Save Data

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Through this function, you can save the acquired 2D image, depth map, and point cloud to local.

Instructions

Please follow these steps to save data:

  1. Click save in the data acquisition area to open the Save Data window.

  2. Select the data types to be saved under Data type. For detailed descriptions, please refer to Data Types and Formats.

  3. (Optional) change File index: If the selected Save to path already contains data saved through Mech-Eye Viewer, you can change the file index to avoid files with the same names being replaced.

    If you need to replace the files with the same names, check the Replace file with the same name option.
  4. Click ... to the right of Save to to select the folder for saving the data.

  5. Click Save, and the Data saved successfully window will pop up. Click Show in folder in this window to open the folder where the data is saved and check the data.

Data Types and Formats

When saving the data, you can select the file format to be saved, as well as the data structure and color of the point cloud.

  • 2D image: can be saved in the PNG (.png) or JPEG (.jpg) format.

  • Depth map: can be saved in the PNG (.png) or TIFF (.tiff) format.

  • Point cloud: can select the file format, data structure,and color to be saved.

    Format

    • PLY (.ply)

    • PCD (.pcd)

    • CSV (.csv)

    Data structure

    • Organized: The point cloud resembles a two-dimensional matrix, which corresponds to the actual spacial relationship between points.

    • Unorganized: The point cloud resembles a one-dimensional list.

    Color

    • Jet

    • Grayscale

    • Jet + intensity

    • Untextured

    • Textured

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