cloud on the X and Z-axes, in a Y-axis direction. In other words, this view shows the point cloud "from the back side", and the orientation on-screen is as if looking at the inspected part facing from camera-to-laser behind the 3D vision system.

Changes the view to isometric, with all three coordinate axes appearing equally foreshortened, and the angle between any two of them being 120 degrees. This is the default perspective.