Reality Scan 3D Model Workflow
| Settings | Photos | Model Reconstruction | Texture Model | Classify Model | Make Cross Sections | Create Orthoprojection | Create Contours | Measurements | Clean Mosaic? |
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General Change to desired coordinate system |
Add Photos | Mesh Model - 3D Tools | Mesh Model Settings | 3D Tools - AI Classify | 3D Tools - Cross Sections | Creates Ortho & DEMs | Ortho 2D Tools - Contours | Ortho 2D Tools | Video 3 |
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Import Settings Group calibration by EXIF - Yes |
Align Images | Set Reconstruction Region | Texel Style - Maximum | Choose type of classification accordingly | Set cutting plane directions (boxes on edge of model) | Click Ortho Projection | Pixel Type - Altitude | Choose Measurement Tool (Polygon) | |
| Save Project | Export Reconstruction Region | Press Texture | Classify Model | Set cross section settings | Type - Top | Input Layer - DTM | Draw polygon around area to measure | ||
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Alignment Advanced Distortion Settings: Brown 4 with Tangential 2 |
Import GCPs and check import settings | Normal Detail | To modify classification | Create Cross Sections | Info - Check coordinate system | Interval, Min, Max as required | Close shape and height profile will appear | ||
| 1Ds Tools - Suggest Measurements | Select all GCPs in 1Ds | Save Project | Lasso Tool and select entire terrain | Make cross sections for pure terrain by creating a new object | Rendering Method - Image Mosaicing (Aerial) | Compute | Information appears in 1Ds and can be renamed | ||
| Confirm GCPs in images | 3D Tools - Lasso | Select Ground in 1Ds | Select Artificial Object class and click Select | Ortho Pixel Size - As required | Show Base Plane - On, then select a 3Ds view to display 3D measurements | ||||
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Select all images Scene 3D Tools → Prior Pose → Absolute Pose → Unknown |
Select area to keep (Invert Selection) | Click Override to make all selected area ground | Filter Selection | Ensure Generate DTM is On and select Classification (best from DTM rather than DSM) | |||||
| Update Model | Advanced Tools - Select Marginal Triangles | Lasso Tool to select artificial objects | Close Holes | ||||||
| Align Images Again | Rename Models? | Select Artificial in 1Ds | Rename new model to "Cross Sections" | ||||||
| Save Project | Click Override to make selected area ground | Delete Model 1 | |||||||
| Disable Lasso and AI Classification Tools |