RealityCapture is the state-of-the-art photogrammetry software solution for Windows, that is changing the industry. It enables you to create ultra-realistic 3D models from a set of images and/or laser scans.
RealityCapture is currently the fastest solution on the market, which brings effectivity to your work and allows you to focus on your targets.
Create virtual reality scenes, textured 3D meshes, orthographic projections, geo-referenced maps and much more from images and/or laser scans completely automatically.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Projects created and/or saved in this version cannot be opened in the previous versions of RealityCapture.
What’s New
RealityCapture 1.2.1 Tarasque
This release brings several improvements to your pipeline, including an automated workflow for transferring large datasets from RealityCapture to Unreal Engine 5, and under-the-hood changes for easier cloud deployment. It also includes the ability to construct models and export them to Sketchfab at a limited resolution without using PPI credits, from where you can share, sell, and download them under the terms of the Sketchfab EULA; after your first upload to Sketchfab, you will automatically get a one-year Sketchfab Pro account.
Export to Sketchfab at no additional cost using PPI license (limitation 300k polygons and 1 x 4k texture)
Automated workflow for transferring large datasets from RC to UE5
Under-the-hood improvements for easier cloud deployment
RealityCapture to Unreal Engine Optimizations
An extended console view with a command line and new command line commands
UI improvements
RealityCapture 1.2. Tarasque
New RealityCapture 1.2 Tarasque release now support ortho-mosaicking, contours, cross sections, height profiles, and many more exciting features! Learn more in the updates tab.
Enterprise Licensing Includes:
Unlimited, Perpetual license
Offline Use
Unlimited number of images per project, Mpx per image
Unlimited processing of laser-scans
CLI Scripting
Scan and Share
Create your own 3D model
With RealityCapture, photogrammetry software, you can create your 3D model fast and easily. It includes an intuitive User Interface together with the in-built HELP. It guides you throughout the model creation.
RealityCapture (RC) is a state-of-the-art all-in-one photogrammetry software solution. To summarize, it automatically extracts beautiful and accurate 3D models from a set of ordinary images and/or laser scans.
Can you make a complete 3D model from 3,000 photos in less than an hour?
Indeed, you can! And, with our software on a computer that you already have.
Take advantage of low hardware requirements for the processing of billions of triangles without any performance loss.
Description
Create 2D/3D Maps with RealityCapture
RealityCapture is a perfect solution for your mapping projects. You can create an infinite number of ortho-projections and maps. For each map, area and volume measurements are automatically calculated. Moreover, you can use several options on how to geo-reference your map and with control point experience, you are able to create hundreds of measurements for ground control points within minutes.
Map Wizard
RealityCapture Map Wizard is basically a one-click virtual assistant in the creation of geo-referenced maps and/or models.
It is an easy and intuitive tool enabling you to have end-to-end results in one place.
It works in a few simple steps:
Drag & Drop images or laser scans
Import flight log, GCPs or CPs
Define your goal
Press GO and obtain a geo-referenced map
Geo-referencing
RealityCapture enables you to use all different types of geo-referencing like:
Flight logs
GPS coordinates in EXIF
Ground control points
Coordinate system mixing: Furthermore, each ground control point or camera can be in a different coordinate system.
Maps/DSMMM
In fact, it has never been so easy to create a map. Just define an area and select a coordinate system. Then, press a button. Your map will be stored in the project. Afterward, you will be able to export it anytime. In other words, export your map in the form of a “True Orthographic Photograph” or a “Digital Surface Model” into:
Image file formats, such as JPG, PNG, TIF, etc., including the world file.
Google Earth: KML/KMZ
GIS software file format: GeoTiff
Arbitrary orthographic projections
In brief, you are not limited just to maps with your projects. You can create arbitrary orthographic projections and cross-sections. In addition, define the projection plane, size, and rotation of the projection area and get the resolution you need. All ortho-projections are saved and can be exported as an image, altitude, or depth layer. This feature is very useful for project documentation.
Assets for Games/Movies with RealityCapture
Create realistic assets and environments. Get the most from the speed.
