File – import – elements – Konica Minolta Polygon Editing Tool User Manual

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Chapter

File
Menu

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.