Added the ability to open any PPI project. An internet connection is required to open PPI projects created on another computer.
Added the option to “Save and unlock” PPI projects under the “Save” menu. This is required to be able to continue to work with existing PPI projects in RealityCapture 1.4 and beyond, where no separate PPI license of RealityCapture will be available. “Save as” will save and unlock the project without requiring further action on the user’s part.
Added the unlockPPIProject CLI command for saving and unlocking PPI projects with the command line interface.
Added new Epic Online Services sign-in.
Added Epic Games account options to the Application Settings.
Removed the necessity to activate RealityCapture online or offline.
Removed hard expiration checks.
Removed PPI user interface.
Removed the License options from the Application Settings.
Removed the update mechanism and the Update button from the Application Settings.
Discontinued the following CLI commands activate, getLicense, importLicense, exportLicense. The commands will be ignored in existing CLI scripts and won’t fail.
Fixed an issue where it was not possible to upload non-georeferenced projects to Nira.
Changed the wording of the notification that is displayed when version 2 depth maps are used with a graphics card with a CUDA compute capability of less than 6.1 to: "The depth map algorithm changed to Version 1. To use Version 2, a CUDA device with capability 6.1 or greater is required."
New EULA.
Imported components from previous RealityCapture versions created in PPI mode will not work. We recommend importing PPI components to RealityCapture 1.3.2 activated in PPI mode and continuing your work in RealityCapture 1.4 by saving and unlocking the project.
Fixed the "Texturing stage 01 sanity check error"
Fixed the issue with the "Keep intrinsics" setting for undistorted images not preserving the calculated parameters in the exported cameras
Fixed a possible error during color correction
Fixed an issue where the “Unwrap parameters” in the Simplify tool didn’t work
Fixed an issue where a message didn’t show up when moving the cache files from one custom location to another
Fixed the “End of physical tape” error message for the Open Colmap Text Format option
Fixed a Nira upload issue where files divisible by 20MB would fail
Fixed issue with Nira upload not recognizing CH1903 / LV03 (EPSG: 21781) coordinate system and reporting it as UTM
Added "Use UTM" check box to Nira upload to force UTM coordinate system based on the coordinates in the image EXIF
Fixed an error when importing a model with classification and now it won't return an error, but it will import the model without the classification
Removed cloud reports from the Share menu
Minor text updates in multiple dialogs
Alignment:
Fixed black borders in the inner region undistorted image export
Fixed image priors not being saved in a project when using "addImageWithCalibration" CLI command
Fixed the "lockposeforcontinue" command now working in CLI
Meshing:
Fixed CUDA error for using older GPUs (added automatic fallback from v2 to v1 depth map library)
Fixed meshing error for alignment with division distortion model
Texturing:
Fixed issue where images disabled for texturing were used in texturing
Texturing:
Fixed slow loading times of projects with large images (images over 100 Mpx)
Fixed smoothing suboptimal threading strategy (increased smoothing tool processing speed)
Fixed empty pixel format in export image settings
Fixed exported FBX and ABC wrong camera naming, transforms, and sensor size
Fixed operation failed error when pressing cancel from the export dialog window
Fixed wrong camera positions in some cases in Nira
Fixed an issue where only a selection of cameras were uploaded to Nira
Fixed script error in Help on pages with embedded videos
Fixed script error when exporting reports in the German language
Highlights:
Faster model reconstruction and texturing
Improved one-click model generation
Mosaicing-based texturing and UV unwrap (Experimental)
Direct upload to Nira
Axis and transformation adjustment on import model dialog
Updated resource cache behavior
Selected New Features:
Support for PLY model import
HEIC decoder metadata added
Added render mesh from custom position - CLI commands + reporting system functions
Added large triangle unwrap option to the level of detail export
Revision of Inspection tool
New CLI Commands:
renderMeshFromCustomPositionYPR
renderMeshFromCustomPositionLookAt
Selected fixes:
Fixed the component workflow when "Features source" is set to "Merge using overlaps"
Fixed a crash when opening older .rcaling components from the old RealityCapture versions
Fixed an issue when GPS positions from image EXIF were not imported
Fixed "Unknown error" in meshing occurring in rare cases
Fixed possible crashes in model calculation when the application is low on memory
Fixed the "The group or resource is not in the correct state" error
Fixed an issue when the export dialog was not showing because the Nikon RAW codec was installed on the computer
Fixed an issue when negative numbers in CLI were dropping RealityCapture from silent and headless modes
The "Application Restarted" error should no longer happen
Fixed an issue with occasional missing parts in exported depths and masks
Fixed an issue when loading some RealityCapture projects with ortho projection shapes crashed RealityCapture
Fixed an issue when it was not possible to do a Sketchfab upload if you have an 8K texture
Fixed a crash when calculating on ortho projection of Map (GPS) type using the epsg:5514 coordinate system
HEIC decoder is not crashing anymore when it fails to load the image
The CLI command -exportModel without optional parameter now uses the latest GUI settings
Minor fixes:
Fixed an issue when texture artifacts are visible in 3D and 2D views when using HDR images
Fixed an issue when imported components might have different visual scales (fixed only with newly exported components)
Fixed an issue when the pivot placement on multipart meshes was in the air
Fixed an issue when texture projection was failing to hit certain triangles
Fixed an issue with missing triangles in Cesium tile corners
Fixed an issue when CameraMeasureStats function in CameraErrorsExportFS was not working
Fixed an issue when ExportTextureInfo in ModelExportFunctionSet did nothing for non-textured models
Fixed command line errors: in some cases, an error related to a previous wrong request was shown instead of the current one
Highlights:
RealityCapture Help is now available online for everybody and you can access it anytime. Start learning about RealityCapture features and CLI commands right now!
Enhancements to the 3Ds renderer - Display large-scale models and clean them out without having to use the clipping box.
Faster reconstruction - Depending on the number of images expect higher speed-ups on larger datasets and smaller speed-ups on smaller datasets.
More accurate textures - The texturing has been enhanced to create more accurate textures on the edges of the contrasting colors.
Better handling of disk space errors - The new feature that pauses the application progress automatically when cache files fill the whole storage disk to avoid further issues.
Selected new features:
Export a PLY format model with UVs and textures.
Changed the default from the 2Ds to the 1Ds view.
Export undistorted images in EXR format as 32-bit images.
Added native HEIC image format support.
Added functionality to render objects from camera positions using a report function.
Set the minimal and maximal resolutions when unwrapping a model.
The default inspection method changed to Scene uncertainty and camera relations.
New CLI commands:
Import an image with a custom path XMP file (addImageWithCalibration).
Use a new key to suppress error messages (suppressErrors).
Reset the interface, and settings, or make RealityCapture like a clean install (reset).
Selected fixes:
Headless mode and the silent command now to ignore more pop-up messages.
Fixed an issue where the depth and mask export cropped a model.
Fixed artifacts visible after using intensity-based texturing.
The depth maps values now update correctly after updating a component.
Fixed the issue with setting the unwrap max texture resolution.
Fixed issues with the FBX compatibility with Unreal Engine 5.1.
Fixed issues with the OBJ export preset with Unreal Engine 5.1.
The Start button now creates a textured model by default.
Fixed issue when the alpha channel in textures could be rendered as green color after texturing.
The preview coloring does not create a green color anymore.
Importing a model in the FBX format with multiple UV sets does not return an error.
Fixed the marker exporter.
Fixed some issues with the Cut by Box tool.
Fixed a rare issue when UV patch seams were visible when creating textures with a visibility-based texturing style.
Minor fixes:
Show all parts when right-clicking the show icon of the only visible part.
Fixed issues with backward compatibility in the reporting system.
The EXIF grouping can now group 180 degrees rotated images.
Exporting a model with a classification in parts won't crash anymore.
Fixed issue with RC native unsupported vertex color mapping mode for import/export of FBX and other model formats.
Images with the geo-location in the EXIF won't be imported as georeferenced.
Minor UI fixes.
This version introduced EULA (end-user license agreement) changes.
Highlights:
Console view extended with command line
Create command sequences and add them to the app ribbon
Export to Sketchfab at no additional cost using PPI license
(limitation 300k polygons and 1 x 4k texture)
CLI license floating token is the same for all floating licenses
Build expiry date extended to 5 years
Support for colmap scenes
Refactored UDIM export
Selected new features:
New smoothing style that works on peaks
New simplifying options
Faster depth-map calculation during the Preview Model reconstruction
Export material information when exporting FBX models
Upload to Cesium ion through Map Wizard
Added relative alignment precision options
Bright background option
Automatic brightness and contrast enhancement in 2D view
Sort control points
Select (non)registered images
The Display contours option in the app ribbon
Show component information in the 2D view
Component name as a suffix for control points imported with a component
License does not have to be allocated for a certain period of time
Standard license activation can be deactivated in the application settings
Several changes in reports
Signed reports are exported for free
New CLI commands:
Progress redirected to Command Prompt with printProgress
Export selected components with two new commands: exportSelectedComponentDir, exportSelectedComponentFile
Detect features with the command detectFeatures
Export snapshots with the command exportSelectedCamerasSnapshots
Print report lines into Command Prompt with printReport
Delete control points, control point measurements, and distance constraints
Set the image layer to an image or to multiple images with setImageLayer or setImagesLayer
Remove the image layer with removeImageLayer
Various editing options for selections
Selected fixes:
Map Wizard refractor
Exported FBX files now have smoothing groups defined
Cesium 3D Tiles export changed to allow disabling GZip compression and triangle strip generation for improved viewer compatibility
Texture names specify UDIM tile number last
Models uploaded to Sketchfab are unlit
Added option to disable density equalization for simplifying
Minor fixes:
Fixed artifacts in texturing from images with masks
Several Depth-Map calculation fixes
Several cut-by-box fixes
Several RCNode fixes
Several small fixes in CLI
Several SharpnessMap fixes
Several Import/Export fixes
This version extends the hard-expiration date.