Create 3D model from photos
Meet your deadlines and create 3D assets 6x more efficiently than with other traditional methods. As an illustration, you can run 4 instances of RealityCapture at the same time. Truly, it’s simple. Use your phone or DSLR and capture an object from every angle.
Use photos to recreate small 3D objects, digital doubles, or big 3D environments ready to export for content-creation and artistic tools.
Build whole environments
Bring physical objects into 3D and be creative. Build your own environment from real-world objects and create a truly immersive experience. Replace manual modeling and speed up your creative workflow with RealityCapture photogrammetry software.
Obtain authentic digital doubles
With RealityCapture you obtain clean detailed meshes with picture-perfect textures. Overall, automate your workflow with the command line to get the result even faster.
Post-Processing tools
RealityCapture offers a variety of tools that helps you to finish your model. Filter unwanted parts, smooth, and simplify your mesh to achieve the best possible result. Export results in all standard formats compatible with third-party software, such as Unreal Engine, Unity, etc..
Full Body Scan with RealityCapture
Get the most authentic digital double or 3D asset. Set a coordinate system, compute a model, decimate, texture, export all in one automated process using RealityCapture CLI.
Scale and Coordinate System Preservation
There are different ways how to preserve coordinate systems across different scans with RealityCapture. To put it another way, it all depends on your camera setup.
XMP: Fixed-camera setup
If you are sure that your camera setup is fixed, then you can use pre-calibration with XMP files. By fixed we mean that your supporting structure is so strong that each camera position and orientation will remain stable (+-0.01mm and +-0.01 degrees) across different scans. Furthermore, your internal camera parameters will remain fixed, as well (no autofocus, no image stabilization, etc.). If you are not absolutely sure about the precision, you can still use XMP files set to draft mode and RealityCapture will fine-tune camera poses and calibration.
Photogrammetry in 3D printing
Photogrammetry is a time-saving, cost-reducing method that helps to better communicate projects and lowers risks of future errors.
For this reason, replace manual modeling and speed up your creative workflow. It’s simple. In effect, use your phone or DSLR, or drone and capture an object from every angle.
Prototyping
Easily edit and re-design the reality-captured models. Design a missing component that will fit perfectly to the object it was made for. A set of integrated post-processing tools will help you to fine-tune your model. In this case, filter unwanted parts, smooth, and simplify your mesh to achieve the best possible result.
Create authentic digital replicas
With RealityCapture you obtain clean detailed meshes with picture-perfect textures. By all means, use photos to recreate from small 3D objects, large cathedrals, to whole cities. Imagine having your favorite objects in miniature size.
Keep your memories alive
So, do you have some precious memories from your childhood? Perhaps family heritage or vacation memory that you would like to preserve as a 3D model? Simply take pictures of the object, turn them into 3D models with RealityCapture, and directly 3D print.
See how to install the product:
System Requirements
64bit machine with at least 8GB of RAM
64bit Microsoft Windows version 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 or Windows Server version 2008+
NVIDIA graphics card with CUDA 3.0+ capabilities and 1GB VRAM.
We recommend using a machine with at least 4 CPU cores, 16GB of RAM, and 1024 CUDA cores. If you do not have the NVIDIA card, you will be still able to run the application and register images, you will not be able to create a textured mesh.
The CPU is required to support SSE4.2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2) or higher.
How to find out whether you have CUDA 2.0+ update the drivers and check here: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus
For Microsoft Windows N you will need to install Media Feature Pack for Windows. Click the following link to install it: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16546. If you are using Windows Server, then you need to install Media Foundation features.
Memory consumption:
The RealityCapture application uses state-of-the-art out-of-core algorithms for almost every task. Therefore, you do not need to worry about computer memory.
You can easily register an unlimited number of images/laser-scans on a single machine. However, it requires a specific workflow using components. In such cases, 16GB should be enough for thousands of high (36-80 MPX) resolution images. You can find more information about components workflow in the application Help, section Using components.
To align an unordered set of images into one component you will need a certain amount of RAM. The consumption depends on a count of images (irrespective of their size) and a count of features per image. If you restrict the count of features per image from default 40K to 20K, you will double the count of images which can use the same amount of RAM.
