Exploring a Site
- To see the different views while moving in your NavVis IVION site, you must first activate them in the site View menu. For more information, see Setting Views for a Site.
From a site, you can do the following:
- In point cloud or panorama mode, select a menu item from the left menu.
From the View menu, the 2D secondary view is shown in the bottom right corner of the site if you select Show secondary view. It shows the location of your captured panorama. Your location on the secondary view is indicated by a blue dot.
- To expand the secondary view in panorama or point cloud mode, select the expand icon at the bottom right in the secondary view. The secondary view becomes the main view, and the point cloud or panorama view becomes the secondary view. Select the expand icon again to switch the views back.
The secondary view also shows any points of interest (POI) that have been created.
From the View menu, if you select Show location markers, you can click anywhere on the panorama or point cloud to display the location markers (white circles), or by placing your cursor over the secondary view (white dots). Use the location markers to move within the site.
Select one of the location markers on the floor (a black direction arrow appears in the location marker) to move the view to the panorama captured at that place.
- Use the up and down arrow keys to move to adjacent locations. Use the left and right arrow keys to rotate left or right.
- Double-click anywhere on the panorama or point cloud to move to the closest location to the point you selected.
- At the top left of the site, the Search field searches for points of interest (POI), POI descriptions and custom data, and site model entities.
- Click anywhere on the secondary view to move to the closest location. A blue dot represents you on the 2D secondary map, and a gray beam from the blue dot indicates the direction you are facing.
If you have access to more than one site, you can go back to the instance dashboard by selecting the blue globe at the top right of the site.
Setting Views for a Site
Select the views that are displayed in a NavVis IVION site.
- In a site, from the left menu, select the View icon to open the view menu.
Working with Datasets
In a NavVis IVION site, you can see all the datasets with site model entities from the Datasets menu. Whether or not the dataset is selected also controls if the point cloud of that dataset is visible in point cloud mode.
- To navigate to a specific dataset, place your cursor over the dataset and select the navigation icon next to it.
- To edit a dataset, place your cursor over the dataset and select the pencil icon next to it.
- To show only datasets or site entities, click Datasets or Site entities.
- To sort datasets, click the up-and-down arrow icon and select how you want to sort the datasets.
- To select or deselect a single dataset, switch to point cloud mode and click the eye icon next to the dataset.
- To select or deselect all datasets in a floor or building, switch to point cloud mode and click the eye icon next to the floor or building name. Whether or not the dataset is selected also controls if the point cloud of that dataset is visible.
Viewing the Secondary View
In most cases, the secondary view in NavVis IVION shows a map of the surrounding area.
Using Layers
You can overlay maps with layers that provide extra information on the structure of a NavVis IVION site.
- Click the Layers icon.
- Select the layer that you want to activate. You have the following options:
- Standard: shows the map view without any additional layers being activated
- Datasets: shows the location and names of datasets
- Site entities: shows the location and names of site model entities
- Scan data: shows the scanning trajectory and control points
- Standard: shows the map view without any additional layers being activated
Setting Point Cloud Options
- To show the point cloud in NavVis IVION, select the View menu (eye icon) and then select the checkbox next to Show point cloud.
NavVis IVION then loads a colored point cloud with a high amount of detail, if available.
Detailed Point Cloud Options
Automatic Activation
If Automatic activation is enabled, all datasets in a site are automatically displayed in point cloud mode. If Automatic activation is disabled you need to manually select the datasets that you want to see in point cloud mode.
Quality Point Cloud Options
| Item | Function | Notes |
| Buttons | Set the quality options to suitable pre-defined combinations | All these pre-sets use Minimum node size (px) = 100 |
| High performance | Range = 50; Level of Detail = 4; Point count target (m) = 1 | |
| Balanced (default) | Range = 150; Level of Detail = 5; Point count target (m) = 4 | |
| High quality | Range = 300; Level of Detail = 8; Point count target (m) = 8 | |
| Outdoors | Range = 300; Level of Detail = 5; Point count target (m) = 4 | |
| Down/Up button | Hide/unhide detailed quality options | |
| Range(m) | Controls the maximum distance (from the camera perspective) at which points are still displayed. | |
| Level of Detail | Controls the size and resolution at which the points are rendered | Minimum resolution is 5 mm |
| Point count target (m) | Controls how many points are shown (in millions). Beyond that number no more points are rendered. | Has important influence on performance. |
| Minimum node size (px) | Show points only if they are part of a node larger than indicated (in pixels on the screen, e.g. 10 x 10). A node is a group of points. | Higher minimum node size means points in smaller nodes are ignored. |
| Client-side picking | Let the client (instead of, as normally, the server) calculate the position of the 3D cursor. | Useful for exact measurements, or if the connection is slow. |
Perspective Appearance Point Cloud Options
| Item | Function | Notes |
