Technical release notes - PIX4Dmatic

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

1.59.0

What's new

• Added option to create and edit Markers in 3D and image viewer
• Added option to create and edit Polylines in 3D and image viewer
• Added option to export Markers, Polylines, and Polygons as DXF, Shapefiles, and GeoJSON
• Added option to Auto-mark Markers, Polygon, and Polyline vertices
• Added Support for the Geoids:
  • Czech Republic: CR-2005
  • Portugal: GeodPT08
  • Corsica: RAC23

Bug fixes and improvements

• Project view improvements:
  • Added a dedicated panel for geometries, constraints, and ROI properties
  • Added option to expand layers to view and select their geometries
  • Added option to move the side panels left and right with Drag & Drop
  • Added option to select a layer with a single click, rename a layer with a double click
  • Improvements for the upload of Mesh to PIX4Dcloud (Cesium 3D tiles)
• Improved message to the users if all cameras exceed the maximum nadir angle
• Fixed bug when the image viewer focuses on the selected polygon vertex when zooming
• Fixed bug when exported DSM GeoTIFF tiles rendering as 0s in some third-party software
• Fixed deletion of polygon vertex marks bug
• Various UI improvements

1.58.2

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed issue when selecting Manual Tie points
• Fixed issue with 0 tiles instead of nodata in the DSM export
• Fixed issue with mouse cursor
• Fixed issue when creating a video layer
• Fixed issue with the image viewer and the zoom focus
• Fixed issue with the Region of Interest in the 2D and 3D view
• Fixed issue with the Side panel split views
• Improved information message when the Share to PIX4Dcloud feature fails

1.58.1

What's new

• Added collapsible processing panel sections

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed bulk edition of camera external parameters
• Fixed crash when exporting planes as OPF
• Fixed a crash during 3D Mesh texturing
• Fixed issues with the Share to PIX4Dcloud feature
• Fixed issues with the video flythrough
• Fixed issues in the 3D Region of Interest (ROI)
• Fixed occasional crashes during geometry creation or edition
• Improvements in the Merge feature
• Improvements to the Quality Report export
• Improvements to connected polygons
• Improvements in the CRS picker dialog
• Various fixes and improvements

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

1.57.0

What's new

• Added option to view, create, and edit a Region of Interest (ROI) in the 3D viewer with control on the height of the ROI
• Added option to export connected polygons as a .DXF file for CAD compatibility
• Added option to import a Region of Interest as a .kml file
• Added support for the Korean Geoid model (KNGeoid18)
• Added the option to merge two or more tie points (MTPs, GCPs, CPs, mITPs,...)
• Added .ply export for the mesh
• Added the option to convert a measurement to a scale constraint in the Edit menu
• Added tie point positions plot and improved display of plot axes in the Quality Report

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improvements to the merge and register workflow
• Improved mesh texture quality
• Improvement to the AutoGCP detection algorithm
• Faster processing in calibration for challenging and big dataset
• Various improvements
• Fixed issue with hover interactions (delete, full screen) on image viewer

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

1.56.0

What's new

• Added connected polygon geometries and related actions
• Enabled multi-selection operations for tie points
• Added option to save/overwrite an existing OPF file
• Added option to automatically open and load an OPF project

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improved orthomosaic settings for merged drone and PIX4Dcatch projects and multiple other improvements to the orthomosaic
• Fixed an incorrect image scale value appearance in the quality report
• Fixed occurrences of densification crashes
• Fixed an occasional crash with image embeddings
• Fixed multiselection of cameras
• Fixed truncation of numbers in tables

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

What's new

• Added “move geometry to layer” action
• Added custom point cloud classes and classes color
• Added the position error column in the register step
• Added export time of quality report in the status center
• Added rendering of blocks for matches plot in the quality report

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improved scroll bars
• Improved performance for mesh texturing
• Improved mesh texture for merged aerial and terrestrial projects
• Fixed an occasional crash for DSM generation
• Fixed display of characters in the quality report
• Fixed issues related to register and merge

1.54.3

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed occasional crash in DSM generation
• Fixed issue of losing GCP data for duplicated GCPs after merging
• Fixed occasional number rounding issue in the tie point table and camera table
• Fixed occasional crash in image preprocessing
• Fixed occasion crash in GPU densification (CUDA setup)
• Fixed camera table edition truncating values with 1-digit
• Fixed occasional crash when editing camera internal parameters
• Fixed incorrect image scale values in the quality report

