Here we go again.
So we have figured that even though I import scans as exact, I have to previously have set use camera priors (even though they are laser scans so we are not really looking at this setting) to YES. Logically, I’d expect your import sequence to override this setting or give me the option during. Otherwise, the scans don’t import as exact. Do you see where I am coming from?
Above I had my laser scans in the correct location, checked by importing the site ground control points. I locked pose for continue. I then imported my image component, which had been aligned to the targets. When I imported the image component the targets appeared in the scan scene so we know both components are registered to the same coordinate system as expected.
After alignment, the scans are miles from the targets on their side, while my image component is over there with the targets where it should be. So the scans are not locked, they have moved.
In the videos, I don’t see anyone marking the targets in the scans, and why would you need to if both components are registered to the same coordinate system. The images should drop over the scans like a snooker referee’s glove.
So now I have to do this time sapping trial an error, watch the tutorials again until I mistakenly stumble upon the right settings and sequence.
Lets’ think about two drawings in Autocad in the same coordinate system, check the units XREF and boom, one drawing is aligned to the other perfectly.
This makes no sense.