Highlights:
Console view extended with command line
Create command sequences and add them to the app ribbon
Export models created in PPI for free to Sketchfab
CLI license floating token is the same for all floating licenses
Build expiry date extended to 5 years
Support for colmap scenes
Refactored UDIM export
Selected new features:
New smoothing style that works on peaks
New simplifying options
Faster depth-map calculation during the Preview Model reconstruction
Export material information when exporting FBX models
Upload to Cesium ion through Map Wizard
Added relative alignment precision options
Bright background option
Automatic brightness and contrast enhancement in 2D view
Sort control points
Select (non)registered images
The Display contours option in the app ribbon
Show component information in the 2D view
Component name as a suffix for control points imported with a component
License does not have to be allocated for a certain period of time
Standard license activation can be deactivated in the application settings
Several changes in reports
Signed reports are exported for free
New CLI commands:
Progress redirected to Command Prompt with printProgress
Export selected components with two new commands: exportSelectedComponentDir, exportSelectedComponentFile
Detect features with the command detectFeatures
Export snapshots with the command exportSelectedCamerasSnapshots
Print report lines into Command Prompt with printReport
Delete control points, control point measurements, and distance constraints
Set the image layer to an image or to multiple images with setImageLayer or setImagesLayer
Remove the image layer with removeImageLayer
Various editing options for selections
Selected fixes:
Map Wizard refractor
Exported FBX files now have smoothing groups defined
Cesium 3D Tiles export changed to allow disabling GZip compression and triangle strip generation for improved viewer compatibility
Texture names specify UDIM tile number last
Models uploaded to Sketchfab are unlit
Added option to disable density equalization for simplifying
Minor fixes:
Fixed artifacts in texturing from images with masks
Several Depth-Map calculation fixes
Several cut-by-box fixes
Several RCNode fixes
Several small fixes in CLI
Several SharpnessMap fixes\
Several Import/Export fixes
This version delivers a change in code sign certificate.
This version contains a package of fixes to the official 1.2.0.16813 Tarasque release.
Selected fixes:
Now the application asks you if you want to clean the model after import (not done automatically).
NOTE: If the cleaning is still done without prompting a dialog, please try to reset the dialog via the WORKFLOW tab - Application - Settings - Visual and language settings - Reset layout and dialogs.
Fixed selecting an export option on the second click after usthe ing search function in one export.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Projects created and/or saved in this version cannot be opened in the previous versions of RealityCapture.
Highlights:
Calculation of volume and area for arbitrary shapes.
Users can now create custom height profiles.
Contour lines computation and export.
BETA: Orthomosaic rendering method along with advanced mosaic editing tools.
Selected new features:
Faster depth-maps calculation (even 2x+)
BETA: Now possible to detect misaligned cameras within Inspect tool.
Now possible to create and export cross-sections of the models.
Ribbon improvements and color cursors auto-detection for a more intuitive and smoother user experience.
View context tabs are now always visible and extended wa ith selection of view options and tools.
One-export dialog grouping all export options, most recently used option and search function.
Export and sharing options added to the main menu.
Camera uncertainty ellipses are now visible in the map view for each camera.
Relative camera position uncertainties are now visible in 1Ds for each camera.
New Cut by Box tool for sharp box cuts and box booleans.
Now possible to freeze simplification of the model edges.
Added option to choose texture format and layer for Level Of Detail (LOD) model export.
Several optimizations to LOD export (e.g. size and hierarchy of the exported LOD models).
Now possible to filter images displayed in the 2Ds view - you can drag and drop selections, add, subtract or intersect them or press delete to hide them from the 2Ds view.
Added option to frame images/cameras in the map view.
Items can be deselected by right-clicking the mouse.
Minimized texture dimensions after fixed and adaptive texel size unwrap.
Automatic markers detection supported for grayscale inputs.
Updated database of coordinate systems.
Now possible to enable slope shading on DTM and DSM.
Multiple security improvements when running Real-time Assistant.
Improved results when using the Correct Colors tool.
New CLI commands:
Added new CLI commands (setGroundPlaneFromReconstructionRegion, exportCrossSections, renameCrossSections, selectCrossSections, computeContours, exportContours, renameContours, selectContours, exportShapes, importShapesToSelectedOrtho, importShapesToOrtho, selectShape, addShapeToSelection, detectFeatures, stdConsole).
Introduced new key "allowReadOnly" for set command for enabling opening project multiple times.
Selected fixes:
Selected component is now saved with the project.
Map view ordering buttons are greyed out when irrelevant
Hot selections are now shown in 1Ds when selecting in other views.
ESC key cancels tools in 2D.
Changing the layout keeps the focus of the view and ribbon.
Fixed crashes of LOD models export.
Fixed crashes on Cesium Ion upload.
Fixed flipped UVs and rendering issues after importing a large model.
Fixed incompatibility of exported non-georeferenced models with Cesium Ion.
Fixed incorrectly exported depths and masks.
Fixed importing UV indices from FBX file format.
CLI command exportDepthAndMask now respecting XML parameters file.
Fixed incorrect export into FBX with special characters in the path.
Autosaving project now enabled by default.
Fixed export of ortho-projection into .exr file format.
Fixed UI artifacts for higher-resolution screens.
Fixed the unresponsive render button in the Ortho projection tool.
Minor fixes:
Fixed incorrectly displayed texts in the exported reports.
Several fixes to the behavior of silent commands - all unwanted dialogs now should be suppressed.
Minor fixes in the application Help.
Progress report now shows Resume when Paused.
Selected model now deselected by selecting another component.
Fixed vertex color artifacts after simplification.
Fixed simplify command not respecting current settings for reprojection.
Fixed incorrect text field in Ortho projection report.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Projects created and/or saved in this version cannot be opened in the previous versions of RealityCapture.
Highlights:
Calculation of volume and area for arbitrary shapes.
Users can now create custom height profiles.
Contour lines computation and export.
BETA: Orthomosaic rendering method along with advanced mosaic editing tools.
Selected new features:
Faster depth-maps calculation (even 2x+)
BETA: Now possible to detect misaligned cameras within Inspect tool.
Now possible to create and export cross-sections of the models.
Ribbon improvements and color cursors auto-detection for a more intuitive and smoother user experience.
View context tabs are now always visible and extendeda with selection of view options and tools.
One-export dialog grouping all export options, most recently used opti,on and search function.
Export and sharing options added to the main menu.
Camera uncertainty ellipses are now visible in the map view for each camera.
Relative camera position uncertainties now visible in 1Ds for each camera.
New Cut by Box tool for sharp box cuts and box booleans.
Now possible to freeze simplification of the model edges.
Added option to choose texture format and layer for Level Of Detail (LOD) model export.
Several optimizations to LOD export (e.g., size and hierarchy of the exported LOD models).
Now possible to filter images displayed in 2Ds view - you can drag and drop selections, add, subtract or intersect them or press delete to hide them from 2Ds view.
Added option to frame images/cameras in the map view.
Items can be deselected by right-click of the mouse.
Minimized texture dimensions after fixed and adaptive texel size unwrap.
Automatic markers detection supported for grayscale inputs.
Updated database of coordinate systems.
Now possible to enable slope shading on DTM and DSM.
Multiple security improvements when running Real-time Assistant.
Improved results when using the Correct Colors tool.
New CLI commands:
Added new CLI commands (setGroundPlaneFromReconstructionRegion, exportCrossSections, renameCrossSections, selectCrossSections, computeContours, exportContours, renameContours, selectContours, exportShapes, importShapesToSelectedOrtho, importShapesToOrtho, selectShape, addShapeToSelection, detectFeatures, stdConsole).
Introduced new key "allowReadOnly" for set command for enabling opening project multiple times.
Selected fixes:
Selected component now saved with the project.
Map view ordering buttons are greyed out when irrelevant
Hot selections are now shown in 1Ds when selecting in other view.
ESC key cancels tools in 2D.
Changing the layout keeps the focus of the view and ribbon.
Fixed crashes of LOD models export.