1.54.2

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fix performance regression in the dense point cloud generation

1.54.1

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed crash upon startup for usernames with non-ASCII characters
• Fixed bug when source camera information in generated dense point cloud was missing.
• Fixed bug when arbitrary CRS was blocked from selection in the UI

Known issues

• Issue during densification

1.54.0

What's new

• Added option to select a geoid height even if there are geoids available
• Added Find more matches by name option to the merge dialog

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improvements to the polygon tool
• Improvements and bug fixes related to the Quality Report as PDF export
• Improvements in the video flythrough feature
• Improvements to the camera internals dialog
• Improvements to the merge dialog
• Various improvements and fixes
• Fixed various crashes

Known issues

• PIX4Dmatic crashes upon startup
• Missing yellow tracks in Dense point cloud

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

What's new

• Added video fly-through feature
• Added planarity constraint for polygons
• Added hole creation tool for polygons
• Added smoothing toggle for Mesh generation
• Added new and improved Quality Report
• Quality Report is available on macOS as PDF
• Added Object selection tool
• Added option to export the point cloud as LAS 1.2
• Added Invert selection action
• Added group export options and other menu improvements
• Enabled the option for images uploaded to PIX4Dcloud to be seen with the PIX4Dcloud Virtual Inspector
• Added disabled point panel
• Added ASPRS classification
• Added Color by relative confidence settings
• Added option to convert a distance measurement to a scale constraint
• Added option to hide GCPs, MTPs, Checkpoints, and mITPs individually
• Added the distance measurements in images for display and editing
• Added option to delete the mark of Tie points by pressing a key while hovering over the image
• Added support for the geoids:
  • Argentina | SRVN16 height - EPSG:9255 | GEOIDE-Ar16
  • Poland | EVRF2007-PL height - EPSG:9651 | PL-geoid-2021

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improved satellite images in many parts of the world
• Improvements on the Merge Projects feature
• Fixed issue when using special characters in paths
• Fixed issue when reoptimize was significantly longer on certain projects
• Fixed issue when disabled point clouds were exported

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

1.52.1

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed occasional crash when starting application

1.52.0

What's new

• Added persistent distance measurement tool
• Added option to export Tie point marks

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed bug when merging projects with shared GCPs

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS
• Application installation path containing special characters causes issues
• Performance issues during Calibration and Reoptimization

1.51.1

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed issue when using special characters in the project path

1.51.0

What's new

• Available in Turkish language

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed bug with the 2D viewport when reopening a project
• Fixed Processing Panel bug, where the image scale and the processing template were set incorrectly
• Fixed bug when hovering in the 3D view
• Various bugs and improvements

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS
• Application installation path containing special characters causes issues

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

1.50.0

What's new

• Added option to edit Camera internal parameters
• Added multi-selection of point cloud points and point cloud editing
• Added support for .xyz format for point cloud export
• Existing results will remain visible during re-processing
• Added new geoid models:
  • Taiwanese geoid model TWGEOID2018h (vCRS: EPSG:8904)
  • Latvian geoid model LV14 (EPSG:4661+7700) Latvia 2000 height
  • Finnish geoid models: FIN2000 (EPSG:4258+5717) N60 height and FIN2005N00 (EPSG:4258+3900) N2000 height
• Added option to reset camera externals from EXIF data
• Added vector layers and vector layer templates
• Added export GCP option
• Added multiselection for geometries
• Added support for multiple cameras in the same project

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improvements in the conversion of MTP to GCP
• Improvements in Calibration
• Improvements in the DSM
• Improvements in the aITP (automatic intersection tie points) detection
• Improvements in the Orthomosaic
• Fixed crash on geometry creation
• Fixed reoptimize failure after adding an image
• Fixed reoptimize failure after editing image position accuracies
• Fixed application freeze after editing image orientation
• Fixed issue with reopening projects containing images without geotags
• Fixed crashes during ortho generation

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• Default processing templates have incorrect settings leading to processing issues.

