[2021] Technical release notes - PIX4Dcloud / PIX4Dcloud Advanced

Improvements

• PIX4Dcatch projects:
  • Improved 3D reconstructions when processing projects uploaded from PIX4Dcatch to PIX4Dcloud.
  • Improved point cloud visualization.
  • New geoids supported.
• The state of layers in the hierarchy is kept when reopening the project.

Changes

• PIX4Dcloud and PIX4Dcloud Advanced are now processing using PIX4Dmapper version 4.6.4 by default.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the issue where the georeferencing was not properly taken from some images.

What's new

• Selection of the camera control mode: First person or Focused mode.
• Added functionality to save view as default (for 2D and 3D).
• PIX4Dcloud and PIX4Dcloud Advanced are now available in Thai language. For more information about the supported languages: PIX4Dcloud - FAQs.

Changes

• Plant Health (NDVI) layer is now named Index.
• Index layer hangs from Outputs in the hierarchy of the 2D/3D view.

What's new

• Added the option to directly select the output coordinate system during the project creation, regardless of the presence of GCPs.

Improvements

• Added selector to switch on and off the display of the annotations' names.

What's new

• New type of annotation to measure a radius: circle annotation.

Improvements

• Exporting an image from the virtual inspector adds the inspection name at the end.
• Annotation import in SHP format allows both a ZIP file but also individual files.
• PIX4Dcatch projects show the 3D view by default.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the issue with the overlay naming not being persistent from one site to another
• Fixed the issue when some selected layers were not displayed
• Fixed the issue where the cloud user interface was always open in dark mode even if the user selected bright the last time
• Fixed the issue where the drawing boxes were not working for the first inspection
• Fixed the issue where the unit selector did not change the displayed units in the editor sometimes.

Improvements

• The name of the annotations are displayed when hovering over them with the mouse for all types of annotations both in the 2D and the 3D view. More information here.

Improvements

• Proj7 is used in all coordinate system transformations to display data in the web browser
• The offset.xyz file is now included in the download of the mesh in OBJ format

Changes

• The name of the annotations which is displayed when hovering (both in 2D and 3D) has a different format

Bug fixes

• Some bugs in the Virtual Inspector have been fixed:
  • Images did not display when full mode was selected
  • The export button did not work in full mode
  • It was not possible to add a box in full mode
• Fixed the issue with the images taken in portrait mode which were rotated in the thumbnails in the virtual inspector and files section
• Fixed the issue which displayed the type of the GCP wrongly in the right panel

What's new

Projects uploaded from PIX4Dcatch and processed with depth data have several important improvements:

• Sky segmentation: improved point cloud generation to have less noise from sky and water in the 3D reconstructed model
• Quality report: a quality report is available for new projects processed with depth data
• Better performance: in terms of processing speed and number of images to be processed

Improvements

• When exporting a screenshot from the UI, the name of the file is now the name of the project.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the issue where the orthomosaics produced with PIX4Dfields which were uploaded to PIX4Dcloud did not have a transparent background
• A vertex could not be deleted in a polygon and or in a line
• The profile view did not show the cursor in the editor when hovering with the mouse over the profile

Changes

• New live measurement computation. More information here.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the issue where, in some projects, line and polygon annotations were slightly moving away from the original coordinates (only while drawing them).

What's new

• PIX4Dcloud and PIX4Dcloud Advanced are now available also in Italian and Spanish. For more information about supported languages: PIX4Dcloud - FAQs.

Improvements

• Display the name of markers when hovering over them. More information here.

Changes

• By default, the project coordinate system is selected in the coordinate system selector

Bug fixes

• Fixed the issue which made the editor freeze in projects with arbitrary coordinate systems.
• Fixed the issue with the zoom when a double click relocated the project in the wrong position.

Improvements

• New and improved orthomosaic and DSM tiler. For more information: Improved Ortho and DSM tiler on the cloud.
• Added feedback message for upload limits (7 GB for the GeoTIFF orthomosaic and 1 GB for the 3D Mesh OBJ).

Bug fixes

• GCPs layer and lower bar coordinates are kept in the base unit (not converted from meters to kilometers or feet to miles).
• Improved usability of the Virtual Inspector on small screens.

What's new

• [PIX4Dcloud Advanced] GCPs layer display. When a project is processed with AutoGCPs on the cloud, there is a new layer in the hierarchy which contains the GCPs and check points that have been automatically detected (more information in GCPs layer). This applies to projects created from the release date.
• Unit selector: New selector for defining the units used in the project when displayed in the 2D/3D view. For more information: Improved units display in PIX4Dcloud.
• Support of overlays for arbitrary (user-defined) systems: You can find more information in How to work with arbitrary systems on PIX4Dcloud.

Improvements

• Improved communication to inform about georeferentiation of the 3D Mesh
• Improved units display. More information in Improved units display in PIX4Dcloud.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the issue with the Virtual Inspector not working properly with some cameras
• Fixed the issue where in rare occasions a Point Cloud was completely colored in purple while in elevation color mode. Now it should always display elevation color mode properly
• Fixed the issue with the volume computation using custom as the base surface. The custom elevation previously could not be typed in feet