Fixed crashes on Cesium Ion upload.
Fixed flipped UVs and rendering issues after importing a large model.
Fixed incompatibility of exported non-georeferenced models with Cesium Ion.
Fixed incorrectly exported depths and masks.
Fixed importing UV indices from FBX file format.
CLI command exportDepthAndMask now respecting XML parameters file.
Fixed incorrect export into FBX with special characters in the path.
Autosaving project now enabled by default.
Fixed export of ortho-projection into .exr file format.
Fixed UI artifacts for higher resolution screens.
Fixed unresponsive render button in the Ortho projection tool.
Minor fixes:
Fixed incorrectly displayed texts in the exported reports.
Several fixes to the behavior of silent commands - all unwanted dialogs now should be suppressed.
Minor fixes in the application Help.
Progress report now shows Resume when Paused.
Selected model now deselected by selecting another component.
Fixed vertex color artifacts after simplification.
Fixed simplify command not respecting current settings for reprojection.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Projects created and/or saved in this version cannot be opened in the previous versions of RealityCapture.
Highlights:
Calculation of volume and area for arbitrary shapes.
Users can now create custom height profiles.
Contour lines computation and export.
BETA: Orthomosaic rendering method along with advanced mosaic editing tools.
Selected new features:
Faster depth-maps calculation (even 2x+)
BETA: Now possible to detect misaligned cameras within Inspect tool.
Now possible to create and export cross sections of the models.
Ribbon improvements and color cursors auto-detection for more intuitive and smoother user experience.
View context tabs are now always visible and extended with selection of view options and tools.
One-export dialog grouping all export options, most recently used option and search function.
Export and sharing options added to the main menu.
Camera uncertainty ellipses now visible in the map view for each camera.
Relative camera position uncertainties now visible in 1Ds for each camera.
New Cut by Box tool for sharp box cuts and box booleans.
Now possible to freeze simplification of the model edges.
Added option to choose texture format and layer for Level Of Detail (LOD) model export.
Several optimizations to LOD export (e.g. size and hierarchy of the exported LOD models).
Now possible to filter images displayed in 2Ds view - you can drag and drop selections, add, subtract or intersect them or press delete to hide them from 2Ds view.
Added option to frame images/cameras in the map view.
Items can be deselected by right-click of the mouse.
Minimized texture dimensions after fixed and adaptive texel size unwrap.
Automatic markers detection supported for grayscale inputs.
Updated database of coordinate systems.
Now possible to enable slope shading on DTM and DSM.
Multiple security improvements when running Real-time Assistant.
Improved results when using the Correct Colors tool.
New CLI commands:
Added new CLI commands (setGroundPlaneFromReconstructionRegion, exportCrossSections, renameCrossSections, selectCrossSections, computeContours, exportContours, renameContours, selectContours, exportShapes, importShapesToSelectedOrtho, importShapesToOrtho, selectShape, addShapeToSelection).
Introduced new key "allowReadOnly" for set command for enabling opening project multiple times.
Selected fixes:
Selected component is now saved with the project.
Map view ordering buttons are greyed out when irrelevant
Hot selections are now shown in 1Ds when selecting in other views.
ESC key cancels tools in 2D.
Changing the layout keeps the focus of the view and ribbon.
Fixed crashes of LOD models export.
Fixed crashes on Cesium Ion upload.
Fixed flipped UVs and rendering issues after importing a large model.
Fixed incompatibility of exported non-georeferenced models with Cesium Ion.
Fixed incorrectly exported depths and masks.
Fixed importing UV indices from FBX file format.
CLI command exportDepthAndMask now respecting XML parameters file.
Fixed incorrect export into FBX with special characters in the path.
Autosaving project now enabled by default.
Fixed export of ortho-projection into .exr file format.
Fixed UI artifacts for higher-resolution screens.
Minor fixes:
Fixed incorrectly displayed texts in the exported reports.
Several fixes to the behavior of silent commands - all unwanted dialogs now should be suppressed.
Minor fixes in the application Help.
Progress report now shows Resume when Paused.
Selected model is now deselected by selecting another component.
Fixed vertex color artifacts after simplification.
Fixed simplify command not respecting current settings for reprojection.
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This version contains a package of fixes to the official 1.1.1.14258 Blaze release.
Selected fixes:
Moving keyframes in 4D animation tool now working correctly.
Small fixes to real-time assistant.
Drag & drop ortho projections into map view now working correctly.
Now possible to export ortho-projections into .exr file format.
Fixed DSM/DTM export with Depth (local) layer.
Fixed incorrect behavior for commands exportDepthAndMask and exportSTMap.
Fixed incorrect import of a model by parts.
Added minor changes in Help section.
Fixes to save and save as behavior.
Removed artifacts when zooming ortho-projections in 2D view.
Fixed behavior of control point editor.
Fixed problems with stuck texturing.
Fixed issues when changing layout.
App returns errorlevel 0.
Fixed incorrect behavior of progress bar after aborting the process.
Fixed issue with opening scenes created in an anonymous PPI mode.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Projects created and/or saved in this version cannot be opened in the previous versions of RealityCapture.
Highlights:
Real-time alignment assistant on a smart device with a local network processing (CLI users)
Sharing or creating reports with a sparse interactive 3D scene
Now you can open and work with the same PPI scene on different computers
Support for high DPI monitors. Simply change zoom.
Automatic project saving
Resume model calculations after planned or unplanned closing of the app
CLI application can work without UI ("headless" mode)
Relative camera position uncertainty (ellipses) displayed in Accuracy report
Added option to create model classification from labeled images (experimental)
Selected new features:
Added an option to merge small parts when simplifying a model.
Added possibility to select 2Ds view in all views.
Application localization into Czech and Italian language.
Added possibility to use custom names for image layers.
Added possibility to rename created texture layers.
Added a table with parameters for the selected texture layer.
Sharper and more detailed models for scenes with high DOF and big redundancy.
The application now gathers and sends some basic statistical data in the form of an operation log file to improve user experience (can be disabled in the Application settings).
Map view now remembers multiple map provider credentials instead of allowing only one.
Map provider URL path can now be parametrized using a template.
Open projects are now protected against accidental resaving from different instances or by a different user.
Added an option to display Slope for the selected ortho projection.
Reconstruction settings have been simplified.
Improvements to the search function in the built-in Help section.
Added possibility to choose layer used for texturing in the Color and Texture Settings.
Recently used email remembered when activating a license.
2Ds view now shows selected Image layer.
Simplification factor in level of detail export panel is now specified as a percentage.
Clipping box now displayed with blue color.
New CLI commands:
Added new CLI commands (headless, selectImages, setReconstructionRegionOnCps, scaleReconstructionRegion, moveReconstructionRegion, rotateReconstructionRegion).
“silent” command now suppresses also warning dialogs (e.g. Not enough video memory when displaying larger models in 3D).
Project path added as optional parameter for “save” command.
Added parameters to “load” command that handle opening autosaved projects.
Selected fixes:
Fix to Recompute model render data. Now possible to recompute the render data for the current model or to change the Max points to display directly.
Fix to exporting depth maps and ST maps.
Map view now displays offline tile cache, even in case of a network error.
Fixed camera rotation issues in Maya ASCII scene export.
Unwrap tool now generates textures with non-mirrored surface features.
Path to the normal map is now specified in the MTL file when exporting a model to OBJ.
Now possible to handle errors during activation via command line interface.
Image path nov visible in 2D view even after zooming the image.
Minor fixes:
Fix to ortho ruler display.
Fix ortho depth map artifacts at a detailed zoom level.
Removed "Don't show me again checkbox" from the "Imported Model Is Dirty" dialog.
Fixed empty transformation preset list shown in camera export.
Fixed incorrect message shown when GPU driver is out of date.
Simplification factor in the Level of Detail Export dialog is now specified as a percentage.
Fixed progress bar flickering.
Fixed control points snapping when using the Define Distance tool.
Fixed behavior of "Less details” and “Show flags" checkboxes in 2Ds view.
Fixes to Map view credentials setup dialog.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Projects created and/or saved in this version cannot be opened in the previous versions of RealityCapture.
Highlights:
Real-time alignment assistant on a smart device with a local network processing (CLI users)
Now you can open and work with the same PPI scene on different computers
Autosave - your project is continuously saved so that you do not lose your work if something happens
Possibility to resume model reconstruction after unexpected closing of the app
CLI application can work without UI, with progress indication in the system tray
Relative camera position uncertainty (ellipses) displayed in Accuracy report
Added option to create model classification from labeled images (experimental)
Better readability on high resolution monitors. Simply change zoom.
Selected new features:
Added an option to merge small parts when simplifying a model.
Added possibility to select 2Ds view in all views.
Application localization into Czech and Italian language.
Added possibility to use custom names for image layers.
Added possibility to rename created texture layers.
Added a table with parameters for the selected texture layer.
Sharper and more detailed models for scenes with high DOF and big redundancy.
The application now gathers and sends some basic statistic data in a form of an operation log file to improve user experience (can be disabled in the Application settings).
