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title: "Finish Scanning with NavVis CLX"
slug: "finish-scanning-with-navvis-clx"
description: "Explains how to finish a NavVis CLX scan, complete and save the dataset, review the end-of-scan steps, and prepare captured data for later processing."
updated: 2026-09-02T19:35:29Z
published: 2026-09-02T19:35:29Z
canonical: "knowledge.navvis.com/finish-scanning-with-navvis-clx"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://knowledge.navvis.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Finish Scanning with NavVis CLX

This page explains how to finish a scan, download datasets.

## Finishing the dataset

1. Tap **Save** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/image-AJSWVL7I.png) from the screen.
2. Tap **Finish** to end the mapping session. ![Overview of dataset completion with ID, duration, and control points displayed.](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/953ef76a-724e-4374-8d9f-f4a4569db193.png)
3. Confirm by tapping **Yes**. A preview of the dataset appears. The device finishes saving the dataset and the captured images, closes the **Scanning** screen, and returns to the **Home** screen.

> [!NOTE]
> Caution:
> 
> Do not shut down the device until this step is complete. Otherwise, your data could become corrupted.

## Previewing datasets

1. From the **Home** screen, tap **Datasets**. ![NavVis CLX device with a highlighted button for new project creation.](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/38fdcf6a-7a5e-48c4-ae0a-72e0fe7f8156.png)
2. From the completed **Datasets** screen, select a dataset to preview. ![Dataset details including ID, area, duration, and control points for analysis.](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/588ef70a-511b-4e24-a351-c852b32bf96a.png)
3. Each saved dataset shows a 2D map preview, the size of the mapped area, the dataset ID, the scan start time, the scan duration, the number of captured panoramas, and the number of captured control points. ![Scan summary showing ID, duration, panoramas, and control points for processing.](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/finish_scan.png)
4. Tap the magnifying glass icon to open the Quality Map Review screen.
  - Tap the X to close the review screen.
  - Tap the plus or minus icons to zoom in and out.
  - As you zoom in, you can also pan and look around. ![A detailed layout of a building with highlighted pathways and structures for navigation.](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/ddabfa52-7d27-456d-aa03-71f1f4a435b8.png)

## Retrieving your datasets

You can retrieve the datasets from the device in the following ways:

### Download the datasets from the microSD card

1. Remove the battery. ![A person inserts a black component into a device's compartment for operation.](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/DSC00635.png)
2. To remove the microSD card:
  1. Push it gently and the spring mechanism will release the micoSD card. ![A hand is inserting a component into a device's compartment for assembly.](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/DSC00628.png)
  2. Remove the microSD card fully from its slot.. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/DSC00624.png)
3. Insert the microSD card into the microSD card adapter. ![A person holds a microSD card and an adapter for transferring data.](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/27d2f71e-476d-4326-929b-ae1702bcd13b.png)
4. Insert the adapter into your computer.

![A hand inserting a micro SD adapter into a laptop's side port.](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/130efc38-7f16-4cf8-93b0-4b6e3787f450.png)

To process the dataset, either upload it to [NavVis IVION Processing](https://knowledge.navvis.com/v1/docs/navvis-ivion-processing), or if you're using [NavVis Desktop Processing](https://knowledge.navvis.com/v1/docs/navvis-desktop-processing), transfer it to your processing machine and continue there.

See [Previewing panoramas](https://knowledge.navvis.com/docs/clx-panoramas-management) for details.

## Turning off the device

Press and hold the power button at the base to turn off the device. ![A person operates a NAVVIS device, pressing a button on its top panel.](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/457d6e16-4977-4cfb-af0a-bc874ca7f578.png)

## Data processing with NavVis IVION

Upload your dataset to NavVis IVION Processing to process it.

For detailed data processing instructions using NavVis IVION, see [Processing Data](https://knowledge.navvis.com/v1/docs/processing-data).