Groups


A group is a cluster of items composing the project.

You can create and manage the groups from the context menu.

To create a group you only have to open the context menu of a data type folder by right-clicking on it and select the New group… command.


To populate a group you have:

  • to move a selection of items from a previous position (to a new one) with Move command from the context menu of the selection
  • to paste the selection of items in the new group, with Paste in group command from the context menu of the new group.


A potential hyperlink is visible in the Property Browser of a group. 

Here is also possible to set a Registration role for all the scans inside the group:

  • None
  • Same as parent: to set as registration role the same role of a higher level group
  • Children move together: if a single scan is moved in the 3D space, all the other scans in the group move together, as a rigid system

These roles are used to make a scans registration through groups.


You can also create a group made up of different data type objects. As is seen in the picture at its side this possibility is useful to put together all the items of a single sub-project, for example. 


 To move out by a group an object, the Ungroup command from the context menu of the object is the way.


To delete a Group you have two ways:

  • open the contextual menu of the group (click on RMB) and select Remove Group command
  • starting from a selection of (also) several objects click [Canc] on keyboard. According to the selection, a different


When deleting a not empty group with Canc, it is asked if you want to delete the objects inside or not.

Don't remove a not empty group if included in a heterogeneous multi-selection.