Getting started with Orbit 3DM Desktop

Nathalie Moerman — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:23:36 GMT

Current Revision posted to ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Wiki by Nathalie Moerman on 10/8/2020 4:23:36 PM

This pages applies to the following products:

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

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

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.

Tags: Orbit 3DM, Point Cloud

Nathalie Moerman — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 07:38:38 GMT

Revision 2 posted to ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Wiki by Nathalie Moerman on 10/5/2020 7:38:38 AM

This pages applies to the following products:

1. Installation and activation

Download and install
- Register: https://orbitgt.com/register/
- Download: https://orbitgt.com/products/3dm-content-manager/
- 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

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

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

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.

Tags: Orbit 3DM, Point Cloud