- 3D Mesh Layers
- 3DML Display Style Options
- About Analysis Tools
- About Building
- About Control Points
- About Fusers
- About Imagery Acquisition
- About Importing
- About LiDAR Management
- About Photo Management
- About PhotoMesh
- About PhotoMesh Automation
- About PhotoMesh Workflow
- About Reviewing Your Build
- About Terrain Objects
- About Working
- Advanced Settings
- Area Tool
- Auto
- AWS Fusers
- Client Side
- Collection
- Directionality
- Distance Tool
- Dropping Files
- Elevation Layers
- Error/Message Log
- Exporting Models
- FMV
- Fuser Auto
- Hardware Requirements
- Imagery
- Imagery Acquisition
- Imagery Layers
- Information Query Tool
- Input Format
- Its Trajectory Data
- LAS
- Layers
- Layout
- LAZ
- Linux
- Locations
- Marking Control Points
- Master
- Master/Fuser Computer
- Optimal Illumination Conditions
- Other Input Sources
- Outputs
- Overlap
- Overview
- Parameters
- Photo Collection Properties
- Photo Pre
- Photo Requirements
- PhotoMesh API
- PhotoMesh Components
- PhotoMesh License Options
- PhotoMesh Resources
- PhotoMesh Ribbon
- Polygons
- Pool
- Presets
- Project Tree
- Queue API
- Reconstruction Tiles
- Resolution
- Review Mode
- Right-Click Shortcut Menus
- Scaling
- SFLS
- SkylineGlobe Product Suite
- Software
- Start Page
- Studying Photos
- Swipe Mesh
- Terrain Objects
- Uninstalling PhotoMesh
- Uninstalling PhotoMesh Fusers
- VPC
- Water Body Polygons
Step 5: Building the Model
After all photos are added to the project and all properties are set as required, you can launch PhotoMesh Build Manager to begin the build process. The build process provides flexibility both with regard to the area of the project being built (entire or selected area) and the build steps that are to be performed. To achieve optimal results and avoid unnecessary rebuilding, it is recommended to initially perform only the aerotriangulation step ("AT Only"), and then review the results, to ensure a precise AT which includes all project’s photos that intersect with the AT area, before proceeding with the rest of the build. When an AT Only build is repeated following project adjustments, PhotoMesh determines precisely which tiles and which specific AT sub-processes were affected by the modification of properties or control points, enabling a much lighter and faster AT process.
The build process involves the following steps:
§ Data Preparation
§ Conversion of photos to PhotoMesh's internal format (SMPT)
§ Conversion of LiDAR to PhotoMesh's internal format (CPT)
§ Aerotriangulation
§ Reconstruction
§ Point Cloud Creation
§ Model Creation
§ Model Texturing
§ Project Output - Select all required output formats: 3DML (for loading directly into TerraExplorer and streaming with SkylineGlobe Server), DAE, OBJ, 3D Tiles, SLPK (I3S), OSGB, Orthophoto, DSM, DTM/DEM, and LAS (Point cloud public file format). See "Setting Build Steps, Parameters, and Outputs" in the "Building" chapter for information on the different file formats.
See the "Building" chapter for information.