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

1.49.0

What's new

• Added Cameras table showing external camera parameters
• Polygon Selection - Allows for multiselection of input cameras
• Improved the size slider for the image accuracy ellipsoid display and added the display to the 2D view
• Added a selection for display measurement units

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed failed reoptimize after adding MTPs due to uncalibrated images with marks
• Fixed Auto-mark failure with an unknown error
• Fixed incorrect outdated status of the mesh related to planes generation
• Fixed a crash in constraint creation
• Fixed the issue of merging projects with the same name
• Fixed esc key behavior for scale and orientation constraints
• Fixed geoid model height user input being ignored
• Fixed macOS touchpad scrolling issues in the content panel
• Improvement to the mesh texturing and the point cloud processing speed
• Various improvements

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

1.48.0

What's new

• Added option for a Default Coordinate Reference System (CRS)
• Added Clipping box in 3D viewer
• New content and processing panels
• Added ellipsoids for input camera accuracies in 3D viewer
• Added support for camera models:
  • Oblique D2M camera from Quantum Systems

Bug fixes and improvements

• Various improvements

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

1.47.1

What's new

• Enable mesh export to SLPK for projects with ellipsoidal heights
• Added support for camera models:
  • ShareUAV 202S Pro

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed issue with timeout error in the PDF quality report for Windows
• Improvements in OPF exports
• Improvements in the Scale and Orientation constraints feature
• Improvements in site localization workflow
• Improvements in 3D viewer
• Fixed 2D map zoom level after merging into an empty project
• Various improvements

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

1.46.0

What's new

• Public release of Open Photogrammetry Format (OPF) 1.0
• Added image Coordinate Reference System (CRS) picker
• Added GCG2016 geoid model (Germany) and SLO_VRP2016/Koper geoid model (Slovenia)
• Added SSO support for subscribed companies
• Available in Portuguese language
• Added support for camera models:
  • WINGTRA RGB61_FE24mmF2.8G_24.0_9504x6336
  • DJI M3M_4.3_2592x1944
  • Legacy internals JSON camera database (derived from the PIX4DMapper database) to retrieve internals for generic models

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed issue with perpetual educational license handling
• Fixed an issue where the DSM was failing for certain projects

Other notable

• Support for macOS Ventura (13.0)
• Withdraw of support for macOS Big Sur (11.0)

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• Unexpected slowdown for the calibration in certain large PIX4Dcatch projects

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

1.45.1

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed a UI issue with offline licensing

1.45.0

What's new

• Added scale and orientation constraints
• Added support for projects with a higher amount of images
• Added support for camera models:
  • ShareUAV 102S Pro
  • SONY ILCE-7RM5_FE35mmF2.8ZA_35.0_9504x6336
  • SONY ILCE-7RM5_FE24mmF2.8G_24.0_9504x6336
• Updated the End-User License Agreement (EULA)

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed a bug when reopening large projects (15.000+ images)
• Added an .aux.xml file for geolocation of the Orthomosaic as .jpg export in QGIS and ArcGIS
• Fixed Bad optional access error when generating Planes

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• Unexpected slowdown for the calibration in certain large PIX4Dcatch projects

1.44.0

What's new

• Added offline licenses. Contact sales for more information

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improvements on the Auto-mark functionality for Intersection Tie Points (ITPs)

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• Unexpected slowdown for the calibration in certain large PIX4Dcatch projects

1.43.2

What's new

• Added the Merge projects feature at the calibration level, for accurately geolocated projects
• Removed the logic of setting the Internals confidence parameter automatically to High in the Calibrate step when the camera is in the camera database

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed various crashes
• Improvements in the Intersection Tie Points (ITPs)
• Improvements in the polygons
• Fixed Share to PIX4Dcloud for projects with site calibration
• Improved exports for the orthomosaic as .jpg and the mesh as .slpk
• Improved the object occlusion slider
• Various improvements

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• Unexpected slowdown for the calibration in certain large PIX4Dcatch projects

1.42.0

What's new

• Added the Intersection Tie Points (ITPs) for Calibration
• Added automatic generation, manual creation, and the option to edit planes for meshes
• Added Back-face culling option in 3D viewer
• Added object occlusion slider
• Added plane normals toggle

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.
• Unexpected slowdown for the calibration in certain large PIX4Dcatch projects

1.41.0

What's new

• Improved 3D viewer
• Improved information in the processing options window
• Unified export paths
• Changed DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise pixel size from 3.39449 to 3.3 in the Camera Database

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed issue when Automatic Tie Points (ATPs) reprojections were missing in the image viewer
• Fixed incorrect camera orientations when importing image geolocations in a projected coordinate reference system

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.

