What is PIX4Dscan?

PIX4Dscan is a professional asset flight application developed by photogrammetry experts for visual inspections from images, and is available for tablets and mobile devices with iOS and Android operating systems. This companion of PIX4Dinspect allows for both manual and automatic drone flights (Cell Tower, Transmission Tower, Orbit, Cylinder, and Grid), to meet your mission’s specific needs and to collect actionable data. 

What are the versions of PIX4Dscan?

PIX4Dscan provides two versions: Inspection and Inspection-Enterprise.

The Inspection version contains functionalities used to perform general scanning and inspection of structures. The Inspection-Enterprise version contains the additional functionalities aimed at scanning and inspecting cell towers and transmission towers.

What are the specific features of the Inspection-Enterprise solution in PIX4Dscan?

PIX4Dscan supports Generic Mission and Asset Types: 

• Generic Missions: Grid, Orbit, and Cylinder Missions. 
• Asset Types: Cell Tower and Transmission Tower. 

The Cell Tower and Transmission Towers assets are composed of 3D reconstruction and visual inspection missions specifically designed to optimize the scanning of cell towers and transmission towers. They are only available with the Inspection-Enterprise version. For more information, contact our sales team here.

What is the Cell Tower asset in PIX4Dscan?

The Cell Tower asset is specifically intended for scanning cell towers. It aims to efficiently capture the components and geometries of this asset type by applying multiple 3D Model and Visual Inspection missions: Helix, Orbit, Cylinder, Single vertical, Underneath orbit, Orbit line of sight, and Manual images.

More information about the Cell Tower asset can be found in Mission types and How to scan cell towers. 

What is the Transmission Tower asset in PIX4Dscan?

The Transmission Tower asset is specifically intended for scanning transmission towers. It aims to efficiently capture the components and geometries of this asset type by applying multiple 3D Model and Visual Inspection missions: Orbit, Single vertical, Underneath orbit, and Manual images.

More information about the Transmission Tower asset can be found in Mission types and How to scan transmission towers.   

In which languages is PIX4Dscan available?

PIX4Dscan is available in the following languages: English, French, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese. 

Which operating system is supported by PIX4Dscan?

PIX4Dscan is currently supported on iOS and Android tablets, and mobile devices. Pix4Dscan requires iOS 13 / Android 7 or later. We recommend using the latest OS version as it is usually the one used for internal testing. PIX4Dscan has been tested with the following devices:

• iOS: iPad Mini 5th gen, iPad Pro 2nd gen, iPad 7th gen, iPad Air 2, iPhone 13 Pro Max.
• Android: Samsung Galaxy Tab A7, Samsung Galaxy Tab S7, Samsung Tab Es 15, Xiaomi Redmi Note 9, Lenovo Tab M10 Fhd Plus. 

Which drones does PIX4Dscan support?

PIX4Dscan is compatible with different drones. For more information see PIX4Dscan supported drones, cameras and controllers.

Which drone models support the network RTK functionality?

The DJI Matrice 300 RTK and the DJI Phantom 4 RTK (SDK remote controller).

Can PIX4Dscan be used without an Internet connection?

Internet connection in the field is not strictly required but it is recommended. The processes that require internet connection are listed here: Is Internet connection needed to use PIX4Dscan?

Before performing an offline flight, it is also recommended to connect to the internet and move around the basemaps, so that they can be cached and made available for offline viewing. The instructions on how to save offline maps are available here: Offline basemaps and missions.

What is the price of PIX4Dscan?

PIX4Dscan is free to download, and every Pix4D user with any valid Pix4d software license has access to the generic missions (Orbit, Cylinder, and Grid missions).

To access the Cell Tower and Transmission Tower asset, a PIX4Dinspect license is needed. 

For more information on licensing, contact our sales team here.

How can I get technical support for PIX4Dscan?

For technical questions about our products contact our support team here.