New inspection

This article goes step by step through the process of creating a new inspection in Pix4Dinspect.

An inspection is a cloud-based project that belongs to an asset and allows generating photogrammetric outputs, visualize them in 2D and 3D, inspect the reconstructed models and annotate images for collaboration.

Inspection creation

1. At the top left of the Dashboard, click  and select New Inspection.
2. The window Create New Inspection appears.
3. Assign the new inspection to an asset choosing one of the following options:

• Select an existing asset to which the new inspection should belong from the drop-down list or from the map.
• Create a new asset. A detailed explanation here.

4. Click Next.

Inputs selection

Inputs can be added via drag and drop or selected from the disk.

Drag and drop input files

1. Drag and drop the input files on the screen.
2. (Optional) More input files can be added if needed.
3. Click Next.

Select from Disk

1. Click Select from Disk.
2. (Optional) More input files can be added if needed.
3. Click Next.

Options

Different options are available to define the photogrammetric outputs and to activate the artificial intelligence algorithms for antenna detection.

• Photogrammetric outputs: select this option to generate all the following photogrammetric outputs
• Point cloud
• 3D Mesh (for Cell Tower assets the 3D Mesh is not generated)
• Orthomosaic
• DSM
• Clipping area: defines the radius of the circle outside of which the Point Cloud will be cut. The center of the circular area is the center of the cell tower, which is estimated through a density structure analysis.

• Antenna recognition: select this option to run antenna recognition algorithm to obtain antennas' location, dimensions and orientation. More information in: Antenna tool.

The user can navigate between the different steps by clicking Previous and Next. 

To start generating the outputs, click Upload.