1.40.0

What's new

• Modified orthomosaic export options to have larger tiles (~2Gb) for better third party compatibility and less files at export.
• Added option to choose between .LAS and .LAZ for the point cloud export
• Updated camera parameters for Parrot ANAFI Ai.
• Available in traditional Chinese language.
• Added support for camera models:
  • SOTEN CX-GB100.
  • DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise.
  • Skydio 2+.
  • Skydio 2.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed crash during calibration for images with orientation but no geolocation.
• Fixed bug with the quality report export when using the Connector.
• Fixed issue when reopening site localization projects.
• Improved consistency of path separators in the status center.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.

1.39.0

What's new

• Improvements on Share to PIX4Dcloud feature
  • Added Share button in the processing panel to access the Share to PIX4Dcloud dialog.
  • Improved reporting progress of Share to PIX4Dcloud command to have a single progress bar for all assets.
  • Project name displayed on the Share to PIX4Dcloud dialog.
• Added .las file format for the point cloud alongside .laz file format.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Marking is now only allowed inside the image in the full-screen image viewer.
• Improved log file information, in case of errors, when generating a mesh, computing depth maps or exporting a mesh as a point cloud.
• Fixed log-in dialog launcher button on the log-in required dialog.
• Fixed busy indicator on the auto-mark button.
• Fixed 2D scene viewer issue to show the same viewport when reopening PIX4Dmatic.
• Fixed crash when coloring DSM.
• Fixed crash when picking a point in the point cloud while processing is running.
• Fixed unnecessary regeneration of depth maps when generating a mesh.
• Added information about memory requirements for JPG exports.
• Fixed crash when canceling mesh export under SLPK and Cesium 3D Tile formats.
• Fixed crash when calibrating images without geolocation.
• Fixed crash when clicking on 3D viewer.
• Fixed crash in scene transform.
• Fixed issues in the image viewer.
• Use of signed values for position errors following ASPRS convention.
• Fixed crash when closing PIX4Dmatic on Windows.
• Added WKT XML to DSM and Ortho exports.
• Removed mesh folder when project is not saved.
• Improved information in the status center when generating the sparse point cloud step in the calibration sequence.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.

1.38.0

What's new

• Added site localization support and support for .prj files to set the coordinate reference system.
• Added Cesium 3D tiles (.b3dm, .json) export for the Mesh.
• Added .SLPK export for the Mesh for ESRI compatibility.
• Added Mesh export as point cloud for Revit users.
• Enabled Organization support for the Share to PIX4Dcloud functionality.
• Changed point cloud format from .las to .laz when uploading with Share to PIX4Dcloud to speed up upload times and reduce storage size.
• Improved point cloud and Digital Surface Model (DSM) quality.
• Added arcgp-2006-sk geoid (Svalbard).
• Added support for camera models:
  • DJI Mavic AIR 2.
  • Sony ILCE-7RM4 (Alpha 7R IV).
  • DJI Zenmuse P1 24mm.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed crash when interacting with the software during calibration.
• Fixed calibration issue in Arbitrary CRS for Trusted location and orientation or Low texture planar pipelines.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.

1.37.0

What's new

• Improved navigation in 3D view for terrestrial projects.
• Added .laz file format as default point cloud output.
• Added smaller point size option for point clouds.
• Improvements on Share to PIX4Dcloud feature.
• Added option to choose the organization during log-in for users with Organization support.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed number of marks displayed in maximized image viewer.
• Fixed images displayed at the top in the imager viewer when switching between GCPs.
• Fixed crash during sparse point cloud colorization.
• Fixed point selection when selecting tie point from the tie points table after selecting point from the point cloud.
• Fixed mesh display issues in the history panel and in the content panel.
• Fixed .p4m file type not being recognized by Windows.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.

1.36.0

What's new

• Added Share to PIX4Dcloud feature.
• Enabled Deghosting option when selecting the Hardware accelerated algorithm for orthomosaic generation.
• Changed the default algorithm to Hardware Accelerated for the orthomosaic generation.
• Added orthographic view for 3D scene.
• Enabled the visualization of source cameras for point cloud points in the 3D view and image viewer.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Changed ANAFI Ai height reference to Ellipsoid.
• Reduced dense point cloud file size.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.

