# Video settings

Use the Video settings to change the appearance of information shown in the Video screen, and to configure software behavior when the Video screen is being used.

To open the Video Settings, tap . The available settings depend on the connected instrument.

Display

To change the information shown in the video screen, tap the check box(es) to show or hide:

- points in point clouds
- name labels next to points
- code labels next to points
- elevations

To change the color used for labels, select it from the Overlay color list.

Point cloud

Point cloud options apply only to scan data from a Trimble SX10 or SX12 scanning total station.

To configure the display of point clouds:

- Select the Scan point size.

- Select the Color mode for the point cloud.

  Select... | To...
  --- | ---
  Scan color | Indicate the scan the points belong to
  Station color | Indicate the station used to measure the points
  Gray scaled intensity | Indicate the reflective intensity of points using a gray scale
  Color coded intensity | Indicate the reflective intensity of points using a color
  Color by elevation | Indicate the elevation of points using a color.
  Cloud color | Show all points the same color

if you select Color by elevation as the Color mode for the point cloud, enter the Minimum elevation and Maximum elevation values.

Map files

Features in map files linked to the job are overlaid onto the video image to show them in 3D. Overlaid features can come from multiple sources:

- BIM models (IFC, TrimBIM, DWG, NWD)
- point and line files (DXF, LandXML, 12da, Shapefiles)
- road files (RXL, LandXML, GENIO)
- tunnel files (TXL)
- mining files (Surpac STR)

To link files to the job, use the Layer manager. See Managing map file layers.

BIM model options are shown only when the controller is connected to a Trimble SX10 or SX12 scanning total station.

If you are displaying BIM models in the Video screen, configure the BIM display field:

- Select Wireframe to view the edges of the object. White lines in the BIM model are shown in black when the Wireframe option is selected.

- Select Solid to view items as solid objects. To make the object semi-transparent, select a Transparency value greater than 0%.

- Select Both to show both solid objects as well as the edges of objects.

Snapshot options

Enable Autostore snapshot to automatically store captured images.

If Autostore snapshot is not selected, the image is displayed before storing, enabling you to Draw on the image.

Enable Snapshot on measure to automatically capture a snapshot after a measurement is taken from the video screen.

Annotate snapshot options

Enable Annotate snapshot to add an information panel and crosshairs for the measured position to the image.

If the Annotate snapshot check box is not available, enable the Snapshot on measure check box first.

Select the Crosshair checkbox to add the crosshairs for the measured position.

Select the items from the Annotate options group to display in the information panel at the bottom of the image.

To display descriptions in the information panel, select the Descriptions item and then go to Job properties and select Use descriptions and define the description labels in the Additional settings screen.

To save a copy of the original image to the <project>\<job name> Files\Original Files folder, select Save original image.

- If you do not have a job open, images are saved to the current project folder and original images are saved to the Original Files folder inside the current project folder.

- The information panel is not displayed when the image is captured. To view the information panel, go to Review job and select the image.

- If High Dynamic Range (HDR) is selected in the Photo properties group, annotations are not added to snapshots.

Photo properties

The Photo properties group controls the settings for images captured using the instrument.

- Set the file name, image size, and compression.
- File names are automatically incremented from the start file name. The image captured is always the same size as the video display on screen. Not all image sizes are available at all zoom levels. The higher the quality of the image, the larger the file size of the captured image.

- With High Dynamic Range (HDR) selected, the instrument captures three images rather than one image, each with different exposure settings. During HDR processing in Trimble Business Center, the three images are combined to produce a composite image that has better tonal range to show more detail than any of the individual images.

  If High Dynamic Range (HDR) is selected, annotations are not added to snapshots.

On screen display

Select or clear the check boxes to control whether items are in the Video on screen controls.

Crosshair

You can select or clear the check boxes to change the appearance of the crosshairs in the Video screen when using a Trimble SX10 or SX12 scanning total station:

- Enable the Black and white switch to show the crosshairs in black and white. To show the crosshairs in a different color, set the Black and white switch to No and then select the required color.
- Select Extend crosshair and/or Enlarge center cross to increase the size of the crosshair elements.