Geomagic Studio 5 Service Release 1 addresses the following issues:
Improved memory management and processing for Large Data Mode.
Moved 'Decimation Target' for Large Data Mode to the Memory Tile.
Added 'Surface Wrap Optimization' option for Sparse/Line Data (Tools/Options/Miscellaneous) [details]
Fixed crashing bugs (unrelated) in Merge Patches, Create Bridge, Construct Grids.
Turned off display of primitives (cone / sphere / cube) in large data situations.
Fixed 'Search' option in online help system.
Changed default Large Data Mode decimation polygon count from 250,000 to 2,000,000.
Renamed NURBS:Remove Patches to NURBS:Remove Surfaces.
Miscellaneous other fixes.
The following issues were addressed in the previous patch release, and are also covered within Service Release 1:
Fixed crashing bug when performing Select By Edge Length in Wrap Phase.
Fixed Remove Webs and Auto Web Removal for Wrap Phase.
Avoid errors and rejected objects when working with Groups.
Avoid infinite loop in Create Point Cover for some objects.
Fixed Best Fit Alignment when fitting a polygon object.
Clear selection of points after a Best Fit Alignment is applied.
Corrected position of datum planes in exported IGES files.
Send message to user when non-manifold vertices exist on entry into Fill Holes.
Create Point Cover, Intersect Polygon Objects, and NURBS to CAD can now be included in a macro.
Minolta Vivid scanner plug-in will function when only a Geomagic Capture license is available.
"Surface Wrap Optimization" details
A new option has been added that optimizes the triangulation results based upon the type of point cloud data. Specifically, users with point cloud data sets with non-uniform density should consider using the 'Sparse/Line Data' optimization. Laser line scanners (as opposed to laser CCD/image systems) typically exhibit this type of varying density and can benefit from the new optimization method.
Additionally, this optimization can yield improved results when triangulating noisy or rough surface data that has not been processed with Noise Reduction. Differences between the two methods is typically manifested in the number of holes visible in the resulting polygonal surface.
The default optimization setting is for 'Uniform Data'. This is recommended for most users and is the same technique used in the original release of Geomagic Studio 5 (February 2003).
This option can be found in Tools/Options in the Advanced/Miscellaneous section.