1.35.0

Bug fixes and improvements

• Added average GSD information in the PDF quality report.
• Fixed distortion of thumbnails on the welcome view.
• Fixed crash when running the AutoGCP marking.
• Improvements to mesh generation and interactions.
• Fixed specific issues with calibration and reoptimize.
• Improved display of warning and error messages.
• Fixed automatic fill of the Geoid height in the Coordinate Reference System dialog.
• Fixed rotation in 3D for images without orientation data.
• Fixed resizing behavior of point size when a point is selected.
• Modification of default folder path only in Preferences.
• Display improvements in the content panel.
• Improvements in automatic processing settings selection.
• Improvements in 2D view and alignment of outputs.
• Fixed column count between the minimized and maximized image viewer.
• Fixed export of the quality report before the mesh is processed.
• Improvements on the GCP file import dialog.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.

1.34.0

What's new

• Added GCP file import and preview dialog for additional flexibility.
• Outlier marks are displayed on the image viewer and on rays in the 3D view.
• Added triangulated position for GCPs and Checkpoints in the 2D and 3D view.
• Improvements of the rays displayed in the 3D view.
• Improved Texture for the Mesh.
• Removed position and orientation requirements for input images.
• Improved speed of the point cloud colorization in the Calibrate step.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed mesh inputs display in the processing options.
• Fixed performance issue in the image viewer.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.

1.33.1

What's new

• Added Mesh viewer to the 3D view with Textured or Shaded options.
• Added Rematch and Reoptimize option in the menu and processing options.
• Added indication of geographic or projected coordinate reference systems (CRS) in the CRS selection dialogs.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.

1.32.0

What's new

• Added slider to set the size of the MTPs, GCPs and Checkpoints.
• Added status of an item in the content panel.
• Added RAF18b and RAF20 geoid models (France) and hBG18 geoid model (Belgium).
• Added hardware accelerated orthomosaic generation with projects that contain images with different resolutions.
• Improved orthomosaic quality for oblique projects when using the hardware accelerated orthomosaic generation option.
• Preview release notifications are deactivated by default, but they can be enabled in the app preferences.
• Added new global processing options template for PIX4Dcatch data. Automatically detected and applied for PIX4Dcatch inputs.
• Internals Confidence parameter for the Calibrate step is set to High when a camera from the official Camera Database is detected in the project.
• Image Scale setting of the Calibrate step is set based on the resolution of images in the project.
• Upgraded the .las file format to version 1.4 to support larger files.
• Replaced algorithm behind the Standard densification algorithm.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Enabled AutoGCP algorithm to work on Checkpoints.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.

1.31.1

What's new

• Added more information to the log file.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed behavior of the image viewer when clicking on an ATP.
• Improved coordinate reference systems search functionalities.
• Improved color of GCP positions in grey instead of orange, to avoiding confusion with warnings.
• Various improvements to the Menu and Processing options panel.
• Fixed Ctrl + 2 (⌘ + 2) shortcut.
• Updated third-party dependencies with Sentry SDK.
• Various improvements to the Content panel.
• Fixed display of the last allowed version when Support & Upgrades expires for perpetual licenses.
• Fixed generation of high texture sizes of the Mesh.
• Reusing the already generated depth maps for the Mesh generation for time-saving.
• Fixed crash happening during colorization of the point cloud during calibration.
• Fixed the display of the DSM color bar setting
• Fixed crash happening when removing MTPs during calibration.
• Camera rays are now correctly updated when clicking on nearby ATPs.
• Selected ATPs are preserved when clicking on cameras in 3D.
• Fixed behavior of the point selection when zooming in a lot.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.

1.30.0

What's new

• Improved Mesh generation.
• Improvements to the content panel.
• Added initial and optimized camera internal parameters to the quality report.
• Changed to rolling shutter type for Anafi AI camera model.
• Available in Korean language.
• Reading of altitude reference taken from EXIF.
• Support of camera models:
  • Autel Robotics XT705.
  • DJI Hasselblad L2D20c.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed offset for the JPG file in comparison to the TIFF in the Orthomosaic.
• Fixed issue in the Status center with duplicated Initialize entry for the Calibrate step.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.
• Image viewer does not update correctly when clicking on ATPs.

