Groups Tab

“Groups” Tab

This tab is used to work with groups of reference points.

CAD drafting Groups Tab 0

Table columns description

Group	The name of the group
Unused	Flag displays that group does not used in registration. It is not possible to switch this flag manually.
Disabled	Flag displays, that group is excluded from registration.
Base	Marks base group.
Visibility	Displays that group shows in active viewport.
Number of points	The number of reference point in the group.

Flags may be set in the context menu. The context menu of an active tab is duplicated in the Edit menu of the dialog.

Grouping

Order groups by one of the flags:

CAD software Groups Tab 1

Screenshot below displays grouping by Unused flag:

CAD drawing Groups Tab 2

Context menu

Intended for different operations with groups of reference points.

To open the context menu, select one or several groups and click right mouse button.

CAD drafting Groups Tab 3

Menu items:

Enable	Includes group (groups) in registration.
Disable	Excludes group (groups) from registration.
Show	Makes group (groups) visible in the model space.
Hide	Makes group (groups) invisible in the model space.
Zoom	Centers the view on the group selected in the table.
Set base	Marks selected group as base group. More than one group may be marked as base at the same time:
Unset base	Unsets Base attribute from group.
Identify unnamed reference points…	Opens dialog to identify unnamed reference points:
Rename…	Opens dialog to rename group: It is possible to name a group identically to one of point clouds loaded in document. Note: Names of groups cannot contain unacceptable symbols (\/*:”<>\|) and cannot coincide with names, which are reserved by operation system (CON, PRN, NUL, etc.)
Information…	Displays group information: Information may be saved to HTML file.
Apply transformation…	This item makes available only for one selected group and only after successful registration.
Remove	Removes selected group from registration.
Export transformation…	This item makes available only after successful registration. It allows to save transformation data, obtained after registration, into a text file:
Select all	Selects all groups in the table.
Unselect all	Unselects all groups in the table.