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title: "Tours"
slug: "hexagon-geocloud-tours"
updated: 2026-09-28T10:39:04Z
published: 2026-09-28T10:39:04Z
canonical: "rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/hexagon-geocloud-tours"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Tours

A Tour is a defined series of camera positions with animated motion between them. These camera positions can be strung together to create an attractive presentation of an asset and draw attention to specific features, area of interest, measurements or GeoTags.

![image-20240404-153351.png](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/image-20240404-153351.png)![Camera flying along a tour path over the asset](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/hexagon-geocloud-tours-tour-playback.gif)

> [!TIP]
> Please refer to this guided workflow for help creating your first tour: [Basic tour creation with simple edits and sharing](/v1/docs/hexagon-geocloud-tours-creation-editing-and-sharing).

> [!NOTE]
> The Tour will capture only the path of flight, it will not preserve the layers, settings and visibility of objects that it was original created with.

## Add Tour

1. Click Add tour.
2. Select the type of tour to make.
  1. Create your own path.
  2. Start from a template.
3. Select the appropriate number of points and click **Save**.
4. Name the tour and, optionally, add a description.
5. Click **Save**.
6. Click **Cancel** at any time.
  1. Click **Discard changes** to return to the list of tours.

> [!NOTE]
> The undo and redo buttons can be used on any modification to a tour.

### Create your own path

1. Adjust camera position and orientation by moving the view.
2. Click the white shutter button to add the current camera viewpoint to your tour.
  1. Continue to add more viewpoints.
  2. To edit the position or camera angel of any viewpoint, select the viewpoint and use the buttons at the button of the screen to move it.
    1. Click **Move** and drag the viewpoint to a new position.
    2. Click **Rotate camera**. The current camera position of the viewpoint will be zoomed to. Rotate the view in 360 to the new camera position.
  3. To delete a viewpoint, select the viewpoint and click **Delete**.
    1. Click **Confirm**.
3. Define the duration of the tour.
  1. By default, it will take 10 seconds to move between viewpoints.
  2. The minimum duration of a tour is one second per viewpoint.
  3. The user can increase the length of a tour by entering the duration in seconds.
  4. each viewpoint will be equally spaced along the timeline of the tour.
4. Define whether the tour will follow a circular path.
  1. A circular path's first and last camera points are connected into a loop. This setting ensures that a tour can be added to a looping video.
5. Define the smoothing of the tour. The smoothness can be defined per point or for the entire tour.
  1. A smoother tour will appear to flow along the defined path while a sharp one will snap directly between viewpoints.
6. Click **Save**.
7. Enter a name and optional description for the tour.
  1. A thumbnail of the tour will be generated at the time that it is saved. This thumbnail will be the last viewpoint in the tour.
8. Click **Save**.

## Start from a template

Hexagon GeoCloud provides a number of useful templates to make commonly requested tour paths to make the tour creation process simpler and help users produce an attractive tour.

1. Click on the desired template.

| Circle- Creates a circular path around asset with 4 viewpoints above asset with perpendicular facing camera positions along the path toward the asset | ![Circle template: circular tour path with 4 viewpoints around the asset](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/hexagon-geocloud-tours-circle-template.png) |
| --- | --- |
| Helix- Creates a helix path around asset with 12 viewpoints starting from asset level to above with perpendicular facing camera positions along the path toward the asset | ![Helix template: helix tour path with 12 viewpoints around the asset](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/hexagon-geocloud-tours-helix-template.png) |
| Rocket- Creates a vertical path with 4 viewpoints starting from below to above with perpendicular facing camera positions along the path toward the asset | ![Rocket template: vertical tour path with 4 viewpoints rising from below to above the asset](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/hexagon-geocloud-tours-rocket-template.png) |
| Landing- Creates a vertical path with 4 viewpoints starting from above to below with perpendicular facing camera positions along the path toward the asset | ![Landing template: vertical tour path with 4 viewpoints descending from above the asset](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/hexagon-geocloud-tours-landing-template.png) |
| Flyover- Creates a horizontal path with 4 viewpoints with forward facing camera positions along the path toward the asset | ![Flyover template: horizontal tour path with 4 forward-facing viewpoints over the asset](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/hexagon-geocloud-tours-flyover-template.png) |
| Flyby- Creates a horizontal path with 4 viewpoints with perpendicular facing camera positions along the path toward the asset | ![Flyby template: horizontal tour path with 4 viewpoints facing the asset from the side](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/hexagon-geocloud-tours-flyby-template.png) |
| U-Turn- Creates a U-Shaped horizontal path with 3 viewpoints with perpendicular facing camera positions along the path toward the asset | ![U-Turn template: U-shaped tour path with 3 viewpoints around the asset](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/hexagon-geocloud-tours-u-turn-template.png) |
| Random- Creates a random closed path around and over the asset. The number of viewpoints, the camera positions and the duration change every time you select it. | ![Random template: example of a random closed tour path over the asset](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/hexagon-geocloud-tours-random-template.png) |

