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    Getting started with Orbit 3DM Desktop

    This pages applies to the following products:

    • Orbit 3DM Content Manager
    • Orbit 3DM Feature Extraction – Basic, Standard and Pro

    1. Installation and activation

    • Download and install
      • Register: https://orbitgt.com/register/
      • Download: https://orbitgt.com/products/3dm-content-manager/ and https://orbitgt.com/products/3dm-feature-extraction/ 
      • Installation settings: https://orbitgt.com/kb/specs_desktop
      • How to video: https://orbitgt.com/kb/how_to > How-To Get Started with Orbit 3DM Desktop Software > 1. Download and Install
    • Opening and license activation
      • KB: License activation: https://orbitgt.com/kb/license_activation
      • How to video: https://orbitgt.com/kb/how_to > How-To Get Started with Orbit 3DM Desktop Software > 2. Open and Activate Applicatio

    2. Basic concepts

    • Run (Mobile Mapping Run, Aerial Mapping run, Oblique Mapping Run)
      • = A single set of mobile mapping data, combining all resources of one collection effort, go, mission, track or session.
      • KB: https://orbitgt.com/kb/about_3dm_resources
    • Template
      • = Depending the combination of the supported mapping resources (influenced by the vendor, post processing software, carrier set-up, available data and other specifications) the data should be imported in a different way. A template is a well-defined set of configurations that is related to a known system.
      • KB: https://orbitgt.com/kb/about_3dm_resources, https://orbitgt.com/kb/3dm_templates
    • Importing a run
      • = Import raw data using a template. The result is an Orbit Run.
      • KB: https://orbitgt.com/kb/exercises > Orbit 3DM Content Manager > Import Mobile Mapping Run
    • Adding an existing run
      • = Adding a run that was created before
      • How to video: https://orbitgt.com/kb/how_to > How-To Get Started with Orbit 3DM Desktop Software > 3. Open and Close a Mobile Mapping Run

    3. Navigating and exploring the data

    • 2D View
      • KB: https://orbitgt.com/kb/desktop_map > Map 2D Navigate functions.
    • 3D View
      • How to video: https://orbitgt.com/kb/how_to > How-To Get Started with Orbit 3DM Desktop Software > 5. Navigate in 3D View
      • KB: https://orbitgt.com/kb/desktop_map > Map 3D Navigate functions.
    • Mobile Mapping View/ Aerial Mapping View
      • How to video: https://orbitgt.com/kb/how_to > How-To Get Started with Orbit 3DM Desktop Software > 6. Navigate in Spherical Images
      • How to video: https://orbitgt.com/kb/how_to > How-To Get Started with Orbit 3DM Desktop Software > 4. Open and Close a Mobile Mapping View
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    4. Convert data to Orbit format

    • Orbit supports both internal and external formats. Resources should be converted to Orbit formats for better performance and sharing them in the 3D Mapping Cloud and 3DM Publisher.
    • KB: List of supported formats: https://orbitgt.com/kb/supported_formats
    • Optimize tool
      • Converts a resource from external format to internal Orbit format (OPC, OMI, OVF, OVT).
      • Converts one or more files to one merged file: 'many to one' conversion.
      • KB: https://orbitgt.com/kb/desktop_tools > Optimize Data.
    • Convert tool
      • Converts a resource from external/internal format to external/internal format.
      • Converts several files one by one into the other format, not merging them: ‘many to many’ conversion.
      • KB: https://orbitgt.com/kb/desktop_tools > Convert Data.
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