SOL Viewer: All you need to know

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Toolbar:

The toolbar or button bar allows you to access common features quicker.

• Open Collection - Allows you to open previously scanned files

• Open - Browse to a location to open the supported file types

• Save As - Save the file into any location and under the support file types

• P3d.in – This option allows you to share the scan to our P3D platform

• Facebook – Share to FB for your friends and family to see your scanned creation

File Menu

• Open Collection - Allows you to open previously scanned files

• Open - Allows you to browse to a location to open the supported file types

• Recent Files - Will show you a history of last files scanned or opened

• Save As – Allows you to save the file to any location and under-supported file types

• Reset - Will close any opened model, reset the camera and the view, and restore the

  rendering mode to the default

• Add This Model Collection – this option will add the current model/scan into a

  collection. Note: if this option is disabled the object is already in the collection

• Import Collection - This option allows you to import an exported a collection using a

  different computer. For example, one colleague allows you to import a file they

  exported for you to view

• Export Collection - Allows you to export your collection to be imported later

• Exit - Will close the SOL Viewer 

View Menu:

• Layout Options – Allows you to change the SOL Viewer Layout Displays

• Camera Options – Allows you to change to Perspective, Orthographic, Top, Front, Left

• Main Toolbar - Viewing the main toolbar
• Open with Toolbar - a setting to default to the toolbar
• Language - Ability to set the language in the SOL Viewer
  

Rendering Menu

• Shaded – This option allows you to see the object rendered as shaded.

• Faceted – This allows you to view as a Facet - a curved surface is modeled as many small faceted flat surfaces (think of a sphere modeled as a disco ball). 

Share Menu

• Share with p3d.in – This option allows you to share the scan to our 3D sharing platform

• Share with Facebook – Gives you the ability to share to Facebook for your friends and family to see your scanned creation.

• Reset Credentials – To remove previously cached/saved credentials.

Help Menu

• Help – will take you to our knowledgebase for additional assistance, FAQs and more

• About – this option will show you the version and other software-specific information