Tutorials

Step-by-step operational guides for Extended Matrix tools in Blender.

These tutorials cover practical tool usage. For conceptual background, see the ExtendedMatrix-doc Learn EM section.

3D Survey Collection

• 3D Survey Collection: Level of Detail in Blender
• Site-Scale LOD and Data Preparation

Getting Started

• Installing EM Tools: yEd and the Blender Add-on
• Creating Your First Extended Matrix
• Build the stratigraphic proxies in Blender

Intermediate Workflows

• Building an Extended Matrix Manually, Unit by Unit
• Linking EM to Your 2D and 3D Documentation
• Managing Sources, Paradata and Metadata
• End-to-End: A Complete Site Workflow
• Placing 2D Drawings as 3D References
• Linking Photos as Auxiliary Files

Advanced Workflows

• Multi-Temporal 3D Visualization Demo
• Auxiliary Resources: pyArchInit and External Data Connections
• Bulk Import via the Excel Mapping Tool
• Paradata Manager and Graph Visualization
• Creating Proxies and Exporting Your Dataset

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