Menu Process > Processing Options... > Templates - PIX4Dmapper

PIX4Dmapper includes a variety of different templates for processing. This article explains in detail all the available options.

The section about templates allows to:

• Load (select) a template.
• Save a custom template.
• Visualize the description of a template (Manage Templates).
• Edit the name and description of a custom template (Manage Templates).
• Delete a custom template (Manage Templates).
• Import templates from the support site (Manage Templates).

It contains:

• Current Options: Displays the selected processing options template.
  Note: No Template: Refers to processing options templates (default or created by the user) that have been edited but are not saved.

• Load Template: Allows to select a processing options template.
  
  
  Note: The processing options templates are organized into three sections: Standard, Rapid and Advanced. A fourth section titled Personal appears above the others when a new personal template has been created by the user.
  
  

• Save Template: Displays two options:
  
  
  
• Update "Template" with Current Options: Allows to overwrite the processing options template with the newly selected options. Available when a Personal template is selected and some options have been changed.
• Create New Template with Current Options...: Allows to save the selected processing options as a new Personal processing options template. Opens the Create New Template pop-up which allows to enter a Name and a Description for the new template:

• Manage Templates...: The pop-up Templates Manager appears:
  

It contains two sections:

• List of existing processing options templates.

• Description of the selected processing options template regarding the:
• Image acquisition: Recommended image acquisition type for applying the template; the blue color refers to the acquisition plan and the yellow color refers to the terrain or object type.
• Outputs Quality/Reliability: The scale ranges from Low to High to differentiate the quality and reliability of the results between full and rapid/low-resolution processing; high reliability indicates the higher resolution that can be achieved for the specific dataset with the specific processing options selected in the template.
  
  Note: For more information about the differences between full and rapid/low resolution: Full Processing vs Rapid / Low Resolution.
• Processing Speed: The scale ranges from Slow to Fast to differentiate the completion time between full and rapid/low-resolution processing.
• Outputs Generated: List of images of the generated outputs.
• Application Examples: List of common applications for which the template should be used.

And the buttons:

• New: Creates a new processing options template in the Personal section with the selected processing options.
• Duplicate: Duplicates an existing processing options template with another name.
• Remove: Deletes a processing options template.
• Check box Import/Export: displays the buttons:
  
  
  
• Import...: Allows importing a template (.tmpl files created with PIX4Dmapper).
• Export...: Allows exporting a template as a .tmpl file.
• Folder...: Opens the folder where the user processing options template are saved.
  
  Note: More processing options templates (.tmpl) available Processing Options Default Templates.
• OK: Confirms the changes.
• Cancel: Does not save the changes.
• Help: Opens the PIX4Dmapper help.