1.29.0

What's new

• Added new mesh algorithm and mesh processing options templates.
• Added .tif import to the welcome view.
• Added notification linking to the download page for preview and stable releases.
• Changed HW accelerated to Hardware accelerated in the processing options for clarity.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Portrait images taken with PIX4Dcatch are correctly rotated and displayed in the image viewer.
• Fixed regression for the Depth point cloud generation when the project path contained Unicode characters.
• Improved progress reporting and various bug fixes for the .jpg and .jwg export.
• Fixed regression for the compressed GeoTIFF DSM and Orthomosaic export files that were being exported uncompressed.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.

1.28.0

What's new

• Added new HW accelerated Orthomosaic generation algorithm.
• Export of orthomosaic as .jpg with .jgw for geolocation.
• Added information about setting the project coordinate reference system.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed issue with the calibration PIX4Dcatch template in an Arbitrary coordinate reference system.
• Fixed crash when opening an existing project.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.
• HW accelerated orthomosaic generation crashes on specific GPU models.

1.27.0

What's new

• Added support of the geoid PL-geoid-2011 for Poland.
• Added support of .tif images as input.
• Added onboarding animation for the Region of interest (ROI).
• Content panel is open by default.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed issues and made improvements for the Region of interest.
• Improved alignment of the Depth point cloud with the Dense point cloud.
• Fixed an issue occurring when MTPs were added during processing.
• Decreased RAM requirements for Depth & dense fusion.
• Fixed crash when the special character # was used in the .las export path.
• Fixed display of GCPs in the 2D view while AutoGCP is running.
• Improved Auto-mark functionality.
• Added multiple tooltips for better access to information and shortcuts.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

1.26.0

What's new

• Added Region of interest (ROI) tool for speeding up processing, reducing used disk space and cleaner outputs.
• Added information message when zooming and marking images in the image viewer.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

1.25.0

What's new

• Added new calibration pipelines and templates.
• Improved Auto-mark functionality for oblique projects.
• AutoGCP functionality is improved and independent of the target size.
• 2D & 3D viewer settings are saved for a project.
• Improved densification results with noise filter and sky filter.
• Support of macOS Monterey, withdrawal of support for macOS Catalina.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improved translations.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

1.24.0

What's new

• Various improvements to the software architecture to lay the foundations for new features.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

1.23.0

What's new

• Added an offset.xyz file for the mesh export to enable mesh visualization with additional outputs in PIX4Dcloud

Bug fixes and improvements

• Adapted the default zoom level in the 2D viewer.
• Improved reporting in the log file for the Orthomosaic algorithm.
• Improved the setting for usage of depth maps in the Calibrate step.
• Fixed a crash when manually marking on images while Auto-Mark is running.
• Fixed certain cases when the quality report could not be exported.
• Fixed failure of depth point cloud generation when the file path contains special characters.
• Fixed the display consistency of the Import marks... item between the menu and Tie Point table.
• Improved the default scale for projects in arbitrary coordinate systems in ft or ftUS.
• Fixed the zip archive permissions for the project logs export on macOS.
• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to reoptimize an existing project.
• Fixed the display of GCPs initial positions when importing GCP marks.
• Fixed the rendering of mesh textures with the size of 16384px.
• Fixed missing project thumbnails in the welcome page if saving in the 2D viewer mode.
• Fixed a silent crash during densification when there is not enough memory available.
• Various bug fixes and improvements in the coordinate reference system (CRS) dialog and interaction with the CRS picker.
• Various improvements for the DSM display and settings.
• Various bug fixes for the 2D viewer and the base maps integration.
• Removed the fused point cloud as input for Mesh and DSM generation in case the fused point cloud is empty.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

1.22.0

What's new

• Added Map and Satellite base maps in the 2D view.
• Added range slider and opacity controls for the DSM.
• Support of Mexican geoid model GGM10.
• Support of South African geoid model SAGEOID2010.
• Available in French and Chinese language.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Reoptimize processing option is moved from the Processing Options panel to the menu bar Process - Reoptimize.
• Depth maps can be used in calibration for projects in ftUS.
• Fixed issues that slow down the UI of PIX4Dmatic.
• Fixed an issue where the 2D map was not correctly initialized if cameras were off, then turned on in the 2D view.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

