Options

Options

AR 3S was formerly known as ARES.
In "Options" you will find settings regarding several aspects of AR 3S.

Accessing the "Options" Menu

Once you have started AR 3S access the "Main" menu and go to "Settings". Then navigate to "Options".

Search for your desired setting sub-item by clicking the right or left arrow. Adjustments can be saved by clicking on "Save All Settings" in the bottom left corner or can also be undone by clicking on "Reset" in the bottom right corner.

Options Available

General Settings

  1. "Show welcome panel at app start": Activate or deactivate the Welcome Panel at the start of the app by clicking on the tick.
  2. "App Language": Choose in the drop-down list between English and German language settings.
  3. "Units": Choose in the drop-down list between the Metric system and the Imperial system. The selected unit of measurement is then used for the "Measuring" features in the "Tools" menu to display the length.
  4. "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.
  5. "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

Only AR 3S provides Stylus XR support.
In AR 3S Pro and AR 3S Pro Cloud this menu will display "Stylus XR is neither supported by your device nor AR 3S Pro.".
  1. "Pointer Size": Choose the pointer size between values from 0 to 1.
  2. "Handedness": Choose between a Right Hand or Left Hand system.
  3. "Auto-Connect to Stylus": Activate or deactivate the auto-connection to an available Stylus XR by clicking on the tick.
  4. "Calibration": Activate or deactivate the calibration of a Stylus XR by clicking on the tick.
    1. 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 when imported

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