Konica Minolta VI-910 User Manual

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Chapter 
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File
Menu
9i
910
900
700
300
File – Import – Elements
Importing Scanned Data
This command is used to import the raw scan data that was saved when the object was scanned by the VIVID 
(VI) series digitizer.
 Operating Procedure 
1
  From the [File] menu, select [Import] 
and then click [Elements].
The [File-Import-Elements] dialog box will ap-
pear.
•  The dialog box shows a list of files. If all the files 
cannot be displayed on one page, a scroll bar will 
be displayed.
2
  From the [File of type] pull-down menu, 
select the format of importing data.
Item
Explanation
CAM (*.cam)
Scan data for VIVID 300 
or 700
CDM (*.cdm)
Scan data for VIVID 900 
or 910
CDK (*.cdk)
Scan data for VIVID 9i
STL (*.stl)
ASCII or Binary-type STL.
3
  Select the file you want to import.
If you select an element file with the attached 
image and you have also checked the Preview 
box, the display area will show a preview im-
age.
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emo
•  If you select data files having two or more data, the 
[BACKWARD] and [FORWARD] buttons will be 
active, allowing you to display a preview image of each 
data.
•  It is possible to select two or more files by clicking 
them while holding down the [Shift] or [Ctrl] key. If 
two or more files are selected, the preview image can 
be switched from one file to another using the [BACK-
WARD]
 and [FORWARD] buttons.
Note
•  It is not possible to select files of different formats.
•  Although it is possible to import STL format data, no
guarantee will be given if it contains illegal polygons.
4
  Set various parameters including re-
duce rate.
•  Select the desired rate from “1/1”, “1/4”, “1/9”, 
“1/16” and “No polygon” by selecting from the 
[Reduction Rate]
 pull-down menu. “Adaptive” is 
able to be selected when the CDK format is setting.
•  If you want to generate points to fill in holes caused 
by missing data, set the [File Holes] setting to “On”.
•  The [Remove] pull-down menu lets you select 
which points to remove from the imported data.
   You can set this to any of the following: “None”, 
“Boundary(B.)”, “5deg. & B.”, “10deg. & B.”, 
“15deg. & B.”, or “20deg. & B.”
•  If you want to filter the imported data, select the 
appropriate parameter from the [Filter] pull-down 
menu.