Reality Capture API

[Anonymous]

Hi,

We are long term customers of the Autodesk Forge platform, and we have recently seen that they have added the Reality Capture API to the Forge collection. I have browsed through their documentation related to "Create a 3D Mesh from Photos" (LINK)

A “photoscene” is a container for a photo-to-3D project. Before you upload images to be converted, you need to create a photoscene with the necessary metadata (only scenename is a mandatory field).

Could anyone on this forum very kindly elaborate for me what they mean by "Step 2: Create a Photoscene" and how we would do this (and what equipment needed) if we were to try?

[eugene.chua · Accepted solution]

Hi,

It sounds like you are looking for information about making a UAV capture. For some general guidelines, you may refer to https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/recap/learn-explore/caas/simplecontent/content/uav-fly-featur...

Necessary equipment:

1. UAV/drone - New to drone flying?

   1. 3DR offers Site Scan software that automatically flies your drone across the coordinates necessary to collect enough data to create a 3D point cloud. With Site Scan, you will be proposed to select from a list or predefined flight paths, making the photo collection process very easy.

   2. Other vendors such as DJI (http://www.dji.com/) have an extensive list of UAVs for sale, that all come with an app (DJI Go) to control the device.

2. Camera

   1. Most drones come with a quality camera that should work well for your photogrammetry projects.

   2. The better quality camera you have, the better the results. We don’t recommend using cameras with a fisheye lens.

   3. Don’t shoot video; shoot photos in time lapse mode.

[anil_mistry]

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