This article provides information on Pix4D's output compatibility with other software.
Pix4D's outputs are compatible with:
- Some traditional photogrammetric software
- Geographic Information System (GIS) software
- Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software
- Many 3D viewers and point cloud editing software
- Google applications
- Agriculture application software
- Mesh editing software
- PDF viewer
- Editing tools
- Web applications
- Video players
The following table presents software that are compatible with Pix4D's outputs:
Note: We only display applications that have been tested by our team. There can be more applications and software.
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Inpho |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
Internal camera parameters
External camera parameters
Undistorted images |
Stereo viewing |
Path: internal camera parameters: ...\project_name\1_initial\params\project_name_calibrated_internal_camera_parameters
Path: external camera parameters: ...\project_name\1_initial\params\project_name_calibrated_external_camera_parameters
Path: undistorted images: ...\project_name\1_initial\images\undistorted_images\image |
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LPS |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
Internal camera parameters
External camera parameters |
Stereo viewing |
Path: internal camera parameters: ...\project_name\1_initial\params\project_name_calibrated_internal_camera_parameters
Path: external camera parameters: ...\project_name\1_initial\params\project_name_calibrated_external_camera_parameters |
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Global Mapper |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| Densified Point Cloud (.las, .laz, .xyz) |
Visualization |
| Grid DSM (.las, .laz, .xyz) |
Visualization |
| Raster DSM (GeoTIFF) |
Contour lines generation
Distance, area and volume measurements
Comparing volumes between two DSMs
3D digitization |
| Raster DTM (GeoTIFF) |
Contour lines generation
Distance and area measurements |
| Orthomosaic (GeoTIFF) |
Distance and area measurements
2D digitization |
| Index Map (GeoTIFF) |
Visualization
Color Editing |
| Contour lines (.shp, .dxf) |
Visualization
Editing |
| 3D Textured Mesh (.obj, .dxf (polylines), .dxf) |
Visualization |
| 3D Digitized objects (.shp, .dxf) |
Visualization
Editing |
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Path: Densified Point Cloud (.las, .laz, .xyz): ...\project_name\2_densification\point_cloud\project_name_densified_point_cloud
Path: Grid DSM (.las, .laz, .xyz): ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\1_dsm\project_name_dsm
Path: Raster DSM: Path: tiles: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\1_dsm\tiles
Path: merged file: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\1_dsm
Path: DTM tiles: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\extras\dtm\tiles
Path: DTM merged file: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\extras\dtm
Path: Orthomosaic tiles: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\2_mosaic\tiles
Path: Orthomosaic merged transparent file: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\2_mosaic\project_name_transparent_mosaic_group_name
Path: Orthomosaic merged file: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\2_mosaic\project_name_mosaic_group_name
Path: Index Map tiles: ...\project_name\4_index\indices\index_name\tiles
Path: Index Map merged file: ...\project_name\4_index\indices\index_name
Path: Contour lines (.shp, .dxf): ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\extras\contours\project_name_interval_resolution_minimum_line_size
Path: 3D Textured Mesh (.obj): ...\project_name\2_densification\3d_mesh\project_name_simplified_3d_mesh
Path: 3D Digitized objects: user_defined_path/user_defined_file_name
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ArcGIS |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| Densified Point Cloud (.las) |
Visualization |
| Grid DSM (.las) |
Visualization |
| Raster DSM (GeoTIFF) |
Contour lines generation
Distance, area and volume measurements
Comparing volumes between two DSMs
3D digitization |
| Raster DTM (GeoTIFF) |
Contour lines generation
Distance and areas measurements |
| Orthomosaic (GeoTIFF) |
Distance and area measurements
2D Digitization |
| Index Map (GeoTIFF) |
Visualization
Color Editing |
| Contour lines (.shp, .dxf) |
Visualization
Editing |
| 3D Digitized objects (.shp, .dxf) |
Visualization
Editing |
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Path: Densified Point Cloud (.las): ...\project_name\2_densification\point_cloud\project_name_densified_point_cloud
Path: Grid DSM (.las): ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\1_dsm\project_name_dsm
Path: DSM tiles: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\1_dsm\tiles
Path: DSM merged file: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\1_dsm
Path: DTM tiles: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\extras\dtm\tiles
Path: DTM merged file: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\extras\dtm
Path: orthomosaic tiles: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\2_mosaic\tiles