1. To edit the position or camera angel of any viewpoint, select the viewpoint and use the buttons at the button of the screen to move it.
2. Click **Move** and drag the viewpoint to a new position.
3. Click **Rotate camera**. The current camera position of the viewpoint will be zoomed to. Rotate the view in 360 to the new camera position.
4. Define the duration of the tour.
  1. By default, it will take 10 seconds to move between viewpoints.
  2. The minimum duration of a tour is one second per viewpoint.
  3. The user can increase the length of a tour by entering the duration in seconds.
  4. each viewpoint will be equally spaced along the timeline of the tour.
5. Define whether the tour will follow a circular path.
  1. A circular path's first and last camera points are connected into a loop. This setting ensures that a tour can be added to a looping video.
6. Define the smoothing of the tour. The smoothness can be defined per point or for the entire tour.
  1. A smoother tour will appear to flow along the defined path while a sharp one will snap directly between viewpoints.
7. Click **Save**.
8. Enter a name and optional description for the tour.
  1. A thumbnail of the tour will be generated at the time that it is saved. This thumbnail will be the last viewpoint in the tour.
9. Click **Save**.

## Edit tour

Once a tour is saved, it can be edited.

1. Hover over the tour in the list and click the **ellipsis** button.
2. Click the appropriate edit function.
  1. Click **Edit tour path** to modify the duration, circular path setting, smoothness or position or camera position of the tour’s viewpoints.
  2. Click **Edit tour info** to modify the name or description.
3. Alternatively, select the tour from the list.
  1. Click the **Edit** button for either the Tour info or Tour path and modify as desired.
4. Click **Save**.

## Record tour

Once a tour is save, it can be recorded to create high quality video and showcase your asset and deliver a guided experience or presentation to non-users.

1. Hover over the tour in the list and click the **ellipsis** button.
2. Click **Record**.
  1. Ensure that your layers, visibility settings, GeoTags, and panoramic viewpoint settings are all set as you want them to appear in your recording.
  2. Select the point along the tour to begin the recording by dragging the time marker along the timeline at the bottom.
  3. Click the **red shutter button** to begin the recording.
3. Alternatively, select the tour from the list.
  1. Click the **Record video** button and adjust the recording settings and view settings as described above.
4. The recording is processed in real time.
5. Clicking **Stop recording** will finalize and download the portion of the tour recorded to that point.

> [!NOTE]
> The page cannot be navigated away from during recording.

> [!NOTE]
> This export rendering in very intensive on GPU resources. Do ***NOT*** use this browser session for any other purposes (e.g. open new tabs) until export is complete.

> [!NOTE]
> The recording will be saved to the ‘*Downloads*’ folder. The file is an MP4 with a name formatted like: [Tour_name]_[MM_DD_YYYY]_[HH MM SS].mp4

## Delete tour

Once a tour is saved, it can be deleted.

1. Click on the **ellipsis** button.
2. Click on **Delete**.
3. The user will be prompted to accept the deletion to avoid mistaken removal of the tour. Click **Yes,delete**.

## Copy Link

Once a tour is saved, it can be linked to.

1. Click on the **ellipsis** button.
2. Click on **Copy link**.
3. The link will be copied to the clipboard to be shared via email, chat or other means. This link will only be accessible to users with permission to view the asset.

## Search

Once an asset contains at least one tour, the search bar will be activated. Use the search bar to enter the name of a tour to quickly locate it in the list.

> [!NOTE]
> Tour search only searches the name of a tour, not the description or creator.