VIDEO: Reference Distance Targeting
This brief tutorial highlights the reference measurement capabilities available in Dot3D Pro 5.0 & up for iOS, Windows & Android.
With a little extra effort, gain a lot of extra confidence! The ability to reference known measurements in Dot3D is one of its most powerful features. Utilize this capability to apply known target-to-target distances (via tape measure, laser disto, etc.) as added constraints for improved optimization and resulting accuracy. This procedure will deliver even more accurate results on every scan (so long as your measurements are accurate!) by leveraging these known measurements as hard constraints to be directly applied to optimization (in addition to all the usual automatic optimization procedures).
During this process, you'll notice a greyed-out preview of each measurement before you enter it. Please note that this preview is just a sanity check to make sure none of your measurements are way off, and is not necessarily representative of the numbers you'll be entering or the resulting distances after optimization. These grey previews are just the unoptimized values and serve as your chance to double check that your own measurements are at least very roughly similar. For example, this might prevent you from accidentally using the wrong units or applying your measurements to the wrong set of targets, etc. It's always nice to avoid those headaches!
With a little extra effort, gain a lot of extra confidence! The ability to reference known measurements in Dot3D is one of its most powerful features. Utilize this capability to apply known target-to-target distances (via tape measure, laser disto, etc.) as added constraints for improved optimization and resulting accuracy. This procedure will deliver even more accurate results on every scan (so long as your measurements are accurate!) by leveraging these known measurements as hard constraints to be directly applied to optimization (in addition to all the usual automatic optimization procedures).
During this process, you'll notice a greyed-out preview of each measurement before you enter it. Please note that this preview is just a sanity check to make sure none of your measurements are way off, and is not necessarily representative of the numbers you'll be entering or the resulting distances after optimization. These grey previews are just the unoptimized values and serve as your chance to double check that your own measurements are at least very roughly similar. For example, this might prevent you from accidentally using the wrong units or applying your measurements to the wrong set of targets, etc. It's always nice to avoid those headaches!