Newbie Guide

Here we take a piece of data as an example to show you the whole process from images to model.

1 Download & Installation

Login to the official website www.get3d.ai, go to the download page to download the software executable program Get3D Mapper.exe, as well as the demo data. Under Windows operating system, double-click the program to load it and install it automatically. After the installation is completed, a shortcut with the software icon will be displayed on the Windows desktop, and you can open the software by double-clicking it.

Download

2 License Acquisition

After entering the Get3D Mapper software interface for the first time, you need to obtain a license to use the software for modeling.

There are two types of licenses: trial and official.

• Trial license: After registering an account, you will automatically get a trial license, which can be activated online or offline and is valid for one month from the activation date. Trial license supports unlimited project creation within 30 days, and a single project can import 5,000 images.

After version 7.0.9, both trial and official licenses are activated online or offline, and there is no separate activation interface for trial license.

Trial License

• Official license: An official license is obtained through purchase and can be subscribed monthly or annually. Select the available license to activate, the activated license will show the expiry time, all the functions can be used during the period, and there's no limit for image count.

Official License

Both trial and official licenses can be activated online or offline.

2.1 Online Activation

Get3D Account

Login Get3D account, you can get all the historical license information about Get3D Mapper software under that account. The available license information includes the license ID, the activation status of the ID, the valid of the license period, and the expiration date. Select available license to activate.

1. Log in Get3D account.

Get3D Account Mode

Login

1. Refresh license list.

2. Select one license to be activated.

3. click Activate button to activate it.

Activate License

2.2 Offline Activation

License Document Mode

The other way to activate the official licence applies when the PC is offline.

Firstly, export the machine code, and then in the personal account centre on the web side, input the machine code to get the license file. Import the license file to the software and click Activate to complete the binding of machine code and license.

1. Copy or Export machine code.

Copy Machine Code

Export Machine Code

1. Open the website license center.

Get3D Website

1. Select one license and click Generate.

Personal Center

1. Upload machine code and download license file.

Obtain License

1. Import license file and click Activate button.

Import and Activate License

Activated license information can be viewed in License Center.

2.3 License Information Management

For users who have already purchased the official version of the license, you can go to the official website personal center to view the complete license information and purchase history orders.

Note: Once the license activated, it can't be transferred to other computer. The license is bound to machine.

3 Create Project & Open Project

When use the software for the first time, click New Project to generate a project folder containing .m3d project files. When you open the project later, you can double click the .m3d file directly.

Create a New Project

Open Project

4 Import Image

In the Data Prepare page where you can import data, click Add Photos to open the Import Photo Pose Setting window.

Click Add Aerial Photos to import the data folder into the software.

Select Folder

After importing, the interface before positioning is as follows:

5 Photo Positioning

There are two ways to position imported images.

5.1 Pose File Positioning

The first way of positioning is based on the pose file. Select the photo group, right click and choose pose file positioning, import pose file.

Select Pose File

For the photos after importing the pose file, select any group and the pose setting screen will appear below.

Select the correct Spatial Reference System to correspond each column of data to its coordinate system units.

Then click Apply to Photo Group.

Set Parameters

Select the group to correspond to and click OK.

Correspond to Photo Group

If successful, the following window appears.

Apply Successfully

Click OK to complete the photo import and positioning.

After Positioning

Tutorial video: https://youtu.be/1oA6RwfNr54?si=kHVPP4TisYzzvJZ6

5.2 EXIF positioning

Select the photo group that Exif Information exist, right-click and select Read Exif to give photos position.

Read EXIF

If successful, Photos with Pose value will change to green. The interface after successful positioning is as follows:

Positioning Successfully

Click "OK" finish importing and positioning photos.

After Positioning

6 Job Queue & Engine Setting

When the photo positioning is finished, click Apply in the bottom right corner to save the block.

Data Prepare Interface

Click Setting on the top menu bar to open the Job and Engine Setting window.

Setting

Set the job queue directory for project and click Apply.

Job Queue Setting

Set the job queue directory for engine and set cache directory, click Apply.

