Mixed Reality Best Practices, Tips & Tricks and Advanced Features

XR10 (Hardware)

Battery Management

• Charging Both Devices
  • Short (6 inch) USB-C cable
  • MobiWAN constantly charged
  • Just charge XR10

• Extending Use with Power Bank
  • Requirements
  • TRY.SRC compatible
  • At least 5V/1.5A 
  • Up to 27W 

• Negates intrinsic safety
• Decreases ergonomics
• Potential for overheating
  • Start at full internal battery
  • Limit to 1.5A

Presenting to Others

• Wireless Display Adapter
• HDMI coupler
• USB wall charger

Trimble HoloTint

• Improves Hologram Contrast in Bright Environments
• Photochromatic Lens
  • Automatically Adjusts Based on UV Rays
  • Not Instantaneous
• Easily Removable

Miscellaneous

• Cleaning
  • Keep sensors sensing!
  • Microfiber cloth for visor
    • 70% isopropyl alcohol
  • USB-C cap or can of air

• Bluetooth Keyboard
  • Quick data input on-site
  • Near touch keyboard is slow
  • Cortana is unreliable

HoloLens Windows (Software)

Images and Videos

• Snapshot and Recording with Volume Buttons
• Auto Sync Photos/Videos through OneDrive

Miscellaneous

• Always Check for Windows Updates!
• Clear Out Holograms/Spaces in Settings to Clean Up Device
• One Handed Home Screen Call Up
• Screen Share and Keyboard Via iOS App called HoloCapture and HoloKeyboard 

Model Preparation and Organization

Trimble Connect

• Project Set Up
  • Always create project from MR & AR entitled account!
  • Invite others to the project
  • Fish Bowl
  • Performance/Detail
  • Section Box
  • Turning Off Models/Layers
    • AR App will show you polygon (triangle) count

Models & Layers

• Where Do You Want Your Time Spent?
• Layers are Hard to Manage. Models are Easier
• Break Out Geometry with Large Surfaces
  • Prevents washing out the view
  • Floors, Ceilings, Walls
• Break Out Geometry Inside/Behind Other Geometry
  • Rebar in Concrete. Pipes in walls. Duct above ceilings
  • By level so you don’t see geometry above/below 
• Best File Types? DWG / RVT / IFC / NWC?
  • Geometry Color
  • Geometry Transparency
  • Metadata

TRB Files

• Break out models for MR but bind them in TC Windows to a .TRB for AR viewing
  • Sectioning does not hold, but hiding geometry does
• Take Advantage of (And Help) Other Trimble Workflows Too!
  • Bring in 2D drawings as DWG
• Rendering .TRB files
  • FieldLink v6.3 creates a .TRB and caches it  in the models folder
  • DWG text shows differently from the same file

Alignment and Drift

Working Environment and Alignment

• Importance of Environment Lighting
  • Structured Light Sensors
  • Too much light is as bad as too little light
• Ideal Working Space from Alignment Point
  • ~150' for XR10 According to White Paper
  • ~30’–45’ from Alignment Point for AR
• Rotational Alignment is Most Crucial
  • Hardest to achieve accurately
  • Importance of stabilization planes

Markers

• Placing Marker in the Model
  • Place on individual structural model
  • Can bind to other models in TC Windows to a .TRB and scan in AR as well
  • 5 feet high is best practice
  • Don’t place the marker on the floor or slanted surface
• Printing the Marker
  • Copy and paste a screenshot into your marker PDF
  • Print at 100% Scale (A4 vs Letter Paper Size)
    • Use thick / laminated paper for reliable results
  • Don’t Cut of the Dotted line
    • Minimum space needed to reliably scan the marker
• MR Marker Improvements Coming Soon!
  • Load model from marker
  • Place model from any marker