1.21.1

What's new

• Added the possibility to export and import Manual Tie Points (MTPs) marks.
• Added the display of cameras and tie points (GCP, Checkpoint, MTP) in the 2D view.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Set the display of the DSM with transparency on top of the Orthomosaic by default.
• Changed the mesh texture from .png to .jpg.
• Fixed the Mesh texture support in case the project name contains white spaces.
• Fixed the Mesh export to make it viewable on default mesh viewers on macOS.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

1.20.0

What's new

• Distance measurement tool.
• Relocate multiple folders at once.
• Added the option to export .tfw and .prj files for DSM and Orthomosaic.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

1.19.0

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improvements of coordinate reference systems dialog.
• Improvements of tie points marking.
• Improvements of the status center.
• Improvements in the 3D view
• Improvements in the processing.
• Improvements in the processing options.
• Improvements in the exports.
• Fix a crash when opening a project from root.
• Fixed a bug for high texture size.
• Fixed the quality export issue.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

1.18.0

What's new

• Added dense and depth point cloud fusion for PIX4Dcatch projects with LiDAR and RGB images.
• Added a Sky filter option in the densify step to automatically remove the sky from the dense point cloud.
• Added 3D Textured Mesh generation and export.
• Added the option to select what point cloud is used to create the DSM and 3D Textured Mesh for PIX4Dcatch projects with LiDAR and RGB images.
• Support of Swiss geoid CHGeo2004.
• Support of Norwegian geoid HREF2018b.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improved progress report for calibrate and reoptimize.
• Reduced the size of the Windows installer.
• Fixed a bug with Auto-Mark failing when marking on uncalibrated cameras.
• Fixed the display of rays on dense and depth point clouds.
• Fixed the DSM display on macOS.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

1.17.0

What's new

• Auto-Mark button in the image viewer to enable automatic marking of images for a tie point (MTP, GCP, Checkpoint) once two marks were added manually.
• Added proxy server support.
• Added application settings to set the proxy and language.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improved initial camera and point sizes for PIX4Dcatch projects.
• Improved the display of cameras when a point is selected is extended from a subset of cameras to all cameras in the 3D view.
• Improved the error reporting for the HW accelerated densification.
• Fixed issue of calibration failing with “Unknown error” in case there were no geolocation accuracy values available when importing a .csv file for images geolocation and orientation data.
• Fixed issue of holes in the DSM and Orthomosaic by adding a region of interest algorithm to the DSM generation to enable a full interpolation.
• Fixed the “hide all panels” shortcut to include the content panel.

Known issues

• DSM display is broken on macOS, but it does not affect the quality of the export. Fixed in 1.18.0.
• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

1.16.0

What's new

• PIX4Dcatch compatibility for RGB images and LiDAR.
• New processing options for oblique projects.
• ESRI coordinate systems support.
• Content panel moved to the left side of the interface for better accessibility.
• Support of Parrot ANAFI Ai camera.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improvements in the .pdf quality report.
• Fixed issue with the calibration sequence indicated as running in the status center even though calibration is finished.
• Fixed issue of wrong camera orientation for certain PIX4Dcatch projects.
• Fixed link for buying licenses in the pop-up that appears when saving without a valid license.
• Fixed export error of the quality report when setting GCP coordinate system without importing GCPs.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

1.15.0

What's new

• Quality report export in .pdf format on Windows.
• Available in Japanese language.
• New Pix4D branding.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improvements to the arbitrary coordinate systems support.
• Improvements to HW accelerated densification and setting this as default densification option.
• Improvements to AutoGCP algorithm.
• Improvements to tie points table selection.
• Improvement in processing when the Calibrate step is rerun.
• Improvement in the quality report export to include information from all processing steps.
• Improvements to the log file:
  • Add the versions of dependencies.
  • Improvement of how the camera model is written in the log file.
• Fixed issue where the locale of a computer had an impact on the .las export.
• Fixed a crash that happened when selecting the wrong coordinate reference system for a GCP file at import.

Known issues

• Quality report as .pdf is not available on macOS.