Path: transparent orthomosaic merged file: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\2_mosaic\project_name_transparent_mosaic_group_name
Path: orthomosaic merged file: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\2_mosaic\project_name_mosaic_group_name
Path: Index Map tiles: ...\project_name\4_index\indices\index_name\tiles
Path: Index Map merged file: ...\project_name\4_index\indices\index_name
Path: Contour lines (.shp, .dxf):...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\extras\contours\project_name_interval_resolution_minimum_line_size
Path: 3D Digitized objects: user_defined_path/user_defined_file_name
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Quantum GIS (QGIS) |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| Raster DSM (GeoTIFF) |
Contour lines generation
Distance and area measurements |
| Raster DTM (GeoTIFF) |
Contour lines generation
Distance and area measurements |
| Orthomosaic (GeoTIFF) |
Distance and area measurements
2D Digitization |
| Index Map (GeoTIFF) |
Visualization
Color Editing |
| Contour lines (.shp, .dxf) |
Visualization
Editing |
| 3D Digitized objects (.shp, .dxf) |
Visualization
Editing |
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Path: DSM tiles: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\1_dsm\tiles
Path: DSM merged file: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\1_dsm
Path: DTM tiles: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\extras\dtm\tiles
Path: DTM merged file: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\extras\dtm
Path: orthomosaic tiles: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\2_mosaic\tiles
Path: transparent orthomosaic merged file: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\2_mosaic\project_name_transparent_mosaic_group_name
Path: orthomosaic merged file: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\2_mosaic\project_name_mosaic_group_name
Path: Index Map tiles: ...\project_name\4_index\indices\index_name\tiles
Path: Index Map merged file: ...\project_name\4_index\indices\index_name
Path: Contour lines (.shp, .dxf):...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\extras\contours\project_name_interval_resolution_minimum_line_size
Path: 3D Digitized objects: user_defined_path/user_defined_file_name
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AutoCAD |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| Densified Point Cloud (.xyz) |
Visualization |
| Grid DSM (.xyz) |
Visualization |
| Orthomosaic (GeoTIFF) |
Distance and area measurements
2D Digitization |
| 3D Textured Mesh (.fbx, .dxf (polylines), .dxf) |
Visualization |
| Contour lines (.dxf) |
Visualization
Editing |
| 3D Digitized objects (.shp, .dxf) |
Visualization
Editing |
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Path: Densified Point Cloud (.xyz): ...\project_name\2_densification\point_cloud\project_name_densified_point_cloud
Path: Grid DSM (.xyz): ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\1_dsm\project_name_dsm
Path: orthomosaic tiles: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\2_mosaic\tiles
Path: transparent orthomosaic merged file: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\2_mosaic\project_name_transparent_mosaic_group_name
Path: orthomosaic merged file: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\2_mosaic\project_name_mosaic_group_name
Path: 3D Textured Mesh: ...\project_name\2_densification\3d_mesh\project_name_simplified_3d_mesh
Path: Contour lines (.dxf):...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\extras\contours\project_name_interval_resolution_minimum_line_size
Path: 3D Digitized objects: user_defined_path/user_defined_file_name
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MicroStation |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| 3D Digitized objects (.dgn) |
Visualization
Editing |
| Path: 3D Digitized objects: user_defined_path/user_defined_file_name |
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Rhino |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| 3D Textured Mesh (.obj, .fbx) |
Visualization |
| Path: ...\project_name\2_densification\3d_mesh\project_name__simplified_3d_mesh |
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3ds Max |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| 3D Textured Mesh (.obj, .fbx) |
Visualization |
| Path: ...\project_name\2_densification\3d_mesh\project_name_simplified_3d_mesh |
|
Quick Terrain Reader |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
Densified Point Cloud (.las, .laz)
|
Visualization |
| Grid DSM (.las, .laz) |
Visualization |
|
Path: Densified Point Cloud (.las, .laz): ...\project_name\2_densification\point_cloud\project_name_densified_point_cloud
Path: Grid DSM (.las, .laz): ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\1_dsm\project_name_dsm
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VRMesh |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
Densified Point Cloud (.las, .ply)
|
Visualization
Point cloud classification |
| Grid DSM (.las) |
Visualization
Point cloud classification |
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Path: Densified Point Cloud (.las, .ply): ...\project_name\2_densification\point_cloud\project_name_densified_point_cloud