Meshing, coloring, and texturing are completely out-of-core. Hence you do not need to worry about computer RAM at all. This means that once you have even one million images or scans registered together, you can create a mesh and a texture on a machine with e.g. 16GB of RAM without any performance loss.
Performance comparison:
Here you can find a performance comparison of a specific HW equipment during processing in RealityCapture provided by Puget Systems:
Create command sequences and add them to the app ribbon
Export to Sketchfab at no additional cost using PPI license
(limitation 300k polygons and 1 x 4k texture)
CLI license floating token is the same for all floating licenses
Build expiry date extended to 5 years
Support for colmap scenes
Refactored UDIM export
Selected new features:
New smoothing style that works on peaks
New simplifying options
Faster depth-map calculation during the Preview Model reconstruction
Export material information when exporting FBX models
Upload to Cesium ion through Map Wizard
Added relative alignment precision options
Bright background option
Automatic brightness and contrast enhancement in 2D view
Sort control points
Select (non)registered images
The Display contours option in the app ribbon
Show component information in the 2D view
Component name as a suffix for control points imported with a component
License does not have to be allocated for a certain period of time
Standard license activation can be deactivated in the application settings
Several changes in reports
Signed reports are exported for free
New CLI commands:
Progress redirected to Command Prompt with printProgress
Export selected components with two new commands: exportSelectedComponentDir, exportSelectedComponentFile
Detect features with the command detectFeatures
Export snapshots with the command exportSelectedCamerasSnapshots
Print report lines into Command Prompt with printReport
Delete control points, control point measurements, and distance constraints
Set the image layer to an image or to multiple images with setImageLayer or setImagesLayer
Remove the image layer with removeImageLayer
Various editing options for selections
Selected fixes:
Map Wizard refractor
Exported FBX files now have smoothing groups defined
Cesium 3D Tiles export changed to allow disabling GZip compression and triangle strip generation for improved viewer compatibility
Texture names specify UDIM tile number last
Models uploaded to Sketchfab are unlit
Added option to disable density equalization for simplifying
Minor fixes:
Fixed artifacts in texturing from images with masks
Several Depth-Map calculation fixes
Several cut-by-box fixes
Several RCNode fixes
Several small fixes in CLI
Several SharpnessMap fixes
Several Import/Export fixes
Version 1.2 Tarasque Release
July 2021
This new software release aims for field working professionals requiring the highest precision and speed. We have introduced many new exciting features as well as an improved easy to navigate ribbon.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Projects created and/or saved in this version cannot be opened in the previous versions of RealityCapture.
Highlights:
Calculation of volume and area for arbitrary shapes.
Users can now create custom height profiles.
Contour lines computation and export.
BETA: Orthomosaic rendering method along with advanced mosaic editing tools.
Selected new features:
Faster depth-maps calculation (even 2x+)
BETA: Now possible to detect misaligned cameras within Inspect tool.
Now possible to create and export cross sections of the models.
Ribbon improvements and color cursors auto-detection for more intuitive and smoother user experience.
View context tabs now always visible and extended with selection of view options and tools.
One-export dialog grouping all export options, most recently used option and search function.
Export and sharing options added to the main menu.
Camera uncertainty ellipses now visible in map view for each camera.
Relative camera position uncertainties now visible in 1Ds for each camera.
Now possible to freeze simplification of the model edges.
Added option to choose texture format and layer for Level Of Detail (LOD) model export.
Several optimizations to LOD export (e.g. size and hierarchy of the exported LOD models).
Now possible to filter images displayed in 2Ds view – you can drag and drop selections, add, subtract or intersect them or press delete to hide them from 2Ds view.
Added option to frame images/cameras in the map view.
Items can be deselected by right-click of the mouse.
Minimized texture dimensions after fixed and adaptive texel size unwrap.
Automatic markers detection supported for grayscale inputs.
Updated database of coordinate systems.
Now possible to enable slope shading on DTM and DSM.
Multiple security improvements when running Real-time Assistant.
Introduced new key “allowReadOnly” for set command for enabling opening project multiple times.
Selected fixes:
Selected component now saved with the project.
