Tutorial: How to Use Wall-to-Wall Constraints for Targetless Accuracy Improvement in Dot3D

Tutorial: Using Wall-to-Wall Constraints for Targetless Accuracy Improvement in Dot3D


Wall-to-wall constraints have arrived in Dot3D 6.1+. This quick tutorial shows you how to take advantage of them in your Dot3D scans for automatic, targetless accuracy improvement. This new capability is now available before optimization in Dot3D, allowing users to:

1. Reference known measurements between parallel walls (without targets).
2. Easily flag pairs of walls as being parallel/antiparallel to each other.
3. Easily flag two areas of the same wall to ensure a continuous flat surface.

This feature is designed primarily for interiors but can be applied to any scene with large surfaces you trust as being parallel/antiparallel to each other. If more unsure of the angles of walls in relation to each other, target measurements still remain the better option.

Head on over to Targeting & Constraints after scanning to give this exciting new feature a try today.

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