Options

In Options you will find settings regarding several aspects of AR3S Basic (formerly known as ARES Basic). 

How-to Steps

• Once you've started AR3S Basic access the Main Menu
• Go to Settings and navigate to Options
• Search for your desired setting sub-item by clicking the right or left arrow
  • Save adjustments made by clicking on Save All Settings in the bottom left...
  • ...or undo the adjustments by clicking on Reset

The following options are displayed:

General Settings

• Show welcome panel at app start: Activate or deactivate the Welcome Panel at the start of the app by clicking on the tick
• App Language: Choose in the drop-down list between English and German language settings
• Units: Choose in the drop-down list between the Metric system and the Imperial System
• Enable Absolute Normals: Activate or deactivate Absolute Normals by clicking on the tick to adjust, in real-time, the direction of Normals every time an imported model is displayed with inverted or negative values
• Show world reference point and axis: Activate or deactivate the visibility of the world reference point and axis by clicking on the tick

Stylus Settings

• Pointer Size: Choose the pointer size between values from 0 to 1
• Handedness: Choose between a Right Hand or Left Hand system
• Auto-Connect to Stylus: Activate or deactivate the auto-connection to an available Stylus XR by clicking on the tick
• Calibration: Activate or deactivate the calibration of a Stylus XR by clicking on the tick
  • If this feature is enabled, you can trigger the calibration mode of Stylus XR by pressing on its Back button (as instructed in Stylus Settings menu)

Meeting Settings

• Connection Port
• Broadcast Port
• TCP Minimum Port
• TCP Maximum Port

Space Settings

• Save Space as...: Activate or deactivate the option to export all objects to HL3D files when saving Spaces

Import Settings

• File Type: Choose between the following file types to which the adjustments in the Import Settings menu should be applied (only one file type at once)
  
  • JT
  • FBX
  • OBJ
  • glTF
  • Default
• Scale: Specify in the drop-down list which of the following scale options should be applied to the object when loaded
  • km (1000:1)
  • 100m (100:1),
  • 10m (10:1)
  • m (1:1)
  • dm (1:10)
  • cm (1:100)
  • 1:1000
• Up Vector: Choose on which Axis (X, Y, Z, -X, -Y, -Z) the 3D object should be orientated when imported
• Coordinate System: Choose between a Right-Handed or Left-Handed system
• Mirror Axis: Choose on which axes (X, Y, Z) the 3D object should be mirrored by clicking on the ticks