Map view ordering buttons are greyed out when irrelevant.
Hot selections are now shown in 1Ds when selecting in other view.
ESC key cancels tools in 2D.
Changing of the layout keeps focus of view and ribbon.
Fixed crashes of LOD models export.
Fixed crashes on Cesium Ion upload.
Fixed flipped UVs and rendering issues after importing a large model.
Fixed incompatibility of exported non-georeferenced models with Cesium Ion.
Fixed incorrectly exported depths and masks.
Fixed importing UV indices from FBX file format.
CLI command exportDepthAndMask now respecting xml parameters file.
Fixed incorrect export into FBX with special characters in the path.
Autosaving project now enabled by default.
Fixed export of ortho-projection into .exr file format.
Fixed UI artifacts for higher resolution screens.
Minor fixes:
Fixed incorrectly displayed texts in the exported reports.
Several fixes to the behavior of silent commands – all unwanted dialogs now should be suppressed.
Minor fixes in the application Help.
Progress report now shows Resume when Paused.
Selected model now deselected by selecting another component.
Fixed vertex color artifacts after simplification.
Fixed simplify command not respecting current settings for reprojection.
Version 1.1.1.14251 Blaze Release
December 7, 2020
IMPORTANT NOTE: Projects created and/or saved in this version cannot be opened in the previous versions of RealityCapture.
Highlights:
Real-time alignment assistant on a smart device with a local network processing (CLI users)
Now you can open and work with the same PPI scene on different computers
Support for high DPI monitors. Simply change zoom.
Automatic project saving
Resume model calculations after planned or unplanned closing of the app
CLI application can work without UI (“headless” mode)
Relative camera position uncertainty (ellipses) displayed in Accuracy report
Added option to create model classification from labeled images (experimental)
Selected new features:
Added an option to merge small parts when simplifying a model.
Added possibility to select 2Ds view in all views.
Application localization into Czech and Italian language.
Added possibility to use custom names for image layers.
Added possibility to rename created texture layers.
Added a table with parameters for the selected texture layer.
Sharper and more detailed models for scenes with high DOF and big redundancy.
The application now gathers and sends some basic statistic data in a form of an operation log file to improve user experience (can be disabled in the Application settings).
Map view now remembers multiple map provider credentials instead of allowing only one.
Map provider URL path can now be parametrized using a template.
Opened projects are now protected against accidental resaving from different instance or by a different user.
Added an option to display Slope for the selected ortho projection.
Reconstruction settings have been simplified.
Improvements to the search function in the built-in Help section.
Added possibility to choose layer used for texturing in the Color and Texture Settings.
Recently used email remembered when activating a license.
2Ds view now shows selected Image layer.
Simplification factor in level of detail export panel is now specified as a percentage.
Clipping box now displayed with clue color.
Command Line Interface:
Added new CLI commands (headless, selectImages, setReconstructionRegionOnCps, scaleReconstructionRegion, moveReconstructionRegion, rotateReconstructionRegion).
“silent” command now suppresses also warning dialogs (e.g. Not enough video memory when displaying larger models in 3D).
Project path added as optional parameter for “save” command.
Added parameters to “load” command that handle opening autosaved projects.
Selected fixes:
Fix to Recompute model render data. Now possible to recompute the render data for the current model or to change the Max points to display directly.
Fix to exporting depth maps and ST maps.
Map view now displays offline tile cache, even in case of a network error.
Fixed camera rotation issues in Maya ASCII scene export.
Unwrap tool now generates textures with non-mirrored surface features.
Path to the normal map is now specified in the MTL file when exporting a model to OBJ.
Now possible to handle errors during activation via command line interface.
Image path nov visible in 2D view even after zooming the image.
Minor fixes:
Fix to ortho ruler display.
Fix ortho depth map artifacts at a detailed zoom level.
Removed “Don’t show me again checkbox” from the “Imported Model Is Dirty” dialog.
Fixed empty transformation preset list shown in camera export.
Fixed incorrect message shown when GPU driver is out of date.
Simplification factor in the Level of Detail Export dialog is now specified as a percentage.
Fixed progress bar flickering.