Map view now remembers multiple map provider credentials instead of allowing only one.
Map provider URL path can now be parametrized using a template.
Opened projects are now protected against accidental resaving from different instance or by a different user (read-only mode).
Added an option to display Slope for the selected ortho projection.
Reconstruction settings have been simplified.
Improvements to the search function in the built-in Help section.
Added possibility to choose layer used for texturing in the Color and Texture Settings.
Recently used email remembered when activating a license.
2Ds view now shows selected Image layer.
Simplification factor in level of detail export panel is now specified as a percentage.
Clipping box now displayed with clue color.
New CLI commands:
Added new CLI commands (headless, selectImages, setReconstructionRegionOnCps, scaleReconstructionRegion, moveReconstructionRegion, rotateReconstructionRegion).
“silent” command now suppresses also warning dialogs (e.g. Not enough video memory when displaying larger models in 3D).
Project path added as optional parameter for “save” command.
Added parameters to “load” command that handle opening autosaved projects.
Selected fixes:
Fix to Recompute model render data. Now possible to recompute the render data for the current model or to change the Max points to display directly.
Fix to exporting depth maps and ST maps.
Map view now displays offline tile cache, even in case of a network error.
Fixed camera rotation issues in Maya ASCII scene export.
Unwrap tool now generates textures with non-mirrored surface features.
Path to the normal map is now specified in the MTL file when exporting a model to OBJ.
Now possible to handle errors during activation via command line interface.
Image path nov visible in 2D view even after zooming the image.
Minor fixes:
Fix to ortho ruler display.
Fix ortho depth map artifacts at a detailed zoom level.
Removed "Don't show me again checkbox" from the "Imported Model Is Dirty" dialog.
Fixed empty transformation preset list shown in camera export.
Fixed incorrect message shown when GPU driver is out of date.
Simplification factor in the Level of Detail Export dialog is now specified as a percentage.
Fixed progress bar flickering.
Fixed control points snapping when using the Define Distance tool.
Fixed behavior of "Less details” and “Show flags" checkboxes in 2Ds view.
Fixes to Map view credentials setup dialog.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Projects created and/or saved in this version cannot be opened in the previous versions of RealityCapture.
Highlights:
Now possible to import also accuracy for the measurements (e.g. import of PPK/RTK data)
Import of Leica BLK3D data
Import of Z+F scans (.zfs and .zfprj file formats)
Point cloud classification (AI classify tool)
Generation of Digital terrain model (DTM)
Export Level of Detail (LOD) models
Export models to Cesium 3D Tiles format
Direct upload to Cesium ion
Selected new features:
Added new Accuracy and georeferencing report template
Application localization into Spanish, Korean, Chinese simplified, French
Small components grouping and deletion
New DSM /DTM export options - masking empty pixels using alpha channel, normalizing image and 2 modes of storing depth
Export of point cloud classification
Export model into .stl and .3mf file format
Text file importer improved
Added more color palettes for displaying DSM/DTM in 2D view
Possibility to remove input image layer
Possibility to choose image layer used for coloring
New numbering formats for export to .obj, .ply, .xyz that support lossless export & import
Shift + holding left mouse button rotates reconstruction region in 15deg increments
Possibility to hide texture layer and show vertex colors
Filter selection now does not reset reconstruction region setup
Automatic setting for sampling method, supersampling and reprojection distance in texture reprojection tool
Added option to perform reprojection during simplification in Simplify tool
Added mesh and texture quality presets for Sketchfab upload
Added Merge components button in the Alignment tab (removed from Alignment settings)
Map view improvements - camera selections, using color cursors, placing ground control points
New CLI commands:
New CLI commands (dtmClassify, export3dTiles, exportLod, importLeicaBlk3D, mergeComponents, selectAllImages, deselectAllImages, invertImageSelection)
RC CMD line is translated by the string translator before executing, i.e. CLI commands can be controlled using the variables and basic functions.
Console outputs of the application can by redirected into the text files using getStatus command
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Due to the improvements in the text files importer there is a need to generate the parametric files in the latest version when importing flight log, control points measurements and ground control points via CLI. Specifically, this concerns using commands importFlightLog, importControlPointsMeasurements, and importGroundControlPoints.
Selected fixes:
Fixed Unexpected program state error during alignment
Fixed image sorting by index, name and path
Fixed Autodesk navigation style
Better progress reporting (smaller jumps) for certain tools
Collision of point cloud (PTX) file format with Pentax RAW Image File format as a part of Windows Imaging Component codec
OrthoProjection depth colormapping is smooth
Fixed issue with memory not being properly released when unloading projects
Fixed potential issue with memory when smoothing model
Fix incorrect format of ASCII PLY export
Fix swapping red and blue channels in ortho projection export to .exr
Fix banding in DSM and DTM export to .exr
Fix crash when exporting control points
Fix lasso, and rect selection sometimes do not show selected vertices or they crash
Fixed issues with Sketchfab upload
Fixed error message when reprojecting to a non-unwrapped model via reprojectModel command
Disabled reproject button in reproject panel when no reprojection type is selected
Reprojection now creates new texturing layers instead of replacing existing layers
Fixed source texture alpha transferred to target texture during reprojection
Fixed possible failure when reprojecting from vertex colors
Youtube video link shown in help page when being offline
Minor fixes:
Cannot save project in Viewer mode via CLI anymore
Fixed incorrect behavior of Distance tool on ortho projection
Fixed selections occasionally losing their contents
Fixed potential hard crash of app when using large selections
Fixed potential smoothing failures on very small parts
Fixed exporting sampled ortho projection with higher resolution
Corrections to dialog when HDR images are imported
Fixed memory leaks when using lasso selection
Corrected report when using Check topology tool
Fixed Incorrect selection when distance constraint is changed and clipping box is used
IMPORTANT NOTE: Projects created and/or saved in this version cannot be opened in the previous versions of RealityCapture.
Highlights:
Now possible to import also accuracy for the measurements (e.g. import of PPK/RTK data)
Point cloud classification (AI classify tool)
Generation of Digital terrain model (DTM)
Export Level of Detail (LOD) models
Export models to Cesium 3D Tiles format
Direct upload to Cesium ion
Import of Z+F scans (.zfs and .zfprj file formats)
Import of Lecia BLK3D data
Project auto save and recovery (enable in the Application settings)
Selected new features:
Added new Accuracy and georeferencing report template
Application localization into Spanish, Korean, Chinese simplified, French
Small components grouping and deletion
New DSM /DTM export options - masking empty pixels using alpha channel, normalizing image and 2 modes of storing depth
Export of point cloud classification
Text file importer improved
Added more color palettes for displaying DSM/DTM in 2D view
Possibility to remove input image layer
Possibility to choose image layer used for coloring
New numbering formats for export to .obj, .ply, .xyz that support lossless export & import
Shift + holding left mouse button rotates reconstruction region in 15deg increments
Possibility to hide texture layer and show vertex colors
Filter selection now does not reset reconstruction region setup
Automatic setting for sampling method, supersampling and reprojection distance in texture reprojection tool
Added option to perform reprojection during simplification in Simplify tool
Added mesh and texture quality presets for Sketchfab upload
Added Merge components button in the Alignment tab (removed from Alignment settings)
Map view improvements - camera selections, using color cursors, placing ground control points
New CLI commands:
New CLI commands (dtmClassify, export3dTiles, exportLod, importLeicaBlk3D, mergeComponents, selectAllImages, deselectAllImages, invertImageSelection)
RC CMD line is translated by the string translator before executing, i.e. CLI commands can be controlled using the variables and basic functions.
Console outputs of the application can by redirected into the text files using getStatus command
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Due to the improvements in the text files importer there is a need to generate the parametric files in the latest version when importing flight log, control points measurements and ground control points via CLI. Specifically, this concerns using commands importFlightLog, importControlPointsMeasurements, and importGroundControlPoints.
Selected fixes:
Fixed image sorting by index, name and path
Fixed Autodesk navigation style
Better progress reporting (smaller jumps) for certain tools
Collision of point cloud (PTX) file format with Pentax RAW Image File format as a part of Windows Imaging Component codec
OrthoProjection depth colormapping is smooth
Fixed issue with memory not being properly released when unloading projects
Fixed potential issue with memory when smoothing model
Fix incorrect format of ASCII PLY export
Fix swapping red and blue channels in ortho projection export to .exr
Fix banding in DSM and DTM export to .exr
Fix crash when exporting control points
Fix lasso, and rect selection sometimes do not show selected vertices or they crash
Fixed issues with Sketchfab upload
Fixed error message when reprojecting to a non-unwrapped model via reprojectModel command
Disabled reproject button in reproject panel when no reprojection type is selected
Reprojection now creates new texturing layers instead of replacing existing layers
Fixed source texture alpha transferred to target texture during reprojection
Fixed possible failure when reprojecting from vertex colors
Youtube video link shown in help page when being offline
Minor fixes:
Cannot save project in Viewer mode via CLI anymore
Fixed incorrect behavior of Distance tool on ortho projection
Fixed selections occasionally losing their contents
Fixed potential hard crash of app when using large selections
Fixed potential smoothing failures on very small parts
Fixed exporting sampled ortho projection with higher resolution
Corrections to dialog when HDR images are imported
Fixed memory leaks when using lasso selection
Corrected report when using Check topology tool
Fixed Incorrect selection when distance constraint is changed and clipping box is used
This release is made solely to distribute the critical fix on Sketchfab upload.
