Objects and Containers

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Objects

All data are represented by objects, which can be either spatial or non-spatial. Spatial objects can be made up of points, lines, triangles and cells. Some examples of non-spatial objects are legends, animations and images.

Objects are stored in containers.

Icon	Object
	Scans with photographic images
	Scans without photographic images
	Driving scans with photographic images
	Driving scans without photographic images
	Triangulations with photographic images
	Triangulations without photographic images
	Sparse point clouds
	Point sets
	Lines
	Polygons
	Edge networks
	3D Text
	2D Text
	Markers
	Discontinuity sets
	Discontinuities
	Closed cells
	Open cells
	Stereonet grids
	Stereonet planes and poles
	Kinematic analysis
	Rose diagram grids
	Set window
	Contours
	Numeric legends
	Text legends
	Animation

Containers

A container is a storage location for objects. There are three kinds of container in PointStudio, as follows:

• Standard containers are created with each new project by default. These are displayed with a blue container icon .

• Custom containers can be created by right-clicking on the project or a container and selecting New container from the context menu. These will be displayed with a yellow container icon . Rename custom containers appropriately when you create them.

  

  Tip:   It's good practice to sort scans and other objects as you go into sub-containers named for their related scan stations.

  Tip

  • If you delete a standard container, only its contents will be deleted. The container will remain.

  • If you delete a custom container, the container and its contents will be deleted.

• Special containers are identified by different icons and have special properties, such as being linked to other objects.

  There are two types of special containers, as follows:

  Icon	Container
  	Stereonet
  	Conformance scene

Note:  Deleted objects and containers are placed in the Recycle bin. Emptying the recycle bin will delete its contents permanently.