FARO Stream

Bug Fixes
Improved user experience following Orbis firmware update completion. The spinning wait cursor no longer keeps spinning after the firmware update successfully completes.

Bug fixes and improvements mainly for FARO Orbis Mobile Laser Scanner.
This release of Stream requires Orbis firmware 4.0.2 to work with an Orbis mobile scanner.
Please download and install this new Orbis FW 4.0.2 with the new Stream version 3.0.3.

Bugfixes und improvements

Support for the Orbis scanner.

Usability and UI improvements for the Focus workflow.

New
FARO Flash scans with Ricoh Theta Z1 HDR make it possible to see details in areas that would otherwise be overexposed or underexposed.
Stream 2.0.2 with Focus firmware 7.2.2 and the Ricoh Theta camera make it possible to use HDR when capturing FARO Flash scans, giving you the detail of HDR together with the speed of FARO Flash.

Fixed
Various fixes to improve stability & performance.

Improved
Improved performance & interface
Selecting Flash profile only possible with firmware 7.2.1 or later

Fixed
Can’t accurately place registration hint markers
Streaming PanoCam calibration scans failed
Scan profiles unavailable after first Core scanner connection
Streaming first scan after bootup failed
Crash when reopening large projects

New features
Added optional sound or vibration when it is safe to move the scanner
Added analytics (as opt-in)

Improvements
Improved general usability and responsiveness across the App
Improved usability of cluster handling

Bug fixes
Improved robustness and efficiency of scan projects synchronization with Focus scanner
Improved Sphere upload

Note
This release requires Focus firmware version 7.2.0 or later on the scanner. Download it from FARO knowledge base or via the online firmware update option in the scanner.

This release includes several fixes and feature enhancements that are designed to increase productivity, mobility and ease-of-use.

IMPORTANT: Install Focus firmware 7.1.0 (or later) on your Focus Premium or Focus Core scanner before you use this version of Stream. The firmware can be downloaded from FARO knowledge base or via the online firmware update option in the scanner.

For details, see https://knowledge.faro.com/stream

Fixes:
Under certain circumstances, Stream could accidentally delete the projects on the scanner
Triggering processing of scans in a renamed workspace would fail
Fixed a misleading German translation

Fixes:
Adding annotations via the radial menu did not work correctly, could cause app crashes and created projects that were not processable by Sphere
The scan preview image was rendered without respecting its aspect ratio

Improvement:
It is now possible to delete your Sphere account from within the app

Fixes:
It was not possible to change the project image
In China, the app always indicated missing internet connectivity

Improvements:
When a profile is edited, this profile is automatically selected as active profile
Registration limits can now be reset to default values
Improved the design of several icons
User guidance in the case where the user is not connected to the internet and tries to access Sphere has been improved
The user-selected project name is now propagated to Sphere. The most obvious effect is that Sphere mails referencing a given project will now use this name instead of a non-obvious UUID.

Fixes:
If multiple Stream instances were connected to the same scanner, inconsistent states could occur
Complementary data images were not shown
Immediately stopping a scan after starting it resulted in a deadlock
On some devices, the on-screen keyboard covered the send button in the error report screen
It was possible to choose cluster names that could not be processed by the scanner
Fixed several inconsistencies and inefficiencies in the synchronization procedure between scanner and Stream
Fixed several crashes
Fixed several minor cosmetic issues

Improvements:
Progress indications now only show integer values

Fixes:
Users without a view-project workspace permission could not upload Stream projects to the respective workspace
The app would crash if a user has no assigned workspace in Sphere
Fixed incorrect German translations
Sporadically, the completion of a scan was not detected