Engine Setting

After applying the paths, click Start Local Engine to open the Engine screen.

Start Local Engine

Job queue directory setup is optional. For first time users, you can directly Start Local Engine.

The engine status is Waiting when no jobs have been submitted. Engine specific information can be viewed in the Engine window.

Engine Interface

7 Aerial Triangulation

Once the Engine Setting is complete, you can click Submit AT. If you do not fill in the sensor parameters and focal length information, a prompt box will pop up, select Fill to fill in the camera information.

Submit AT

Fill in the correct sensor parameters and focal length information according to the camera model.

Note there is a difference between the focal length of the lower view lens and the focal length of the side view lens, please fill in correctly.

Set Camera Parameters

Once the camera information is filled in, continue back to the General view and click Submit AT to open the AT Settings window, click Submit.

Submit

Aerial Triangulation is submitted, calculations pending...

AT Running

At the end of Aerial Triangulation, the generated point cloud model can be viewed in the 3D view

Block 3D View

Tutorial video: https://youtu.be/dEJZR1Qh178?si=mFj2IvCOIZVV6ved

8 Reconstruction

8.1 3DGS Reconstruction

For blocks that have completed Aerial Triangulation calculations, right-click block and select New 3DGS Reconstruction or click the New 3DGS Reconstruction in the right bottom side to enter the Reconstruction screen.

Create New 3DGS Reconstruction

In the Reconstruction Settings screen, you can perform operations such as selecting Coordinate System and setting the width of each modeling’s tile.

Set Reconstruction Parameters

By clicking Submit Production, you can select the type of production you want to output. Get3D Mapper supports many types of production output.

Select Product Type

Click on Select Tiles to selectively model parts of the entire interior of the area.

Select Tiles

After all the settings are done, you can click OK to submit the production and enter the reconstruction calculation.

Production Running

You can view the product and open it in Get3D Viewer with one click after merging the root node.

Link Get3D Viewer

Tutorial video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWmk4LgOShQ

8.2 3D Reconstruction

For blocks that have completed Aerial Triangulation calculations, right-click block and select New 3D Reconstruction or click the New 3D Reconstruction in the right bottom side to enter the Reconstruction screen.

Create New 3D Reconstruction

In the Reconstruction Settings screen, you can perform operations such as selecting Coordinate System and setting the width of each modeling’s tile.

Set Reconstruction Parameters

By clicking Submit Production, you can select the type of production you want to output. Get3D Mapper supports many types of production output.

Select Product Type

Click on Select Tiles to selectively model parts of the entire interior of the area.

Select Tiles

After all the settings are done, you can click OK to submit the production and enter the reconstruction calculation.

Production Running

After modeling, you can click 3D View to view the modeling effect within the Mapper software interface.

Model 3D VIew

You can also choose to view the product and link Get3D Viewer software with one click to view the model.

Link Get3D Viewer

Tutorial video: https://youtu.be/-Sgab5bIqT4?si=XXdSR_1r_X54wXcK

8.3 2D Reconstruction

Right-click block and select New 2D Reconstruction or click the New 2D Reconstruction in the right bottom side to enter the Reconstruction screen.

Create New 2D Reconstruction

In the Reconstruction Settings screen, you can perform operations such as selecting Coordinate System and setting the width of each modeling’s tile.

Set Reconstruction Parameters

By clicking Submit Production, you can select the type of 2D production you want to output. DOM and DSM product are supported in 2D reconstruction. Set the resolution for DOM/DSM.

Select Product Type

If the Merge DOM and Merge DSM options are selected, an additional "MergeDomDsm" folder will be generated in the output, containing the merged DOM and DSM results.

Merge DOM/DSM

MergeDomDsm

Click on Select Grids to selectively model parts of the entire interior of the area.

Select Grids

After all the settings are done, you can click OK to submit the production and enter the reconstruction calculation.

Production Running

After successful tile reconstruction, users can view 2D products with one click in Get3D Viewer (v4.1.0 or later) when both DOM and DSM outputs are available.

Open with Get3D Viewer