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
• Slice View

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.