• analysis/accident reconstruction
• 3D graphics, movie-/video-/game-sector, animation, web design
• archaeology, anthropology
• forensics, criminalistics
• engineering, process engineering
• architecture

Easy to Use and Learn

Includes an advanced Windows user interface, Wizards for easy project set-up, extensive multimedia tutorials (over 4 hours playing time!), printed user guide, and extensive on-line help.

Modeling Tools

Create models using PhotoModeler's Point, Line, Curve, Edge, Cylinder, and Shape marking tools.

Surface Tools

Add surfaces to features defined by Points, Lines, Curves, and Edges. Create NRBS Surfaces from Lines, Edges, and Curves.

Photo-textures

Add photo-textures and colors to surfaces. Export textures with 3DS, OBJ, VRML, and 3DM.

3D Viewer

View, measure, select objects, and interactively rotate the created 3D models with full photo-textures.

Measurement Tools

Perform point, distance, length and area measurements right within PhotoModeler.

Photo-Projections

Check project quality by projecting 3D data onto your photos.

Photograph Handling

Work with any number of photographs, add new photographs at any time, and import many different image formats. * Image Control: Use extensive Zoom Tools for accurate sub-pixel marking, Photo Rotate for easier viewing, and Image Enhancement for increased visibility.

Camera Support

Use images from digital, film, or video cameras. Automatic Camera Orientation determines the position of the camera when the image was taken. Use different cameras in the same project.

Scale/Rotate/Translate

This feature provides you the ability to apply proper scale to your project and set your model in the proper coordinate system for exporting.

Export Capabilities

Export your model to Autodesk DXF (2D and 3D), 3D Studio 3DS, Wavefront OBJ, VRML (1&2), IGES, OpenNURBS/Rhino, StereoLithography STL, RAW, Maya Script format, and Google Earth's KML and KMZ.

Camera Calibrator

Accurately measure your camera's focal length, principal point, digitizing aspect ratio and lens distortion.

Customizable Interface

Control the layout and appearance of your PhotoModeler screen. Customizable items include toolbars, short cut keys, and colors for items such as 3D objects, Projections, and the 3D Viewer.

Shapes

Shapes are geometric solids like boxes, wedges, pyramids, etc. that provide a very fast way to add man-made objects to a scene by marking just a sub-set of the shape's edges on the photo(s).

Google Earth Export

PhotoModeler has a number of export formats but a very interesting one is the Google Earth KML/KMZ format. You can easily put a model generated in PhotoModeler into the geographical context provided by the Google Earth world viewer.

NURBS Surfaces

NURBS Surface construction features allow for modeling of complex curved surfaces.

NURBS Curve Modeling

High quality NURBS Curve tool provides great modeling capabilities for objects/scenes with curved edges.

Inverse Camera

Enter a few known control points or constraints and the focal length and position of an unknown camera is automatically calculated for projects involving single or multiple photos.

Constraints

Enter known relationships into the project (e.g. parallel, perpendicular, collinear, etc) to fine-tune processing.

Texture Extraction and Ortho-Photos

Extract images from surfaces by removing any perspective and shape distortions and use them as texture maps in rendering programs, or export them as orthographic photomaps.

Sub-Pixel Target Marking

High precision point measurement with circular targets based on advanced computer vision techniques.

Imports

Imports provide the ability to import 3d data into PhotoModeler from external sources. These imports can be used as control points (to help define the shape and coordinate system), as objects (that can be individually rotated and translated to match the existing project data), or as scenes that can be used to combine data.

Control Points and Perspective Matching

Enter known 3D point locations into PhotoModeler and accurate camera positions and angles are generated automatically. Improve camera geometry or match a camera to a perspective photograph for a rendering program.

Offset Points

Create 3d points that are offset along a coordinate axis or a vector defined by two points. Good for jigs and evidence markers or accurate modeling of points that cannot be targetted.

Silhouettes Solids Modeling

Provides the ability to quickly model complex and organic shapes.

Edge Modeling

Model linear features even when distinct end points cannot be matched across the photographs.

Cylinder Modeling

Model and measure cylindrical shaped objects such as pipes and pillars.

Single Photograph Support

Use InverseCamera with several known control points or object constraints to model from a single photo. This allows the use of photographs from historical archives, bystanders, and third parties for producing 3D data.

Automated Tools for Surface Models

Automated marking, referencing, and surfacing aid in high-density surface model creation.

Project Merge

Combine two or more PhotoModeler projects into a single project.

Programmability

Use a DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) interface to control certain functions in PhotoModeler and to have data fed in through other Windows applications.