Photogrammetry for Product Design and AEC

This course shows you how to create high-quality 3D scans for use in photogrammetry, using a regular camera and freely available software.

Introduction

• Photogrammetry makes the physical world digital
• Computer hardware requirements for photogrammetry
• Photogrammetry software options

1. Photography for Photogrammetry

• Choosing photography gear for photogrammetry
• How to successfully plan your photogrammetry photo shoots
• Choosing the best surface textures and shapes for photogrammetry Subjects
• How to light for photogrammetry photography
• How to set camera settings for photogrammetry
• Background considerations for photogrammetry photography
• Reasons why photos fail in photogrammetry
• Preparing digital image files for photogrammetry

2. Basic Photogrammetry in Metashape

• How to install Metashape photogrammetry software
• Learning the Metashape interface
• Understanding Metashape’s photogrammetry workflow
• How to import photos into Metashape
• How to save Metashape project files
• How to automatically estimate image quality
• How to align photo sets in Metashape with basic settings
• How to align photo sets in Metashape with advanced settings
• How to edit the bounding box in Metashape
• How to generate dense point clouds in Metashape
• How to build a polygon mesh in Metashape
• How to build textures in Metashape
• How to export models from Metashape projects

3. Advanced Photogrammetry in Metashape

• Basic vs.advanced workflows in Metashape
• How to calibrate a lens for photogrammetry in Metashape
• How to use video files for photogrammetry in Metashape
• Using masks to align turntable images in Metashape
• Prealignment settings in Metashape
• Optimizing cameras in Metashape
• Dealing with failed photo alignments in metashape
• Subaligning additional photos in Metashape
• Inspecting alignment results in Metashape
• Reducing overlap in Metashape photosets
• Filtering dense cloud points by confidence in Metashape
• Estimating model confidence with depth map mesh in Metashape
• Color calibration and texture building in Metashape

4. Editing Photogrammetry Meshes

• How to set mesh editing goals
• Importing a mesh into Metashape for editing
• Analyzing and repairing mesh topology in Metashape
• Automatically removing isolated mesh fragments in Metashape
• Manually selecting mesh faces in Metashape
• Closing mesh holes in Metashape
• Smoothing a mesh in Metashape
• Decimating a mesh in Metashape
• Exporting a photogrammetry model for 3D printing

Conclusion

• Next steps