PhotoModeler’s 3D Viewer is a great tool for viewing your 3D model, as well as viewing the positions of the camera(s) that took the photos. A new feature in 2012.1.1 now shows the camera frustums as well. A frustum is the volume the camera sees, shown graphically by a 3D wireframe solid. These are useful […]
PhotoModeler can create b-spline curves (NURBS) in two ways. The first is by marking the curve edge in multiple photographs and referencing these curve marks. The second is fitting a curve through a set of existing 3D points. This tip demonstrates the latter technique of selecting one-by-one, or group selecting points to fit a curve […]
This tip demonstrates a recently added feature: Video Import. Video files can now be used as a source of photogrammetric information – stills are extracted from the video and used the same way photographs from a digital still camera are. The frame extraction can be done manually, with a small embedded video player in PhotoModeler […]
This tip shows a recently added feature called ‘3D Viewer Linking’. For some time, you have been able to open multiple 3D Viewer windows and show different object types, different layers, and different rendering qualities (points, meshes, surfaced, textured) in the different windows. Now with multiple open 3D View windows you can sync their view […]
This tip shows how to use the name field property on PhotoModeler 3D objects. Points, lines, edges, surfaces, point meshes, and cylinders all have a free-form, text-based ‘name’ field where the user can type extra information about that object. This name appears in tables, on photos and 3d views for some types, and with exports […]
This tip shows how to ‘expand’ selection from 2D photo marks to 3D objects, or reverse. Object Selection let’s you choose objects with a mouse so they can be easily identified in 3D Views and Tables. In addition, Object Selection is used to view object properties, delete objects, and center the photo view window. The […]
This tip describes how to create 3D cylinders by marking and referencing their edges in images. Great for piping, ducts, etc.!
This tip describes how you can tag points in PhotoModeler to keep track of them for later review. Tags appear in photos, tables and the 3D view.
This tip describes how photographs in PhotoModeler can be printed (or saved to an external image) along with all their markings (points, lines, dimensions, 3d projections, etc.) and with their current zoom and framing.
This tip describes how various types of data can be shown in tabular or spread-sheet form in PhotoModeler. In addition, tips on how Tables can be organized and manipulated are shown.