Tips & Tricks Knowledgebase Articles
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The Photo List and the Photo Table both display small ‘thumbnail’ images to represent the photos in a project. If you have a high ...
When a line/cylinder/edge is selected, the Measurement Pane shows angle measurements relative to the coordinate axes. With two lines selected, the ...
In accident reconstruction or similar forensic tasks, where you need to import an accurate model or control points to help solve some unknown ...
The PhotoModeler 6 user interface can be customized in many ways. The Preferences dialog’s User interface section (Options menu, Preferences& ...
The following is a basic guide to troubleshooting a points-based project, especially one that is marked using natural feature marking (i.e. no ...
A calibration is an important step when using PhotoModeler, especially when looking for maximum accuracy.
A calibration usually is fully automated ...
Adding photo-textures to your model is one of the great features of PhotoModeler. Here are a few tips to help you improve the textures on your 3D ...
Coded Targets are used for automating the marking and referencing stage for identified points. Coded Targets can be used as plain paper or printed ...
Interiors can be tricky, but it is possible with PhotoModeler.
The primary challenge with interior spaces is to be able to capture a “spread& ...
Silhouettes can be used to mark and measure ‘closed surfaces’ or volumes. However, the photography for modeling silhouettes differs ...
PhotoModeler can be controlled and have data fed to it by other Windows applications. PhotoModeler provides a DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) interface ...
Here are some useful tips for using PhotoModeler’s table views that may not be obvious at first:
1) You can adjust the column widths at any ...
One of PhotoModeler’s interesting features is the Stereo Viewing option. This is a fun feature that when on makes the 3D Viewer display a red ...
If your object is moving and you want to track the position of it relative to other fixed points, or if the object is deforming or changing shape ...
A successful calibration depends on the the quality of the images you take. Here are some tips that will help make your calibration successful.
If ...
In PhotoModeler there are options for exporting image planes under Options>Preferences>Exports.
To include the image plane with the export make ...
A residual in photogrammetry is short for “residual error” – that is, the error left over in some value after processing has ...
Introduction
This article describes a technique to estimate heights from a single photo of unknown source. It uses a new feature in version 6.1 ...
PhotoModeler’s Curve tool is a useful and powerful modeling tool, but certain conditions should be met and certain steps followed in order to ...
Are you using a digital camera? Most digital cameras have a “Sharpening” feature which enhances the edges of objects that appear in the ...
PhotoModeler’s Photo Sets feature is a valuable tool for working efficiently with projects requiring a large numbers of photographs. In ...
Inverse Camera is the feature that computes a Camera’s focal length and sometimes principal point and format size. It is used when you don& ...
Sometimes when camera angles are too shallow a photo texture will not be generated because of the large amount of perspective distortion. However ...
There are a number of factors that affect accuracy in a photogrammetry project. These are:
how well the camera’s internals are known or can ...
For the new PhotoModeler user, the four zoom/pan mode buttons located at the top right of the toolbar are the easiest to use. However, there are ...