| Buttons | Set the appearance options to suitable pre-defined combinations. | All these pre-sets use: no Z-Buffer; Point size mode = Attenuated; Point shape = Square; no Shading. |
| Colored (default) | Opacity = 1; Brightness = 1000; Color style = Full color; Point size mode = 0.4 | |
| Elevation | Opacity = 0.3; ; Brightness = 1000; Color style = Elevation; Height range = -3 to 11; Point size mode = 0.2 | |
| Height range | Controls the minimum/maximum height of color mapping of a point cloud. | At the lower end of the height range, points are blue, at the upper end points are red. |
| Transparent color | Opacity = 0.25; Color style = Single color; Point size = 0.4 | |
| Arrow button | Hide/unhide detailed appearance options | |
| Use Z-Buffer | When checked, only the points in the foreground are displayed. | The checkbox is greyed out while Opacity = 1 or Shading is used, since these cases always use the Z-Buffer. |
| Opacity | Render points transparently (low opacity) vs. opaque (high) | |
| Brightness | Controls how much "light" points give off | Only available when Opacity is different from 1 |
| Color style | Choose how the point clouds are colored | |
| Full color | Shows colored point clouds | Point clouds are colored during post-processing using color information from images |
| Single color | Uses the dataset color as set in Alignment mode | |
| Elevation | Points are rendered in rainbow colors corresponding to their height value | |
| Normals | Points are colored based on direction of their normals | |
| Color by Z | Like Hue Scale and Hue Offset in Standard Renderer, controls range of colors used | Only with Color style = Elevation |
| Point size mode | Choose how point size is determined | |
| Fixed | All points have the same size, as controlled by the Point size setting | |
| Attenuated | Takes distance of point from camera into account | |
| Adaptive | Takes distance from camera and point cloud resolution into account | |
| Point size | Point cloud diameter | |
| Point shape | Choose whether to render the points as squares or as circles | |
| Shading | Provides non-photorealistic shading around the contours of the point cloud. Activates the options "Radius" and "Strength" to control appearance of Shading. | Useful in single color mode for enhancing depth-perception |
Rotating and Zooming
Rotate and zoom in a site.
- To rotate the panorama or point cloud view, hold the left mouse button down and drag the panorama in any direction, or use the left and right keyboard arrows.
- From the panorama or point cloud view, use the mouse wheel to zoom in (forward scroll) and zoom out (backward scroll).
Panning and Orbiting in Point Cloud Mode
- To pan the point cloud view, right-click and drag, or press Shift and drag.
- To orbit around a point in point cloud mode press Ctrl/Cmd and drag, or middle-click and drag.
Floor Changer
If your building has multiple floors, you can change the floor using the floor changer menu on the right side of your NavVis IVION site. You will be able to navigate to any of the listed floors of the current building.
In the panorama view, all floors of the current building are listed in the floor changer menu on the right. In the map view, all floors of the visible buildings are listed in the floor changer panel.
Follow these steps to use the floor changer:
Adjusting Point Size in Point Cloud Mode
- To change the size of all points, press Alt and scroll the mouse wheel forward to make the points larger, or scroll the mouse wheel backward to make the points smaller.
Using Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts in panorama and point cloud mode.
Keyboard shortcuts in panorama and point cloud mode:
| Key | Action |
| ? | Show/hide keyboard shortcut cheatsheet |
| Up arrow | Move forward (to next image location ahead of you) |
| Down arrow | Move backward (to next image location behind you) |
| Left arrow | Rotate left |
| Right arrow | Rotate right |
Keyboard shortcuts in point cloud only:
| Key | Action |
| W | Free flight forward |
| S | Free flight backward |
| E | Free flight down |
| Q | Free flight up |
| D | Free flight right |
| A | Free flight left |
| Shift+* | Fast free flight |
Viewing and Changing User Settings
From the User icon in NavVis IVION, you can view the groups you belong to, the permissions you have, edit your profile, set the language and unit system for NavVis IVION, view the documentation, and sign out of NavVis IVION.
Select the User icon in the top right of your instance dashboard or site:
Select Your Groups from the user panel to see the site location and the permission level you have for that site.
- Select Your Permissions from the user panel to see the individual permissions you have for that site.
- Select Edit Profile from the user panel to edit the profile associated with the instance:
Change the first name and last name.
Change the email address.
- Change the password.Note: In the event that a password becomes lost or forgotten the administrator of the instance needs to reset the password for you. Refer to Reset Instance Password.
- Select Language & Unit System from the user panel and use the drop-down menus to change the language and unit system for NavVis IVION. If you select English, you also have to select the unit system (metric or imperial). All other languages default to the unit system for that language. After you select the language and system unit, the interface immediately displays your selection.
- Select Documentation from the user panel to view the NavVis IVION documentation.
- Select About to display the following:
NavVis IVION version
Copyright notice
Software licenses information. Select the Software licenses link for a list of third-party software used in NavVis IVION, complete with Homepage links and licenses for each of them.
Information on keyboard shorts cuts
Sending Feedback
Select the Feedback link in the bottom left corner to send error reports, suggestions, or praise to the instance owner.