Highlights:
Share reports to a cloud and manage them via your account (https://www.capturingreality.com/my.cloud.reports)
Now possible to run up to 4 instances of RealityCapture at once
User can use a high-level programming language to control the program flow, send command-line commands to an already opened RC instance
Simplify tool allows reprojecting color and normal maps
Export of STMap, depth map, and mesh mask images
Selected new features:
Normal maps uploaded to Sketchfab
Users can now import distance constraint definitions - this is helpful especially for rulers with coded target on each end
Added 3D uncertainty of control points in reports
Point uncertainty visualization in the Inspection Tool
Image masks can now be loaded also as separate files and displayed as mask layer in a 2D view
Color normalization on all texturing layers (16-bit/HDR images now supported)
Reprojection from vertex colors into textures
Texturing on all texturing layers
Export 16-bit/HDR textures to single texture file
Better texturing memory management
Added option to define the ground plane with a reconstruction region
Added new options for placing reconstruction region (from control points, from reconstruction)
Exported texture naming more readable in case multiple layers are exported
Option "Maximal reprojection distance" removed from Reprojection Tool, the reprojection distance is now calculated automatically
Color reprojection is now enabled by default in the Reprojection Tool
Coloring style now displayed in the Selected model(s) table
Model export to GLB file format
Improved image undistortion algorithm
Improved mesh quality for scenes with single object in the middle of image (statues, full-body scans, etc.)
Now you can use also Shift-Tab (besides Tab) to switch between image layers back and forth in 2D views
Loading scene without having input images (the viewer mode) is much faster and does not create thousands of mock-up images
Faster scene loading from network locations
Cached metadata get automatically invalidated after user/external image editing, no need to delete meta database files
Faster image rendering in 2D views
Improved texts in error messages with more additional information
New CLI commands:
importHDRimages
exportDepthAndMask
exportSTMap
shareReport
settings for color normalization for image selection (enableColorNormalization and enableColorNormalizationReference)
defineDistance now accepts distance definition from a file
correctColors now accepts image layer name as a parameter
Improved parsing of command-line arguments
importModel now supports FBX file format
Selected fixes:
Error "Corrupted or missing depth map" during reconstruction
Out of CUDA memory during depth-map computation (multi-GPU CUDA driver problem)
Incorrect rendering of laser scans in 2D image view
PPI access denied issues during export. The PPI version will inform about scene inconsistencies, like image manipulation, prior to export. It will also recommend steps for getting the scene back to the consistent state.
Error when creating a preview mesh in PPI
Issue where georeferenced laser scans imported as draft were not georeferenced after alignment
Watermark in DSM ortho export in PPI
Error when using the Duplicate model tool in PPI
CLI export of camera registration to Autodesk Maya format
Loss of recommended display scale after resetting the ground
Large disk space consumption during reprojection
Display of only positive values in displacement maps
Slow Sketchfab upload due to texturing, now reprojection is done instead
Export of undistorted images with wrong alpha
Unavailable undistortion options in FBX export
Scaling/transformation issue with import of a reconstruction box
Texture layer options rendering in 2D image view ribbon
Resetting panels to its default state - the panels did not reset sub-options which were not displayed as default.
Image orientation/rendering/alignment of images taken with Huawei smart phones (invalid Exif value)
Map wizard automatically reset alignment options like „merge components only“
Incorrect behavior of the selectModel command
Invalid argument when using integer PIN as a parameter for the getLicense command
Crashing during saving parameters .xml from the Export Model dialog
Not saving control points when importing a component via CLI
Ignoring integer parameter when using the simplify command
RGB values in LAS export normalized to 16-bit values
Minor fixes:
Not preserving the export option Same as XMP when reexporting
Crash when texturing imported model with default settings
Incorrect behavior when the pivot was clicked into the void (far distance) - it was set behind the camera and not in the front of it
Red error issue when accessing read-only images
Jet palette refreshing issues in ortho/laser scan views
Progress bar rendering issues in the console view - this fixes the cases when the progress bar was not displayed or was displayed with a wrong name
Dot progress indicator rendering artifacts in a 3D view
Scene load progress indicator
Back jumps of progress report after UV unwrap in texturing
Highlights:
Image layers: now it is possible to automatically use different images for alignment, meshing and texture generation
Screen grabber supports voice recording
Color correction across images ( Just for one 8-bit image layer. Multi-layer 16-bit/HDR planned for next release )
Selected new features:
User can drag and drop image folders to the application
Added new coordinate system "The same as XMP" for all exports
New image undistortion export option which is preserving camera intrinsics
Add 16-bit texture reprojection
Selected fixes:
Laser scans processing fix for PPI
Fixed red error caused when importing non-HDR image via HDR import dialog
Fixed ignored component index during CLI export
DSM ortho export in licensed project is now without watermark ... as should be ( PPI only )
Fixed : CLI - exportRegistration to Maya not working
IMPORTANT NOTE: Projects created and/or saved in this version cannot be opened in the previous versions of RealityCapture.
Highlights:
Brand new Pay-Per-Input ( PPI ) licensing model (https://www.capturingreality.com/RealityCapture-PPI)
MapWizard - new step-by-step wizard for processing drone data and creating georeferenced maps
Map reports - export of reports for georeferenced ortho projections, their display in a map
Support of 16-bit/HDR images for import and texture creation
Improved Texture reprojection tool: added generation of displacement and normal maps, trilinear sampling and supersampling
Improved CLI functionality - many new commands
Localization into German (UI, Help, Reports)
Selected new features:
Export model with cameras into alembic (*.abc) file format
Textures in the 1Ds scene tree
Possibility to display texture in 2D views
2D TEXTURE context ribbon
Support of multi-layer textures – now you can see all texture layers in the 1Ds view as well as display them in a 2D view, each layer can be exported through the Model Export dialog
Possibility to enable/disable displaying texture alpha in 2D views
Option for cleaning imported models when non-manifold edges are detected
Possibility to apply rotation to each axis in the Model Export dialog - use if you want your model to be aligned with different types of default coordinate systems in Maya, Zbrush, etc. ( with transformation presets for Maya, Zbrush, etc. )
Choice between 2 tone-mapping methods in the 16-bit/HDR Import dialog: local Windows codec or RC tone-mapping
Conversion of imported 16-bit/HDR images to tone-mapped 8-bit images
Support for RGB float (96bpp) HDR images
Project and model name included in the default name of exported models and ortho projections
Possibility to choose a pixel format of exported textures
Possibility to export models as PTX and LAS files
Booleans in settings' panels changed to Yes/No, Enable/Disable, On/Off.
New CLI commands:
select a component, a model or an ortho projection by name
export a component (registration) with its name as a parameter
rename a selected component
delete the cache
delete a component or a model
duplicate model
export reports
change the project or output coordinate system
export a sparse point cloud
texture reprojections
define a distance
get the progress information
select a component with the least reprojection error
select images from an image list
set preferences for selected images
import a video
export XMP for a selected component
reset ground
Changed order of parameters for commands exportRegistration and exportUndistortedImages (previously exportRegistrationUndistoredImages) - the original order of parameters cannot be used anymore
Added possibility to run RealityCapture commands with drag-and-dropping an .rccmd file into the application
Added possibility to use settings' files as optional parameters and reduced the ending of commands with Ex (deprecated commands)
Added warning messages into the console for deprecated commands - the commands will be removed in the future
Updated error messages
Selected fixes:
Error "out of memory" during texture reprojection
Errors when exporting to Alembic (.abc) file format
Export of 16k texture to 128bit float EXR
Texture reprojection of 16K texture
Several dialogs not translated into German
Crash during detection of April Tag markers
Incorrect display of tone-mapped HDR images
Crash during import of e57 files
Unwrap texture utilization and speed
Mesh artifacts created during simplification occurred when heavy triangle count reduction was chosen (e.g. less than 1% triangles, or to 10K tris)
Long texture reprojection time for models with large number of textures
Simplify command not accepting the .xml file with parameters
Incorrect rendering of ortho projections in us-ft
Import of a model with disabled texture resulting in an empty model
Models created under wrong components when another component selected during the reconstruction
Direct upload to Sketchfab
Blending in the exported texture
The Detect markers tool not available before input images have been added
A reprojected-to layer not shown when the reprojection finishes
Incorrectly displayed error message when loading a flight log for images not present in the project
Export into Collada (.dae) file format
Incorrect depth layer scale for ortho projection
Incorrect project saving when a new name of the project was a part of the original name
Image preview not shown in the rendered video
Change of settings not taken into account when not confirmed by the enter key
Incorrect display of the Point Rect and the Lasso tool cursors
Incorrect string being shown in the console during detection of markers
FBX export progress
IMPORTANT NOTE: Projects created and/or saved in this version cannot be opened in the previous versions of RealityCapture.
