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System Settings

System settings change how the app works.

GeneralSettingsSaved settings

General

Following setting can be quickly turned on/off: 

  • Globe - Global terrain model and background maps. When OFF hides terrain and background maps.
  • Project plane - Virtual project place if import is set to use Plane mode
  • Antialiasing - Edge smoothing
  • Shadows - Shadows from sunlight
  • HUD - Information display about rendering speed like fps
  • Save Battery - Saves batery by not rendering when nothing is changing in 3D View
  • Ambient occlusion - Lighting effect that simulates light bouncing from surfaces
  • Inspector tool - Special tool to inspect model objects, only used for special technical analysis cases
  • Bounding volume - Shows dataset bounding volumes, only used for special technical analysis cases

Settings

Following settings can be adjusted in detail: 

  • Background color - Adjust background color which is shown when Globe is set OFF
  • Camera settings - Adjust camera FOV (field of view) and view direction shift corrections
  • Sensor settings - Adjust how sensor data is read and processed. Mainly used for special cases for technical testing.
  • Navigation - Project specific navigation settings like maximum view distance from project content and disable navigation under terrain model
  • Render settings - Adjust rendering settings for antialiasing, rendering resolution, model loading detail levels, point cloud pint visualization styles.
  • Record data - Record sensor data. Mainly used for special cases for technical testing.
  • Import - Adjust import settings for different data types. Not recommended for users to change these unless advised in special cases.
  • Ambient occlusion - Adjust ambient occlusion effect rendering settings.
  • Globe - Adjust global terrain transparency and transparency fading based on distance, and option to make models always show in front of terrain.
  • Fog- Adjust Fog effect settings
  • Lighting - Adjust Sun and Skylight lighting and shadow casting settings
  • Effects - Adjust visual effect settings like brightness, contrast and saturation

Saved settings

Following settings are saved into viewpoints, topics and user's active session, and are reloaded when those are re-opened, or when user re-opens same project later:

  • Camera view
  • Current timeslider time
  • Data source visiblity and clipping
  • Rendering settings like shadows