How-to Guides

The How-to section contains task-oriented recipes organized by user goal. Each guide assumes basic familiarity with 3DSC (see Getting Started) and helps you accomplish a specific objective such as importing a dataset, preparing a photogrammetry pipeline, or generating LOD for Cesium.

Import

• Import
  • Import points (total station / GPS)
  • Importing photogrammetric models (Batch OBJ)
  • Importing CAD files (DXF)

Photogrammetry

• Photogrammetry
  • Prepare a digital replica with Metashape
  • Prepare a digital replica with RealityCapture

Digital replica preparation

• Digital replica preparation
  • Phase 1 — High-Resolution Mesh Preparation (Metashape)
  • Phase 2 — Mesh Segmentation (Blender + 3DSC)
  • Phase 3 — High-Resolution Texturing (Metashape + 3DSC Scripts)
  • Phase 4 — LOD Generation (Blender + 3DSC)
  • Phase 5 — Final Reality-Based File
  • Phase 6 — Integration with Stratigraphic Annotation
  • Digital replica — best practices and QC
  • Digital replica — troubleshooting common issues
  • Further Resources