Highlights:
MapWizard - new step-by-step wizard for processing drone data and creating georeferenced maps
Map reports - export of reports for georeferenced ortho projections, their display in a map
Support of 16-bit/HDR images for import and texture creation
Improved Texture reprojection tool: added generation of displacement and normal maps, trilinear sampling and supersampling
Improved CLI functionality - many new commands
Localization into German (UI, Help, Reports)
Selected new features:
Export model with cameras into alembic (*.abc) file format
Textures in the 1Ds scene tree
Possibility to display texture in 2D views
2D TEXTURE context ribbon
Support of multi-layer textures – now you can see all texture layers in the 1Ds view as well as display them in a 2D view, each layer can be exported through the Model Export dialog
Possibility to enable/disable displaying texture alpha in 2D views
Option for cleaning imported models when non-manifold edges are detected
Possibility to apply rotation to each axis in the Model Export dialog - use if you want your model to be aligned with different types of default coordinate systems in Maya, Zbrush, etc.
Choice between 2 tone-mapping methods in the 16-bit/HDR Import dialog: local Windows codec or RC tone-mapping
Conversion of imported 16-bit/HDR images to tone-mapped 8-bit images
Support for RGB float (96bpp) HDR images
Project and model name included in the default name of exported models and ortho projections
Possibility to choose a pixel format of exported textures
Possibility to export models as PTX and LAS files
Booleans in settings' panels changed to Yes/No, Enable/Disable, On/Off
New CLI commands:
select a component, a model or an ortho projection by name
export a component (registration) with its name as a parameter
rename a selected component
delete the cache
delete a component or a model
duplicate model
export reports
change the project or output coordinate system
export a sparse point cloud
texture reprojections
define a distance
get the progress information
select a component with the least reprojection error
select images from an image list
set preferences for selected images
import a video
export XMP for a selected component
reset ground
Changed order of parameters for commands exportRegistration and exportUndistortedImages (previously exportRegistrationUndistoredImages) - the original order of parameters cannot be used anymore
Added possibility to run RealityCapture commands with drag-and-dropping an .rccmd file into the application
Added possibility to use settings' files as optional parameters and reduced the ending of commands with Ex (deprecated commands)
Added warning messages into the console for deprecated commands - the commands will be removed in the future
Updated error messages
Selected fixes:
Crash during detection of April Tag markers
Incorrect display of tone-mapped HDR images
Crash during import of e57 files
Unwrap texture utilization and speed
Mesh artifacts created during simplification occurred when heavy triangle count reduction was chosen (e.g. less than 1% triangles, or to 10K tris)
Long texture reprojection time for models with large number of textures
Simplify command not accepting the .xml file with parameters
Incorrect rendering of ortho projections in us-ft
Import of a model with disabled texture resulting in an empty model
Models created under wrong components when another component selected during the reconstruction
Direct upload to Sketchfab
Blending in the exported texture
The Detect markers tool not available before input images have been added
A reprojected-to layer not shown when the reprojection finishes
Incorrectly displayed error message when loading a flight log for images not present in the project
Export into Collada (.dae) file format
Incorrect depth layer scale for ortho projection
Incorrect project saving when a new name of the project was a part of the original name
Image preview not shown in the rendered video
Change of settings not taken into account when not confirmed by the enter key
Incorrect display of the Point Rect and the Lasso tool cursors
Incorrect string being shown in the console during detection of markers
FBX export progress
Highlights:
Animation tool - now you can render fly-through videos with a manually defined trajectory via a 4D view
Added model-to-model texture reprojection (experimental version)
Added a possibility to import and process a video as an input
Selected new features:
Now you can place control points (CPs) with measurement suggestions via ortho-projection
Now you can drag and drop a CP from an ortho-projection into an image
Suggested measurements are now displayed in 2D/3D views with a different marker
You can disable animated fading in the Application settings - Animated UI (e.g. for faster remote desktop experience)
Added space dividers to the property panel for rendering large numbers (e.g. 100000 will be displayed as 100 000)
Added a new "simplifyEx" CLI command for simplification using any loaded settings
Cameras with imported coordinates from a flight-log now displayed in the map view
Altitude below sea level now loaded from EXIF
Placing color cursors via 3D now working for CP measurements and suggested measurements
Undo/Redo functionality added to several tools
Cameras displayed in the map view by default
Number of ortho-projections now displayed separately from models for each component
Selected fixes:
Incorrect generation and loading of XMP files
Creation of CP measurement suggestions and behaviour of the Unban/Clear suggested measurements buttons
Non-georeferenced reconstruction region incorrectly imported into geo-referenced scenes (e.g. created from XMPs)
Error during mesh export
Incorrect mesh export for scaled models when exporting to grid-plane coordinates
Hot/select of CPs in the 3D view and camera pivot rotation
Impossible to close the error window if the app is moved outside the screen
Highlights:
Hard expiration extended to 12 months.
Added new AprilTag marker types for automatic detection of coded targets.
Possibility to export to FBX with embedded textures.
Selected new features:
Now you can export arbitrary ortho projections into KML/KMZ format from different geographic coordinate systems.
Markers are generated into PDF file format.
Distance tool now shows 3 decimal places in ortho projections.
Improved depth-map calculation speed for large datasets.
Added area and volume calculation also for non-metric (e.g. GPS) coordinate systems.
Added testing of CUDA driver version and driver update recommendation.
Selected fixes:
Legacy marker types added for detection of markers generated in previous versions.
Detection of legacy marker types.
Crashing of markers' detection in projects containing laser scans.
Report button moved to the Workflow tab.
Texturing and smoothing abort.
Camera selection cancellation when adding control points (CPs) into a 2D view.
Both colored and non-colored 2D views are now used for image preview when placing CPs from a 3D view.
Incorrect visibility of camera relation lines in the 3D view.
Displaying incorrect image details in the 1D view.
Crashing of E57 import due to invalid points.
Crashing during import of high resolution laser scans.
Incorrect generating of ortho projection report when no projection present in the scene.
Incorrect display of resolution of ortho projections in non-metric CS.
CP suggestions crash on CPUs without SSE 4.1 support.
Highlights:
Now you can create minimal, maximal, and average intenstity textures.
Model selection tools now respect clippingbox.
Now you can export just textures without model.
Selected new features:
Masivelly increased marker detection rate and precision.
Integrated custom HDR/16bit to 8bit tonemapping algorithm for better alignment and meshing ( experimental ).
You can now hot and select control point measurement in 3d view and validate/delete it.
Added 'Space separated with quotes...' format to import/export measurements.
Invalidate view when selection is changed and many other small improvements.
Selected fixes:
Fixed ortho projection out-of-memory bug when generating ortho projection of model with many textures.
Fixed detection of very large markers.
Fixed shifted lasso/rect polygon for large focal.
Impossible unwrap now shows a meaningfull message instead of the "unexpected program state" message.
Highlights:
New Detect markers tool (experimental) - automatic detection of coded targets is now implemented along with the marker generator (just for Demo, PGM, CLI, and Perpetual licenses).
Now you can use draft XMPs for the coordinate system preservation of a bending-camera setup instead of a flight log.
Improved full-text search in Help.
Selected new features:
Automatic suggestions of CP measurements now respect the area bounded by the clipping box.
Camera-relation lines tool added to the 3D SCENE – now you can change the visibility of the camera relation lines in the 3D view.
Hot-select distance constraint in 3D – hover/click on a distance constraint in the 3D view to hot-select it in all views.
Hide cameras deselects a selection – applying the Hide cameras tool in the 3D SCENE deselects the current camera selection.
New invert selection functionality – applying the Invert selection tool on an empty selection selects all vertices.
An icon for a geo-referenced component is displayed in the 1Ds view (also for updated components).
Selected fixes:
Import of a model with textures in the UDIM format.
Several hard crashes.
Wrong graphic scale in orthographic projections of a scaled model.
Hard crash in the Selected Ortho Projection Report export.
Reset Suggested Points failure with an empty selection - now if no CP is selected, it resets suggestions for all CPs.
Empty view after reconstruction is undone by CTRL+Z.
Camera lasso tool does not select previously disabled cameras.
Units of a calculated area/volume is now displayed with superscript.
Incorrect display of the alignment mode in the components’ table after using the Start button.
Highlights:
New photogrammetry perpetual license : RealityCapture PGM. Do not miss 30% Introductory discount.
New selections experience - we have added some long-awaited tools.
New map view experience - now you can see the physical location of your creation!
New control points experience - add control points (CPs) in a fraction of time!
New photogrammetry perpetual license : RealityCapture PGM - Perfect solution for purely photogrammetric projects.
