No, it cannot. You cannot open a scene or a project created in RealityCapture PPI in any other RealityCapture version. You may process the same inputs, however, you do not need a license file for that.
Yes, you can. With PPI, you can license images on a computer connected to the internet and then just move the licensed images to your offline computer.
No, you do not. Export of RealityCapture components is completely free. Please note, the exported component cannot be opened on another PC or with a different type of RealityCapture license.
These are hashes of binary files of small size that verify the identity of your inputs using a unique fingerprint when exporting a result from RealityCapture. None of the mentioned files encode image names, any visual image information, or any other sensitive information. The files can neither directly nor indirectly identify people, scenes, or objects in any images or laser scans.
Typically, a file containing licenses for 1,000 images is smaller than 0.5 MB in size and the transfer of such a file does not take longer than 1 second.
The purchased licenses for all inputs used for model creation are stored on Capturing Reality servers for 1 year.
If you wish to store them for a longer period of time, you have to export them. You may decide to store them with you locally at any time. Remember to store them locally prior to the expiration of the 1-year period.
To maintain a suitable state of the stored licenses, you shall not downsample the license folder or in any other way change the binary information of the license. You should be aware that once the licenses are no longer stored on the servers of Capturing Reality, we will not be able to restore them.
You may transfer, distribute, or copy your purchased licenses freely without limitation. Note that the exported licenses are not bound to any user account or released version of RealityCapture PPI. Hence, if you share them, the receiving party can process the data without restrictions and does not need to be online during export.
This step is only required if you wish to export and store your licenses in order to archive them, share them with your clients or friends, or transfer them to another computer for offline processing.
You can use the application and process your data completely offline and anonymously. Once you are happy with your result/model and you want to export it, the app will contact our servers to verify if you own rights/licenses for the input used to create the output.
If you own the rights/licenses for the input, you will be able to continue and export your result. Otherwise, you will be asked to pay for the licensing of your inputs, which had not been licensed before. If you import already purchased licenses together with the inputs, this online step will be completely skipped.
Click on the "Input Licenses" button in the 3. Output section located in the WORKFLOW tab. After clicking the button, the application will collect fingerprints of all inputs added to the project (images and laser scans). Then the app contacts our servers to verify which inputs you already own. You are asked to log into your MY account (if you are not already signed in) so that the input fingerprints can be compared against your entries in our database.
If all input fingerprints are already there, then you will get licenses for those inputs immediately. If some fingerprints are missing, you will be asked to pay just for the missing ones. You can pay using My Credit, which you can pre-pay in advance, using credit redeem codes, or using other common payment options like a credit card, PayPal, etc. Follow the onscreen instructions.
If you have acquired licenses previously, e.g. during the mesh export, then the online step is completely skipped.
Please note that the exported licenses are not bound to any user account or released version of RealityCapture PPI. Hence, if you share them, the receiving party can process the data without restrictions or the need to be online during export.
License files can be directly imported with inputs using the inputs button in the "1.Add imagery" section of the WORKFLOW tab or by drag-and-dropping it into the application. Alternatively, you may use "Input licenses" button in the Import & Metadata section.
If you hold the licenses for the inputs, you do not need a MY account in order to process the data. This enables workflows in secure offline environments and other possible uses, e.g., archiving, teaching, development of CLI scripts, etc.
No, you do not. Importing the license file into RealityCapture allows processing and exporting results completely anonymously and without the need to be online at any stage.
You can create a PIN and share it with your team, colleagues, or reporting departments. In the MyPIN section of your MY account, you can define the number/value of credits you are giving to your RealityCapture users and the threshold for daily/weekly spending.
It does not have an expiration date by default. However, you can set an expiration date to a generated PIN. If the expiration date is not set, the PIN will not expire.