1. Open Help → Show me around. Use the existing exemplar if your product scan is not ready.
2. Drag to rotate. Use Shift/right-drag to pan, or two fingers on touch. Scroll or pinch to zoom.
3. Choose Center view whenever the model is difficult to find. Start orbit spins the view; set the speed, then stop it before placing a point.
4. On a phone, expand the viewer, turn to landscape and use Hide controls for more model space. Help remains your way back to the guide.

1. Name the product or revision. For a different product, choose Start a new product recipe; a backup of the prior recipe downloads first.
2. Open Scan / measure. Choose the scan’s coordinate units, then drop one STL, OBJ, PLY or STEP/STP into the product-scan area.
3. If you know the physical length matching an X, Y or Z extent, enter that length in millimetres and choose the matching calibration axis before loading. The scale change is uniform.
4. Read the active scan status. Keep the original scan: the recipe saves its identity and scale metadata, while the geometry must be relinked after reopening.

Capture with a suitable LiDAR or photogrammetry app, then export a mesh. This viewer does not directly run the phone’s LiDAR hardware or reconstruct 3-D geometry from RAW photos. RAW images are useful for color and surface evidence.

1. Choose Measure between two points. Click or tap a visible surface point, then the second point. The saved value is a straight-line distance in the scan frame.
2. Compare at least one scan measurement with a ruler or caliper. Use critical dimensions from the physical object for fit decisions.
3. Open Section and enable Show section on displayed model. Choose an axis and move the slice, or use Plane at clicked point.
4. Use the small on-model toolbar to adjust or rotate the plane. Queue useful cuts and download a section DXF when needed.

Displayed sections are mesh intersections and uncapped review contours. They are not newly created watertight solids. The SolidWorks companion can execute native cuts only against a suitable saved native CAD target.

1. In Place parts, choose a supplier component or import a local mechanical library file. STEP/STP is previewed as a mesh in the browser; native SolidWorks files use the optional local companion.
2. Select the library part and choose Add part at scan center or the exemplar’s scan datum. This anchor is a starting position.
3. Use Place center at clicked point, XYZ and rotation fields to refine its position. Use Drag part in view for small screen-plane adjustments.
4. Record the manufacturer, part number and source URL. Toggle its preview layer when you need to inspect the scan beneath it.

Automatic placement does not calculate mating faces or clearance. Inspect the interface and verify dimensions before fabrication.

1. Connect the controller by USB or pair it in your device’s Bluetooth settings. Return to the viewer and keep its tab focused.
2. Open Keyboard & controller, choose DualSense layout, then Scan controller. Press and release a controller button.
3. Rotate with the left stick, pan with the right stick, and zoom with L2/R2. Start at low stick speed and increase the dead zone if the view drifts.
4. Select a placed component. In its toolbar, choose View, Move or Rotate. With the DualSense layout, L3 cycles those modes and R3 toggles Fine control. Return to View to navigate the camera.
5. If a button differs in your browser, choose the action, select Map next controller button, press it, then release it to arm the mapping.

The controller uses the browser’s standard Gamepad mapping. Controller order and availability can vary by browser and device. Adaptive trigger feedback and haptics are not used.

1. Choose one named product region for comparison. Keep the same scan identity, XYZ alignment and boundary for every method.
2. Start with the scan as the fidelity reference. Compare a feature-based interface, a local NURBS patch, and QUICKSURFACE only where that region needs them.
3. After actually running a CAD method, record its software version, measured deviation, patch count, file size, rebuild outcome and notes.
4. Choose a color route: full-color printing, a printed wrap or hydro-dip. Record texture, seams, registration and material questions.

The viewer prepares and records these tests. It does not run Geomagic/QUICKSURFACE, create a NURBS model automatically, or simulate printed color and film stretch.

1. Use Save design recipe before leaving the browser. Keep the scan and supplier CAD files beside it.
2. Export the review package from Place parts. Inspect the recipe, parts list, component meshes and any included calibrated scan/DXF contours.
3. For an editable native CAD return, connect the local SolidWorks companion to a suitable saved native target, verify the shared frame, then create a separate design copy.
4. Open, rebuild and inspect that returned design. Check scale, mates, dimensions, clearance, materials and manufacturing process before release.

STL and STEP-derived browser previews are review meshes. A scan mesh does not become an editable native B-rep feature tree by being imported. Manufacturing remains on hold until the design is checked.