Added possibility to activate license for all users of the same computer
Selected new features:
Added map view
D&D of ortho projections to the map view - NOW you can display one or more ortho projections in the map.
Imported ground control points (GCPs) and Camera (GPS) priors are displayed in the map view. No alignment needed.
Aligned cameras are displayed in the map view.
Hot/selected works on all objects in the map view - hover over the GCP or a camera in the map view to see its position on a model. Also, select GCPs to see which cameras have registered it.
Distance constraints can be defined between CPs in the map view.
Distance constraints are visible in the map & ortho & 3D view
Added a new ortho sampling tool
Possibility to export sampled points into xyz point-clouds
CPs and constraints are shown in orthographic projections
Ortho volume and surface drawn in the ortho panel
You can now add control points through the 3D view
After placement, suggested measurements are created automatically
Zoom both in the 3D and 2D view with the mouse wheel during 3D control point editing
Images are rotated, zoomed, and scaled automatically in 2D, when placing CPs in 3D to match the 3D view and the cursor (all 2D views in the current layout are used)
User can navigate among images of the currently selected CPs using the up and down arrows
Suggested and confirmed measurements are displayed in 3D as CPs to camera lines on CP hot/selection and during their placement
Clear Suggested Measurements button added
Reset Suggested Measurements button added
Suggest Control Point Measurements button added - if you place 3+ GCPs and press update to geo-reference your project, then you can use this button to autosuggest measurements for all other GCPs
D&D control point measurement to view opens the associated image
And more
Possibility to export Basic, Component and Ortho Reports
Fully customizable reports based on a scripting system
Basic documentation included in the Help
Lasso, Rect and Box selection tools added
Added advanced selection tools, like selection by edge length
Added expand selection possibility - now you are able to select a component part and expand the selection to the whole object
Invert selection command added
Possibility to create a reconstruction region from a selection
Much higher quality model computation (zero: non-manifolds & holes)
Out-of-core simplification algorithm - NOW you can simplify a model of any size to any number of triangles regardless of your computer memory
Improved simplification quality (no holes & preserved marginal triangles)
Added possibility to threshold new edge length, e.g. to simplify to maximal 3 mm edge
Added model topology cleaning possibility
Added holes closing possibility
Added model topology inspection possibility
Added a new strong smoothing type
Simplification, smoothing, holes closing, ortho-projection now works on selections
Filtering and smoothing - NOW preserves texturing!
The reconstruction region is now created automatically always after alignment
New undistort/export image formats, like EXR half-float etc.
Added tooltips and descriptions
Distance can be measured in the 3D view by two clicks
The default unwrap algorithm changed from legacy to the new
The default texture resolution changed everywhere from 16384x16384 to 8192x8192
Full-text search possibility in Help
Many new topics for new features & updates in Help
New CLI commands:
unwrap
importLaserscan
importLaserscanFolder
renamemodel
exportRegistration
exportRegistrationUndistoredImages
closeHoles
clean
modelSelectTrianglesInsideReconReg
modelSelectTrianglesOutsideReconReg
modelSelectMarginalTriangles
modelSelectLargeTrianglesAbs
modelSelectLargeTrianglesRel
modelSelectMaximalConnectedComponent
modelInvertSelection
modelDeselect
modelRemoveSelectedTriangles
Selected Fixes:
Fixed stalled depth-map calculation at around 73%
https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115001365752-RC-crawling-since-73
https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115001349412-Depth-Map-Calculation-stalled
Fixed wrong unwrap and texturing after scaling
https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115001411972--SOLVED-Bug-6928-Textures-messed-up
Fixed numerical instability in texturing (earth-size registrations)
https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115001777092-Black-texture?page=1
https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115001195791-Unexpected-Error-Texturing-Sanity-Check-01
New simplify algorithm fails with large projects
https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115000773271
Fixed the problem with the same image names in different directories when opening a project, i.e. when you use RealityCapture JUST AS A VIEWER
Fixes of black blocks of textures & texture mixing in the Sweet model view
Sketchfab upload bug fix
Fixed the red error occurring sometimes during unwrapping
Fixed the CLI execution break (white 3D view) that occurred in special cases
Fixed missing ABGR and ARGB formats in EXR
Grammar fixes & help experience fixes
Several UI fixes for: clipping box, ortho photo, CP workflow etc.
Fixed unwrap self-intersection
Many other minor fixes
Highlights:
New selections experience - we have added some long-awaited tools.
New map view experience - now you can see the physical location of your creation!
New control points experience - add control points (CPs) in a fraction of time!
Added possibility to activate license for all users of the same computer
Selected new features:
Added map view
D&D of ortho projections to the map view - NOW you can display one or more ortho projections in the map.
Imported ground control points (GCPs) and Camera (GPS) priors are displayed in the map view. No alignment needed.
Aligned cameras are displayed in the map view.
Hot/selected works on all objects in the map view - hover over the GCP or a camera in the map view to see its position on a model. Also, select GCPs to see which cameras have registered it.
Distance constraints can be defined between CPs in the map view.
Distance constraints are visible in the map & ortho & 3D view.
Added a new ortho sampling tool
Possibility to export sampled points into xyz point-clouds
CPs and constraints are shown in orthographic projections
Ortho volume and surface drawn in the ortho panel
You can now add control points through the 3D view
After placement, suggested measurements are created automatically
Zoom both in the 3D and 2D view with the mouse wheel during 3D control point editing
Images are rotated, zoomed, and scaled automatically in 2D, when placing CPs in 3D to match the 3D view and the cursor (all 2D views in the current layout are used)
User can navigate among images of the currently selected CPs using the up and down arrows
Suggested and confirmed measurements are displayed in 3D as CPs to camera lines on CP hot/selection and during their placement
Clear Suggested Measurements button added
Reset Suggested Measurements button added
Suggest Control Point Measurements button added - if you place 3+ GCPs and press update to geo-reference your project, then you can use this button to autosuggest measurements for all other GCPs
D&D control point measurement to view opens the associated image
And more
Possibility to export Basic, Component and Ortho Reports
Fully customizable reports based on a scripting system
Basic documentation included in the Help
Lasso, Rect and Box selection tools added
Added advanced selection tools, like selection by edge length
Added expand selection possibility - now you are able to select a component part and expand the selection to the whole object
Invert selection command added
Possibility to create a reconstruction region from a selection
Much higher quality model computation (zero: non-manifolds & holes)
Out-of-core simplification algorithm - NOW you can simplify a model of any size to any number of triangles regardless of your computer memory
Improved simplification quality (no holes & preserved marginal triangles)
Added possibility to threshold new edge length, e.g. to simplify to maximal 3 mm edge
Added model topology cleaning possibility
Added holes closing possibility
Added model topology inspection possibility
Added a new strong smoothing type
Simplification, smoothing, holes closing, ortho-projection now works on selections
Filtering and smoothing - NOW preserves texturing!
The reconstruction region is now created automatically always after alignment
New undistort/export image formats, like EXR half-float etc.
Added tooltips and descriptions
Distance can be measured in the 3D view by two clicks
The default unwrap algorithm changed from legacy to the new
The default texture resolution changed everywhere from 16384x16384 to 8192x8192
Full-text search possibility in Help
Many new topics for new features & updates in Help
New CLI commands:
unwrap,
importLaserscan
importLaserscanFolder
renamemodel
exportRegistration
exportRegistrationUndistoredImages,
closeHoles
Clean
modelSelectTrianglesInsideReconReg
modelSelectTrianglesOutsideReconReg
modelSelectMarginalTriangles
modelSelectLargeTrianglesAbs
modelSelectLargeTrianglesRel
modelSelectMaximalConnectedComponent
modelInvertSelection
modelDeselect
modelRemoveSelectedTriangles
Selected Fixes:
Fixed stalled depth-map calculation at around 73%
https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115001365752-RC-crawling-since-73
https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115001349412-Depth-Map-Calculation-stalled
Fixed wrong unwrap and texturing after scaling
https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115001411972--SOLVED-Bug-6928-Textures-messed-up
Fixed numerical instability in texturing (earth-size registrations)
https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115001777092-Black-texture?page=1
https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115001195791-Unexpected-Error-Texturing-Sanity-Check-01
New simplify algorithm fails with large projects
https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115000773271
Fixed the problem with the same image names in different directories when opening a project, i.e. when you use RealityCapture JUST AS A VIEWER
Fixes of black blocks of textures & texture mixing in the Sweet model view
Sketchfab upload bug fix
Fixed the red error occurring sometimes during unwrapping
Fixed the CLI execution break (white 3D view) that occurred in special cases
Fixed missing ABGR and ARGB formats in EXR
Grammar fixes & help experience fixes
Several UI fixes for: clipping box, ortho photo, CP workflow etc.
Fixed unwrap self-intersection
Many other minor fixes
Extension of hard expiration.
This release is made solely to distribute the critical fix.
