Create a 3D Mapping Output

Create a new Output

Rename the previously created output Output – Manual X-Map and toggle the Blind status ON for this output.

Create a new standard output (not imported from a PSD file) and rename it Output – Calib 3D.

This way you can always come back to the previous output for comparison by toggling the Blind status of the outputs.

With this output selected, in the Editor panel, Output tab, Advanced subtab, open the 3D mapping vertical tab.

Click on the add button to create a new 3D mapping on this output and name it Calibration 3D – Castle.

3D Scene preparation

In the 3D Scenes panel, open the Scene properties by clicking on the button and rename the scene Study.

Click on the button and select Duplicate scene.

Rename this 3D scene Show.

Notice that the presets in the 3D Viewer panel were also duplicated with the 3D Scene.
If you had removed the display of the grid, you may choose to reactivate it for more clarity.

In the 3D Viewer panel, delete every preset except the one with the default camera.

In the 3D Scenes panel, Hierarchy tab, delete every node except the imported Castle 3D node.

Click on the button and add a new Projector. Rename it Pico Projector.

Select the previously created Output and drag and drop the projector from the 3D Scenes panel into the Target field of the 3D mapping.

This will indicate to Kinetic Designer the 3D scene projector that should be positioned in this output.

Picking points in 3D

Select the Pico Projector in the 3D Scenes panel and disable the Show Wire option to hide it in the 3D Viewer.

Select the Output – Calib 3D and in the 3D mapping tab, click on the button to start adding points.

Toggle the Pick 3d button only once to activate the 3d picking mode.

Toggle the Show 3D button to show the 3D coordinates of the points update as they are placed.

Select a point in the 3D mapping list and then LEFT CLICK on the castle mesh in the 3D Viewer panel to place the point on the mesh.

When the Pick 3d button is ON any selected points in the list will automatically snap to the closest vertex when LEFT CLICKING on the mesh in the 3D Viewer panel.
If the Pick 3d button is clicked again, it will toggle OFF disabling this function.

Repeat this operation for a total of at least 7 points.

In the example below, we use 12 reference points on the mesh that cover the full width, height and depth of the model, for better results.

If the preview of the points is lost in the 3D Viewer, reselect the Output and the 3D mapping tab.