9.9 LCC Scene Editor Tools

The Scene Editor and the Model Editor

Editing in the current LCC release runs across two applications. The Scene Editor builds the navigable scene: viewpoints, annotations, measurements, reports, and publishing. The Model Editor does point-level work on the model itself: selection, cropping, and color grading. The Model Editor is covered on 9.10 Model Editor Tools.

Open the Scene Editor by double-clicking a generated model from My Projects. To open the Model Editor for point-level work, click Model Edit inside the Scene Editor. Changes made in the Model Editor sync back to the scene automatically.

Interface panels

Navigation Modes

The Scene Editor offers three navigation modes. Click Switch View to move between them. Edit mode offers First-Person and Pivot. Preview mode adds Avatar.

The Global Toolbar

The Global Toolbar sits at the top right of the viewport with shortcuts for scene display and common functions.

Viewpoints

The Viewpoint tool presets observation points and automatic paths. Click Viewpoint in the left toolbar to open the bottom sidebar, which has tabs for the three types: Guided Tour, Flythrough Path, and Area View.

Guided Tour

Preset observation points the visitor clicks to jump to, in preview mode. Move the camera to the target view, click Add Point, then set properties.

Flythrough Path

Draw a continuous path to generate an automatic flythrough animation. Click New Route to create one, up to 10 routes. With a route selected, move the camera to each view and click Add Point; a thumbnail is captured automatically and the camera animates smoothly between points. Drag thumbnails in the point list to reorder, and use the timeline to preview and adjust timing.

Area View

Records a positioned view with a sightline range, used as a screenshot source for Scene Reports. Set a title (up to 50 characters) and the area length and width with the numeric steppers; the area value is read-only and auto-calculates.

Annotations

Annotations are clickable points placed on the model surface. Click Annotate, click the surface, choose a type, and fill in the content in the Properties Panel. Two types are available.

Drag an annotation point in the 3D view to reposition it. Edit content directly in the Properties Panel; there is no separate edit panel. Use the eye icon on the Asset List entry to show or hide a single annotation.

Prefix titles to help collaborators scan a busy model: ISSUE: for problems, INFO: for context, SPEC: for fixed-fact references. Annotations are preserved in the published web version, so clients review notes in a browser without the desktop application.

Measurement

Click Measure in the left toolbar, then choose a type.

Reading a coordinate

A coordinate pick returns four things in the readout box, and lands in the Asset List as its own named entry, so a run of picked points can be selected and exported together. Read all four fields. Three numbers without the fourth are not usable by anyone downstream.

Converting to another coordinate system

LCC reports coordinates in the system the model was built in. It does not transform between systems. When the deliverable needs latitude and longitude, or a local grid such as a state plane zone, run the raw scan data through LixelStudio, which selects source and target coordinate systems and accepts control point and GNSS input for the transformation. Confirm the client's working system before the handoff rather than after it, because the conversion happens at processing, not in the finished model.

Aids and export

• Auxiliary Axis. Shows X, Y, Z guide lines during measurement so points snap to an axis for clean horizontal or vertical distances. Hold Ctrl to toggle.
• Corner Detection. Auto-detects model edges and corners and shows a marker when one is found, for precise edge and corner picking. Press Tab to toggle. Use it on coordinate picks: a corner is a repeatable target, a spot on a flat wall is not.
• Text Note. Hover a result, click the T icon, and type a note (up to 50 characters). The note shows when the measurement exports to PDF.
• Export. Select measurement entries in the Asset List, right-click, and export to CSV or PDF. Or include them in a Scene Report. Switch metric and imperial units in Settings then General.

Skybox, Flythrough Video, and Screenshots

Skybox

Replaces the scene background with preset templates for different times of day and weather. Click Skybox, preview a preset, and apply. Choose a preset close to the lighting during the scan for the most natural result. Skybox conflicts with environment data; enabling Skybox disables environment data automatically. For interior-only scans where no sky is visible, Skybox has little effect.

Flythrough video

The Flythrough tool records a free camera path and outputs a video, separate from the Flythrough Path under Viewpoints. Click Add Keyframe to record the current camera position, move to the next position, and add another keyframe. Set the end time (default range 0 seconds to 1 minute 55 seconds), then click Render Video and choose parameters. Use Play to preview and drag the playhead to scrub.

Screenshot

Capture the current view at a selectable aspect ratio. The image saves to the Media folder in the Asset List for export or sharing.

3D Layout and Scene Report

3D Layout

3D Layout views and re-edits the floor plan for an indoor scene that had AI Spatial Recognition enabled during reconstruction. On first use, import the data: File, then Import, then the 3D Layout file directory, then select the semantic-result folder under the project files. In Scene Mode, click 3D Layout to enter.

The canvas supports 2D and 3D switching and a 2D overlay. Plotting tools cover Wall, Door, Window, Text, Polygon, and Rectangle. Recognized components group automatically by type in the Asset List. Export the layout as OBJ (3D model) or JPEG (2D image) from the Asset List right-click menu. Hidden assets are not exported.

Scene Report

Scene Report organizes the project's 3D Layout and viewpoints into a template and generates a viewable, publishable report. Click Scene Report, set a title (required, up to 50 characters) and details (up to 1,000 characters), check the 3D Layout if present, and optionally select viewpoint or measurement data. Click Confirm to create, then export from the Properties Panel as JPEG or PDF. After editing a report on a published project, use Update to sync the latest version to preview mode.

Publishing and Multi-Scene

Publish a model

Publishing sends the model to XGRIDS cloud and returns a Web Viewer link that opens in any browser with no install. Two access-control options:

1. From the Menu Bar, click File, then Publish.
2. Choose Password-Free or Encrypted, and add an optional model description for context such as address, project name, and scope.
3. Click Create to generate the link.
4. Click Share to copy the link and password.

Open Publish Management from the project card to make secondary changes: edit the URL suffix, switch between Password-Free and Encrypted, change the password, update the description, list or delist the link, or unpublish without deleting the local file.

Multi-scene projects

A multi-scene project connects separate scenes into one navigable experience: a multi-building campus, floor-to-floor navigation, or a separate interior and exterior held as two finished models that cannot be combined into one reconstruction. Build the links with Transition Annotations: a Transition Annotation in one scene points to another scene, and the visitor moves between them without loading separate models. To work on a linked scene, switch to it from the Scene dropdown in the Global Settings Area. For the full virtual-tour workflow built on this, see 9.12 Virtual Tour Workflow.

Keyboard Shortcuts

First-Person mode

Pivot mode

Avatar mode (preview only)

Measurement

General