Highlights:
Critical fix of startup crash on: Win 7, Direct3D 9 & VM
New help topics
Selected new features:
Pivot rendering in 2D ortho view
Improved help, added new topics
Improved manipulation of widgets in ortho view
Selected fixes:
Abort render mesh commands on application quit
Unicode chars caused crashes in 3D
Clipping box crash on delete component
Fixed occasional crash when ortho-projection panel was closed
Other minor fixes
Highlights:
Now you can see lines among control points and cameras in 3D
Many new small features and improvements
Application is more stable
Selected new features:
Count of the selected images is now displayed in the selection panel
Intelligent 3D View reset
New CLI commands:
Ignore exif GPS can be turned on/off globally in the application settings
Tooltips in the 1Ds
User has various restart parameters’ options on app start when holding shift
New Help topics
Selected fixes:
Corrected undistorted image names in FBX, Maya etc.
Export model to GPS now exports coordinates in degrees
CLI quit-related bug fixes
Texturing fixes
Screen grabber grabbing area fix
KML/KMZ export fixes
Highlights:
Display full mesh in a 3D view – NOW AVAILABLE
Un-distortion of all image layers, including 16bit and float formats and EXR
Missing camera models (yellow triangles) – AUTOMATICALLY UPDATED
Selected new features:
Added an notification area
Pivot displayed in a 2D image view
Added "show unregistered" filter to the 2Ds view
Ortho tool - NOW possible to display in the ortho view
Reconstruction region - NOW possible to create from a clipping box
Clipping box - NOW possible to create manually
DRAG&DROP of control point image measurement opens the associated image
Added "Find CPs" button to ALIGNMENT \ Selection panel
Deletion of multiple components – much FASTER
NEW CLI command: -exportOrthoProjectionEx
Improved HELP
Fixes:
CLI quit is now waiting on finish
CLI thread fighting fix for the set key
Features calculation on background disables the align button
Several fixes in the ortho tool
Duplicate entries in MRU project list
Export GCP button is back
Distance constraints GUI improvements
Grammar corrections
Other minor fixes
Highlights:
You can now display full mesh in the 3D view
Undistortion of all image layers, including 16bit, float formats, and EXR
Automatic sensorsdb update
Selected new features:
Added notification area
Pivot displayed in the 2D image view
Added "show unregistred" filter to the 2Ds view
Automatic reconstruction box when clicking on the ortho tool and reconstruction box is not defined
New CLI command: -exportOrthoProjectionEx
Improved Help
Selected fixes:
CLI quit is now waiting on finish
CLI thread fighting fix for the set key
Features calculation on background disables the align button
Manual activation does not show reason text
Grammar corrections
Other minor fixes
Highlights:
Global config import/export
Improved upload to Sketchfab experience
Improved filtering experience and bug fixes
Selected new features:
Updated sensorsdb.xml
DEM export: undefined values changed to depth value of the bottom box side
Infinite residuals not displayed
Selected fixes:
Bug 1145: Simplification moves object position
Bug 2657: Orthographic projection failed
Deep zoom alpha problem
Residuals’ checkbox disabled
Inputs grouping: when just one image selected, it should group all images
Dialogs Javascript Windows 7 problem
Show crashes in the GPU selection panel
Help: fixed the calculator in the How to Take Pictures/Photographs tutorial
Grammar corrections
Other minor fixes
Highlights:
New set of CLI commands
New Help topics
Improved user experience (UX) and bug fixes
Selected new features:
Scene pivot rendered in 2D views
Updated auto-detection function of the bundler import format
UX enhancements - settings panel extension
UX enhancements - export/import of panel settings to/from xml, reset settings
CLI: import/export of (ground) control points, flight log can now be called with an xml exported from its panel
Extended camera database (no yellow triangle for more cameras)
Control points' selection export
Help: advanced reconstruction settings
Help: export/import of (ground) control points
Help: CLI - UV unwrap parameters setup
Selected fixes:
Bug 1294: Texturing - texture shows triangles; Facetting in texture
Bug 254: Application layout loading/saving
Bug 396: Image 1D not showing prior pose panel
Crashes of the new texture unwrap algorithm
Console end possibly terminating another window
Component selection after deletion of the last component
Inconsistent default values in settings' panels
Grammar corrections
Other minor fixes
Highlights:
New set of CLI commands
New Help topics
Improved user experience (UX) and bug fixes
Selected new features:
Scene pivot rendered in 2D views
Updated auto-detection function of the bundler import format
UX enhancements - settings panel extension
UX enhancements - export/import of panel settings to/from xml, reset settings
CLI: import/export of (ground) control points, flight log can now be called with an xml exported from its panel
Extended camera database (no yellow triangle for more cameras)
Control points' selection export
Help: advanced reconstruction settings
Help: export/import of (ground) control points
Help: CLI - UV unwrap parameters setup
Selected fixes:
Bug 1294: Texturing - texture shows triangles; Facetting in texture
Bug 254: Application layout loading/saving
Bug 396: Image 1D not showing prior pose panel
Crashes of the new texture unwrap algorithm
Console end possibly terminating another window
Component selection after deletion of the last component
Inconsistent default values in settings' panels
Grammar corrections
Other minor fixes
Highlights:
App can serve as a viewer without images
Hard expiration notification
Button for import/export of control points (measurements)
Selected new features:
Default texture image format changed to PNG
Default FBX type changed to the latest binary type
Displaying application version name ( RC, DEMO ) in the About
Load balancer during depth-maps computation stage - should improve speed on non-SDD drives
New simplification algorithm RECONSTRUCTION \ Settings \ Advanced \ Use legacy simplify algorithm : default True. If you change it to false, then the new algorithm will be used. WARNING: This is an experimental version, not an official release, we do not recommend to use it in the production yet.
New unwrap algorithm (experimental version). RECONSTRUCTION \ Settings \ Advanced \ Use legacy unwrap algorithm : default True. If you change it to false, then the new algorithm will be used. WARNING: This is an experimental version, not an official release, we do not recommend to use it in the production yet.
Notification area button shows a message box with info upon clicking
Single item selection export is treated as select all, too
Selected fixes:
Typos
Export FBX to binary. Binary was ignored
Control points and updated state was not saved after UPDATE
Sketchfab : displaying correct error directory creation failures
Sketchfab : upload - texts updated
Sketchfab : texture resolution fix
Screenshot rendering ignored render/save and other bugs
Wheel cycling on the ribbon
Control point loader sanity checker
Export component command crash fix
Control point edit tool bug
Ortho rendering branching
Import cps measurements bug
Underline text click delegates click to 'a' parent
Help - the end of basics tutorial on 2nd slide
We are releasing a hotfix of Sketchfab upload based on helpful user comments.
Highlights:
Upload to Sketchfab
FBX export/import
Number formatting options ( double, scientific, etc. ) in OBJ model export dialog
Selected new features:
Default decimation factor fix. Added warning during the first start. Normal detail model will be by default of higher quality and higher density from now on ( for the price of 10-20% slowdown ).
Export model to dxf, dae, asf, etc.
Export model to buh, htr, trc, amc,c3d, aoa, mcd
Export model with cameras as part of mesh
Export calibration coordinate system unification with model
Added suffix "." to export part list
Improved log performance
WEB: Company, phone, and web are not required fields in registration anymore
New flight log export calibration format in calibration.xml
Improved help
New CLI commands:
Import flight log CLI command
Export gcp / measurements
Added "-set PrecomputeDepthmaps=true" + help description
Selected fixes:
Fix of scale preservation of scaled models after export
Fix of holes in the boundary box after simplification
Fix to improve unwrap utilization
Fix of out-of-memory issue in model computation
Fix changed high decimation factor was not used at all ... always 1.0 was used
Fix of minor bug in undistort during calibration export
Fix of win7 + ie8 javascript issue
Fix of javascript issue
Ortho images are not displayed when computed from CLI
Fix of typos
Tooltips/hintbox fix
Web minor fixes
Fix of bug in preview model computation from tie points
Updated app/company names in installation wizard
Scrollable window overflow fix
Fix of infinite image zoom
Fix of out-of-mem in special case with ortho
Image cache memory growing issues fix
Fix of simplification minor bug
Fix of texturing minor bugs
Highlights:
Extended help
Adaptive texel size unwrap in the application
Distance measurements in 3D by distance constraints
Full calibration export to Maya (including the image plane)
Highlights:
Support for e57 format for importing point-clouds (beta)
Faster 2D view rendering
Image masks rendering in 2D views
Quit on error for CLI
Exported models are aligned with the editor gird/ground plane
RC can play a sound or execute an external program after processing finishes
Improvements in simplification algorithm
Added image planes to Maya export
bug fixes and smaller UI changes
Highlights:
New simplification algorithm
Support for alpha masking in alignment
Several UI improvements, e.g. more contrast cross hair for adding control points
Fixed issues with texturing laser scans
Faster multi-part object export
License renew dialog now opens automatically few hours before expiration
Removed Capturing Reality logo from the promo version. You need to renew your license (application Settings\Licenses\Renew) and restart the application.
We have also added support for laser scans to RealityCapture demo.