Updates were made the reality capture API on Forge that not only dramatically improves the resulting quality and speed to produce a mesh or view point clouds, but also adds geolocation for InfraWorks. For example you can use this Forge API to generate a 3D textured mesh from photos taken buy a UAS (drone).
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“The Reality Solutions team is excited to announce the availability of our next generation Forge Reality Capture API. We’ve designed it from the ground up with construction projects in mind. It’s available for right now with a long list of new features for you to try out:
- Point cloud: A brand new multi-view stereo engine created from scratch. This new engine is able to reconstruct much denser point clouds with more details and improved accuracy:
- Edges of roofs and sides of building structures are preserved during reconstruction.
- Small parts like structural beams and pipes are preserved in the point cloud. This will greatly improve the…