Fixed control points snapping when using the Define Distance tool.
Fixed behavior of “Less details” and “Show flags” checkboxes in 2Ds view.
Fixes to Map view credentials setup dialog.
Version 1.1.0.12901 Blaze Release
Date: September 2, 2020
IMPORTANT NOTE: Projects created and/or saved in this version cannot be opened in the previous versions of RealityCapture.
Highlights:
Now possible to import also accuracy for the measurements (e.g. import of PPK/RTK data)
Import of Leica BLK3D data
Import of Z+F scans (.zfs and .zfprj file formats)
Point cloud classification (AI classify tool)
Generation of Digital terrain model (DTM)
Export Level of Detail (LOD) models
Export models to Cesium 3D Tiles format
Direct upload to Cesium ion
Selected new features:
Added new Accuracy and georeferencing report template
Application localization into Spanish, Korean, Chinese simplified, French
Small components grouping and deletion
New DSM /DTM export options – masking empty pixels using alpha channel, normalizing image and 2 modes of storing depth
Export of point cloud classification
Export model into .stl and .3mf file format
Text file importer improved
Added more color palettes for displaying DSM/DTM in 2D view
Possibility to remove input image layer
Possibility to choose image layer used for coloring
New numbering formats for export to .obj, .ply, .xyz that support lossless export & import
Shift + holding left mouse button rotates reconstruction region in 15deg increments
Possibility to hide texture layer and show vertex colors
Filter selection now does not reset reconstruction region setup
Automatic setting for sampling method, supersampling and reprojection distance in texture reprojection tool
Added option to perform reprojection during simplification in Simplify tool
Added mesh and texture quality presets for Sketchfab upload
Added Merge components button in the Alignment tab (removed from Alignment settings)
Map view improvements – camera selections, using color cursors, placing ground control points
RC CMD line is translated by the string translator before executing, i.e. CLI commands can be controlled using the variables and basic functions.
Console outputs of the application can by redirected into the text files using getStatus command
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Due to the improvements in the text files importer there is a need to generate the parametric files in the latest version when importing flight log, control points measurements and ground control points via CLI. Specifically, this concerns using commands importFlightLog, importControlPointsMeasurements, and importGroundControlPoints.
Selected fixes:
Fixed Unexpected program state error during alignment
Fixed image sorting by index, name and path
Fixed Autodesk navigation style
Better progress reporting (smaller jumps) for certain tools
Collision of point cloud (PTX) file format with Pentax RAW Image File format as a part of Windows Imaging Component codec
OrthoProjection depth colormapping is smooth
Fixed issue with memory not being properly released when unloading projects
Fixed potential issue with memory when smoothing model
Fix incorrect format of ASCII PLY export
Fix swapping red and blue channels in ortho projection export to .exr
Fix banding in DSM and DTM export to .exr
Fix crash when exporting control points
Fix lasso, and rect selection sometimes do not show selected vertices or they crash
Fixed issues with Sketchfab upload
Fixed error message when reprojecting to a non-unwrapped model via reprojectModel command
Disabled reproject button in reproject panel when no reprojection type is selected
Reprojection now creates new texturing layers instead of replacing existing layers
Fixed source texture alpha transferred to target texture during reprojection
Fixed possible failure when reprojecting from vertex colors
Youtube video link shown in help page when being offline
Minor fixes:
Cannot save project in Viewer mode via CLI anymore
Fixed incorrect behavior of Distance tool on ortho projection
Fixed selections occasionally losing their contents
Fixed potential hard crash of app when using large selections
Fixed potential smoothing failures on very small parts
Fixed exporting sampled ortho projection with higher resolution
Corrections to dialog when HDR images are imported
Fixed memory leaks when using lasso selection
Corrected report when using Check topology tool
Fixed Incorrect selection when distance constraint is changed and clipping box is used
This RealityCapture tutorial explains how to transfer textures from one model to another using the "Texture Reprojection Tool". It gives you much faster results than regular texturing in RealityCapture.
In this 4 part series of tutorials, learn how to create a detailed 3D model in RealityCapture. Jakub from Capturing Reality walks you through the whole process from beginning to end.
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