Create a scene

Create a scene

There are several ways to create a scene in Hexagon GeoCloud depending on the workflow: visualization, deviation inspection, visual comparison

Create a new scene from selected assets

1. On the “Asset” tab, select the desired Assets to add to a scene.

2. In the context menu on the bottom right of the screen, locate and click the “Create new scene from selected assets” command.

3. This will open a naming window that also shows the assets to be included in the scene. Click on “Create scene” to finish.

Create an empty scene

Useful for scenarios where you need full control over which data sets appear in the scene. Starting from an empty, you can add only the point clouds, meshes, or models relevant to the current task - for example, when preparing a focused view for a stakeholder review, isolating a specific project area, or working with a subset of data from a larger project.

Adding incomplete georeferenced assets to an empty scene

GeoCloud only treats a dataset as georeferenced if the georeference metadata is present in the file itself — for example, a .prj sidecar, internal WKT metadata, or an EPSG reference. Some datasets have large internal coordinates (typical of georeferenced data) but no explicit georeference. GeoCloud treats these as locally referenced, even though their coordinates suggest otherwise.

When a scene is created, its origin is set to (0, 0, 0).

• If the scene is created with a georeferenced asset, the origin is placed at the rough location of that asset, and any non-referenced assets are positioned relative to it.

• If no asset in the scene is georeferenced, the origin stays at (0, 0, 0).

A dataset that should have been georeferenced but is missing its metadata will be treated as non-referenced. Its large internal coordinates then place it very far from the scene origin, and it may be impossible to see in the scene canvas — the node is present in the tree, but the 3D view looks empty and Zoom to does not recover it.

Workaround

Bring the dataset closer to the scene origin. Two options:

• Automatic — use the Create new scene from selected assets command. GeoCloud groups the selected assets and pulls them close to the origin based on their location.

• Manual — apply a reverse transformation on the dataset to move it back toward (0, 0, 0).

The long-term fix is to ensure the source file includes valid georeference metadata before upload.

1. In the project view, go to Scenes tab and click the “New” button.

   1. Click “Empty scene”.

b. Name the scene and continue by clicking “Create scene”.

2. The newly created scene will be available in the “Scenes” tab.

3. To add data for visualization, open the scene, locate the drawer handle on the bottom of the page and open the drawer.

   1. Select from the data sets available in the current project to add them to the scene.

Use the “Scene from project” command

Using this command to create a scene from a project places all supported 3D data in the current project into a single scene. The data will be organized within the scene’s nodes (tree hierarchy) based on the folder structure of the project.

1. In the project view, go to the Scenes tab and click “New”.

   1. Select “Scene from project”.

b. Name the scene and continue by clicking “Create scene”.

2. The newly created scene will contain a tree structure (nodes) based on the project folder structure.