Path: Grid DSM (.las): ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\1_dsm\project_name_dsm
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Meshlab |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| Densified Point Cloud (.ply) |
Visualization |
| 3D Textured Mesh (.obj,.ply) |
Visualization |
|
Path: Densified Point Cloud (.ply): ...\project_name\2_densification\point_cloud\project_name_densified_point_cloud
Path: 3D Textured Mesh (.obj,.ply): ...\project_name\2_densification\3d_mesh\project_name_simplified_3d_mesh
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Autodesk Maya |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| 3D Textured Mesh (.obj, .fbx) |
Visualization |
| Path: ...\project_name\2_densification\3d_mesh\project_name_simplified_3d_mesh |
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Cinema 4D |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| 3D Textured Mesh (.fbx) |
Visualization |
| Path: ...\project_name\2_densification\3d_mesh\project_name_simplified_3d_mesh |
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Google Earth |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| KML Google tiles (orthomosaic) |
Visualization |
| 3D Digitized Objects |
Visualization |
|
Path: Orthomosaic KML:...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\2_mosaic\google_tiles\project_name_mosaic
Path: 3D Digitzed Objects: user_defined_path/user_defined_file_name
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Google Maps |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| HTML Google tiles |
Visualization |
| Path: ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\2_mosaic\google_tiles\project_name_mosaic |
|
Farm Works |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| Grid Index Map Shapefile (.shp) |
Agriculture applications |
| Path: merged file: ...\project_name\4_index\indices\index_name |
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Blender (makerbot) |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| 3D Textured Mesh (.ply, .fbx) |
3D printing (Turn mesh into a 3D printable object (print using makerbot)) |
| Path: 3D Textured Mesh (.ply): ...\project_name\2_densification\3d_mesh\project_name__simplified_3d_mesh |
|
Meshmixer |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| 3D Textured Mesh (.ply) |
Turn mesh into a 3D printable object (use ReplicatorG to prepare for 3D printing) |
| Path: 3D Textured Mesh (.ply): ...\project_name\2_densification\3d_mesh\project_name_simplified_3d_mesh |
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Adobe Acrobat Reader |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| Contour lines (.pdf) |
Visualization |
| 3D Textured Mesh (.pdf) |
Visualization |
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Path: .Contour lines (.pdf):..\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\extras\contours\project_name_interval_resolution_minimum_line_size
Path: 3D Textured Mesh (pdf): ...\project_name\2_densification\3d_mesh\project_name_simplified_3d_mesh
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LAStools |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| Densified Point Cloud (.las, .laz) |
DTM Generation |
| Grid DSM (.las, .laz) |
DTM Generation |
Path: Densified Point Cloud (.las, .laz): ...\project_name\2_densification\point_cloud
Path: Grid DSM (.las, .laz): ...\project_name\3_dsm_ortho\1_dsm\project_name_dsm |
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Sketchfab |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| Densified Point Cloud (.ply) |
Web viewing and sharing |
| 3D Textured Mesh (.fbx .obj, ply) |
Web viewing and sharing |
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Path: Densified Point Cloud (.ply): ...\project_name\2_densification\point_cloud\project_name_densified_point_cloud
Path: 3D Textured Mesh: ...\project_name\2_densification\3d_mesh\project_name_simplified_3d_mesh
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ArcGIS Online |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| LOD Mesh (.slpk) |
Web viewing and sharing |
| Path: LOD Mesh (.slpk): ...\project_name\2_densification\3d_mesh\project_name_simplified_3d_mesh |
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VLC |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| Video animation (.mp4, .mkv, .avi) |
Video animation viewing |
| Path: user_defined_path/user_defined_file_name |
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Windows Media Player |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| Video animation (.mp4, .mkv, .avi) |
Video animation viewing |
| Path: user_defined_path/user_defined_file_name |
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Bingo |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| Bingo txt |
Bundle Adjustment |
| Path: ...\project_name\1_initial\params\project_name_tp_bingo |
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ImageStation |
| Pix4D output |
Use |
| .ssk |
Bundle Adjustment |
Path: ...\project_name\1_initial\params\project_name_photo
Path: ...\project_name\1_initial\params\project_name_camera |
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