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Smoothing PropertyManager

Smoothing the mesh can help rectify jagged or unrefined areas. You can smooth the entire mesh or only local regions.

You cannot undo smoothing once you click . If you need to remove smoothing, cancel and re-start the Mesh Prep Wizard.

Global Smoothness. Drag the slider to smooth the entire mesh.

Before smoothing

 

 

After smoothing

Local Smoothness. Use the selection tools to select the area on the mesh, then move the slider to smooth that area.

  • Box Selection

  • Lasso Selection

  • Polygon Selection

  • Allow selection depth adjustment. Lets you set the selection depth of the mesh to smooth. The depth selection bounding box is based on your view into the model.

Boundary Smoothness. Smoothes and relaxes the boundary. The yellow-colored boundary becomes smoother as you drag the slider to the right.

Related Topics

ScanTo3D Overview



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