# Suggestion for Revoscan Software - Auto trimming edges **URL:** \ **Category:** Suggestions\ **Created:** [December 29, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373 "2024-12-29T10:44:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Archaeoscan.by](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Archaeoscan.by](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/Archaeoscan.by)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/1 "2024-12-29T10:44:02Z")
It would be really useful if Revoscan could auto-trim fluttery edges as a step before merging single scans. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/revopoint3d/original/3X/a/2/a28a0f1f5d042a396df316cf1dde7f2088eafd5d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SphaeroX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SphaeroX](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/SphaeroX)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/2 "2024-12-29T11:21:15Z")
Don’t get your hopes up too much, I already criticized that a year ago 🙈 It’s a bug since RevoScan 5. > [@Clean Edge Selectiontool](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/clean-edge-selectiontool/23830): > > I noticed during scanning that when you scan an object from multiple sides, i.e., make several scans and then merge them at the end, it results in unclean transitions. You can see it here in the picture: So, I conducted a test and trimmed the outer edges in the individual scans. These were quite noisy because the light or the camera of the scanner is very weak there. The result is convincing! And I believe that if you always do this, even normal scans will benefit fro… ---
**Author:** ![Archaeoscan.by](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Archaeoscan.by](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/Archaeoscan.by)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/3 "2024-12-29T11:42:53Z")
oh yeah, an old issue, and the cure qould be so simple… ---
**Author:** ![PUTV](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.revopoint3d.com/putv/32/15302_2.png) [@PUTV](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/PUTV)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/4 "2024-12-30T02:43:40Z")
You need to clean and trim your point clouds edges before merging , that is a standard procedure to avoid issues after merging or while merging. ---
**Author:** ![Archaeoscan.by](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Archaeoscan.by](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/Archaeoscan.by)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/5 "2024-12-30T06:44:43Z")
The Software needs to do this, not me, I paid. ---
**Author:** ![SphaeroX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SphaeroX](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/SphaeroX)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/6 "2024-12-30T08:20:36Z")
The old code did it well, maybe they should look at the code from the archive. ---
**Author:** ![PUTV](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.revopoint3d.com/putv/32/15302_2.png) [@PUTV](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/PUTV)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/7 "2025-01-02T03:21:14Z")
That’s not true Daniel Editing work belongs to the user This is workflow done with all scanners on a market . The software job is to deliver a point cloud . Anything after is on you. That’s why scanning is the most expensive 3D service , it is not a magic button . ---
**Author:** ![sem81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@sem81](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/sem81)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/8 "2025-01-02T07:04:22Z")
Some software actually does just what you need, allowing you to select the outermost points with a click and delete them. This makes the workflow easier and faster. ---
**Author:** ![Archaeoscan.by](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Archaeoscan.by](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/Archaeoscan.by)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/9 "2025-01-02T07:27:48Z")
PUTV, your loyalty is honourable, but you told yourself there is a software bug which causes problems merging scans. This bug isn’t cured until now. Two years ago. This is an old discussion. Revoscan is in competition. If their products are better than the rest, there will be success. Your statement is not customer-friendly. > [@Clean Edge Selectiontool](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/clean-edge-selectiontool/23830): > > I noticed during scanning that when you scan an object from multiple sides, i.e., make several scans and then merge them at the end, it results in unclean transitions. You can see it here in the picture: So, I conducted a test and trimmed the outer edges in the individual scans. These were quite noisy because the light or the camera of the scanner is very weak there. The result is convincing! And I believe that if you always do this, even normal scans will benefit fro… ---
**Author:** ![SphaeroX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SphaeroX](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/SphaeroX)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/10 "2025-01-02T08:09:56Z")
I will test it later and take the raw data from the scan to check if it comes from the software. But even if it comes from the software, you could use the hole selection tool to detect all edges and shrink them slightly to eliminate this diffraction. I already suggested this in my improvement proposal, explaining how it works. ---
**Author:** ![sem81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@sem81](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/sem81)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/11 "2025-01-02T08:35:09Z")
You proposal is correct and it should be applied to raw data. Auto select edge of any single frame (all toghether obviously) and delete it. Let the user to decide how much material to remove. ---
**Author:** ![SphaeroX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SphaeroX](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/SphaeroX)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/12 "2025-01-02T09:22:31Z")
I just did a scan because I wanted to test it. But it seems that Revopoint has already fixed it. At least in the mesh generation, you can clearly see in the images that it is present in the point cloud but does not appear in the mesh. Try testing it @Archaeoscan.by (RevoScan 5.6.1 MetroX) ![Screenshot 2025-01-02 102052](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/revopoint3d/original/3X/0/e/0ebc37bc8fa76736ed091ba785e5f11132da277e.png) ![Screenshot 2025-01-02 102100](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/revopoint3d/original/3X/3/b/3b024cc28ce50e56473aa8e440e4cc32a5d7c906.png) ---
**Author:** ![PUTV](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.revopoint3d.com/putv/32/15302_2.png) [@PUTV](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/PUTV)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/13 "2025-01-02T09:37:16Z")
> [@Archaeoscan.by](#): > > PUTV, your loyalty is honourable, but you told yourself there is a software bug which causes problems merging scans. This bug isn’t cured until now. Two years ago. This is an old discussion. > Revoscan is in competition. If their products are better than the rest, there will be success. > Your statement is not customer-friendly It can’t be changed because of the current algorithms Even if it was doing different edges they will be still not cut clean and you have to do it no matter what . In Revo Scan 4 the edges was not fussy yet you still needed to cut it right in Revo Studio for best merge results You missing my point and what I am saying . ---
**Author:** ![PUTV](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.revopoint3d.com/putv/32/15302_2.png) [@PUTV](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/PUTV)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/14 "2025-01-02T09:41:15Z")
> [@sem81](#): > > Some software actually does just what you need, allowing you to select the outermost points with a click and delete them. > This makes the workflow easier and faster. You will need selection by edges to do that . Well tools like that are not available at this moment so you have to trim it manually. ---
**Author:** ![sem81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@sem81](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/sem81)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/15 "2025-01-02T10:13:37Z")
> [@PUTV](#): > > Well tools like that are not available at this moment so you have to trim it manually. Ok, a tools like that can be useful. Maybe, it can be implemented in future release. ---
**Author:** ![Archaeoscan.by](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Archaeoscan.by](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/Archaeoscan.by)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/16 "2025-01-02T11:41:24Z")
It doesn’t help trimming the mesh’s edges, because the clouds are merged, not the meshes. ---
**Author:** ![SphaeroX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SphaeroX](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/SphaeroX)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/17 "2025-01-02T13:48:04Z")
> [@PUTV](#): > > Well tools like that are not available at this moment so you have to trim it manually. the hole detection tool could be used for this ---
**Author:** ![sem81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@sem81](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/sem81)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/18 "2025-01-02T14:45:39Z")
Hole detection can be used only with mesh. We need to repair point cloud before fusion. ---
**Author:** ![PUTV](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.revopoint3d.com/putv/32/15302_2.png) [@PUTV](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/PUTV)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/19 "2025-01-03T06:14:45Z")
That’s is possible , I suggest you post it under Feedback and suggestions ---
**Author:** ![PUTV](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.revopoint3d.com/putv/32/15302_2.png) [@PUTV](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/PUTV)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/suggestion-for-revoscan-software-auto-trimming-edges/31373/20 "2025-01-03T06:17:10Z")
You trim it before merging not after meshing . It gives better results when you remove everything and just leave the 20% overlap only what is needed .