Explore Mode

Explore mode is the standard view you see when you open a published site. From here you can move around the site, change what you see, and open the site tools. The controls are grouped into a topbar across the top of the screen and a toolbar down the left side.

The topbar

The topbar runs across the top of the screen and holds the site's navigation and settings. Depending on your access rights, you may not see every icon:

• Search: search for rooms and POIs.

• Site Structure: view the structure of buildings and scanned environments.

• Edit site: administrators prepare changes to the site in the background before publishing.

• Model management: import and view BIM (IFC) models alongside the point cloud.

• Data processing: work with datasets in NavVis cloud processing.

• Share: share and collaborate with colleagues and customers.

• Settings: hide images and edit the site location.

• Account: view your account details and sign out.

The view controls sit at the top centre of the screen: the 3D / 2D toggle, Data layers, and Scene settings. For full details on these, see Setting Views in a Site.

The toolbar

The toolbar runs down the left side of the screen and holds the site tools. Depending on your access rights, you may not see every tool. Click a tool to open its panel on the right of the screen.

Mark and Measure

Click Mark & measure to open the measurement panel, then choose a measurement type and click in the site to take a measurement. The types are grouped as:

• Free: Distance, Polygon, Orthogonal, Point, and Polyline.

• Horizontal: Distance, Polygon, Rectangle, and Circle.

• Vertical: Distance, Polygon, Rectangle, and Circle.

Measurements you take are listed at the bottom of the panel, where you can show or hide, edit, group, share, download, or delete them.
For more settings, click on the Scene Settings on the Topbar, as shown in the image below.

POIs settings

Click POIs to open the POI panel, where you show or hide points of interest by group and category. POIs are organised into groups, for example Access (Elevator, Entrance/Exit, Stairs), Field Notes (Defect, Detail Image, Observation, Punch List, RFI), and Miscellaneous. Use the checkboxes to control which POIs are shown, select Add group or Add category to create new ones, and use Import/Export POIs at the bottom to move POIs in and out of the site.

Crop View Settings

Click Crop view to crop the 3D view to a box so you can focus on part of the site. Drag the handles on the crop box to resize it, use the coloured gizmo to move and rotate it, and use the Back, Left, Top, Right, and Front buttons to snap the box to a standard orientation. To turn the box outline and the cropped model on or off, open the Scene settings panel and use Cropping box controls and Crop model under Cropping box.

Crop & Download Settings

Click Crop & download to crop an area and download it. After positioning the crop box, set the options in the panel:

• Data type: Point cloud, Orthophoto, or Mesh.

• Coordinate system: Site coordinate system, Spatial reference system, or Dataset.

• Name and format: enter a file name and choose a format (for example, .e57).

Select Download to export the cropped data, or Create BIM with BIMIT to generate a BIM model. The data types you can download depends on the site and a note in the panel shows what is available.

Verification tool

Use the Verification tool in NavVis IVION to compare a point cloud (captured reality) against a 3D IFC model (design intent) directly in your browser. The tool highlights geometric deviations between the two, so you can see where real-world conditions differ from the design without exporting data to third-party software. See more Verification tool.

Location Markers

Explore mode uses location markers to move you through the site.

• Hover over a location marker (white circle) and a black direction arrow appears. Click the marker to move to the panorama captured at that spot.

• Use the up and down arrow keys to move to the next location marker, and the left and right arrow keys to rotate.

• Double-click anywhere on the panorama or point cloud to move to the closest location to the point you clicked.

• You can also move around by hovering over the location markers (white dots) shown in the secondary view.

  

Secondary view

The secondary view in the bottom-right corner shows your position (a blue dot) and the area around you, giving context as you move. You can turn it on or off in the Scene settings panel (see below). For more information, see Secondary view.

Scene settings

Click the Scene settings icon (the sliders icon at the top of the view) to adjust how the site is displayed:

• Cursor coordinates: show the exact position of the cursor in the site, which is useful for collaborating with colleagues, customers, and third-party software. When this is on, choose the system to use under Coordinates: Site coordinate system or Spatial reference system.

• Secondary view: show or hide the secondary view in the bottom-right corner.

• Orthographic projection: switch the 3D view to a non-perspective projection, where available.

• Cropping box: while the Crop view tool is open, turn Cropping box controls and Crop model on or off.

Go back to all sites

If you have access to more than one site, open the site name dropdown at the top of the screen and select Back to all sites to return to the All sites page.