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Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies

University of Arkansas

InVirMet Free Data Viewer - IMView

Home » Research » Archaeology/Historic Preservation » Archaeological Informatics » Internet Virtual Metrology Lab (InVirMet) » InVirMet Free Data Viewer - IMView

About IMView

In mid-2005 one of the primary laser point cloud software companies, Innovmetric released their free data viewer, IMView ™. The PolyWorks ™ software provides capabilities to import laser scanning or other point cloud data from a wide range of hardware vendors. Data from any of these systems, or in the open PIF (parametric input format) format, can be imported and converted to a format that can be freely distributed along with the viewer. The viewer is freely available at www.innovmetric.com/Manufacturing/viewer.aspx With the data and IMView ™ it is now possible to distribute point cloud data that the recipient can analyze, perform a variety of measurements and otherwise investigate. The PDF files distributed with the product provide extensive information on all these functions. In addition to the product documentation, the Center has developed  a set of Flash-based tutorials to help familiarize the introductory user with IMView.  Links to the tutorials can be found below.

Screen shot of IMView ™session with Machu Picchu data showing length of a house edge determined by IMView.

IMVIew Tutorials 
Require Adobe Flash Player

Lesson 1
Covers the basics of how to open a project in IMView and how to maneuver in 3D space.
Click or download lesson one: IMView_lesson1 ~ 7 mb Flash format (New window is resizable to allow for optimal resolution.)

Lesson 2
Guides the user through the basic functions of the "Tree View" of IMView.
Click or download lesson two: IMView_lesson2 ~10 mb Flash format (New window is resizable to allow for optimal resolution.)

Lesson 3
Discusses different display options in IMView.
Click or download lesson two: IMView_lesson3 ~7 mb Flash format (New window is resizable to allow for optimal resolution.)

 Lesson 4
 Shows the basics of the distance measurement function in IMView.
Click or download lesson two: IMView_lesson4 ~4 mb Flash format (New window is resizable to allow for optimal resolution.)