1.14.0

What's new

• Support of the DJI Zenmuse P1 camera.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improvements to the arbitrary coordinate systems support.
• Improvements in the status center by filtering out messages from the log to only show notifications.
• Fixed issue, non-unicode characters can now be used in project names.

1.13.0

What's new

• Arbitrary coordinate systems support.
• Sort image viewer by distance, reprojection error, or image path.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Output file names get the project name appended by default.
• Fixed the export time estimation for the quality report in the status center.
• Fixed a crash when canceling densification at about 20%.
• Fixed the default sorting of tie points by error metrics in the tie points table. Now the highest error is shown at the top.
• Fixed the transformation issue when converting from a compound coordinate reference system to another coordinate reference system with a different ellipsoid.

Known issues

• Non-unicode characters cannot be used in project names. Fixed in 1.14.0.

1.12.1

What's new

• Algorithm for hardware accelerated densification.
• AutoGCP functionality to automatically detect a certain types of targets.
• Slider to adjust the size of image thumbnails in the 3D view.
• Deghosting option for the Orthomosaic that removes moving objects.
• Add the quality report as an export checkbox in the processing options.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed issue where holes were created in the dense point cloud.
• Fixed issue that cleared selection when changing 3D view settings.
• Improved behavior for canceling processing.

Known issues

• Non-unicode characters cannot be used in project names. Fixed in 1.14.0.

1.11.0

What's new

• Color consistency of rays in the 3D and marks in the image viewer.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improved picking of points and objects in the 3D view.
• Improvements in the 3D view.
• Improved the performance in the 2D view for macOS.
• Improvements in the Tie points table.
• Improvements for full-screen image view
• Improvements for the image geolocations and orientations import.
• Improvements in the GCP file import.
• Improvements for GCP coordinate system selection.
• Improvements in the status center.
• Improvements in the behavior when opening a project.
• Fixed the image filter in the maximized image viewer.
• Fixed bug where Alt+tab would deactivate the possibility to mark in the image viewer.
• Fixed bug where relocating images would mark all processing steps as outdated.
• Fixed the bug where the message on hover “Right click to find your images” blocks the right click on the message area

1.10.0

What's new

• Status center for more information about what happens in PIX4Dmatic when processing and working in the software.
• Text file import (.csv/.txt) for image geolocation and orientation.
• Sky shader and background colors in the rayCloud view.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improved image viewer:
  • Display up to 6 columns in the image viewer in the rayCloud view.
  • Increase the default size of the image viewer to 1/4 of the screen for better viewing of image content.
• Improved marking of tie points:
  • New tie point marking toolbar above the image viewer.
  • Sorting of images by distance to the point.
  • The image list is not resorted after clicking “Add and mark a new tie point”.
  • Images that are used to create the point are added at the top of the list.
• The right sidebar with panels is moved to the top and the image viewer is a tab. This provides more space for the 3D and image viewer.

1.9.1

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improvements in full screen image marking.
• Improvements in the image viewer.
• Fixed bug when changing the tie point type is not taken into account.
• Fixed bug when the accuracy of images is reset to default values when saving projects.

1.9.0

What's new

• Improved marking of tie points:
  • New marking workflow enabled directly in the rayCloud view.
  • Images can be viewed full screen to provide better context for marking
  • New shortcuts for navigation in the full screen (space bar, navigation arrows).
  • Images can be displayed in nine columns in full screen marking
  • Delete all marks of a tie point.
  • Sort columns in the tie points table to improve the quality assessment during marking or after calibration. For example, tie points can be sorted by position or reprojection error.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Performance improvements in image viewer.
• Improvements in images displayed when marking.
• Improvements in tie points table editing.
• Improvement in point cloud rendering.

Known issues

• Changing the tie point type is not taken into account. Fixed in 1.9.1.
• The accuracy of images is reset to default values (5 and 10 m respectively) when saving projects. As a workaround, we recommend updating PIX4Dmatic, and removing and reimporting the images after reopening projects. Fixed in 1.9.1.

1.8.0

What's new

• Improved marking of tie points:
  • Keep the same images and zoom level between the image viewer and the marking mode.
  • Facilitate panning in images by making the CTRL key optional.
  • Improve the marking experience by adding new shortcuts.
  • Improve the marking of GCPs and checkpoints by showing all cameras in case there are no reprojections found.
  • Facilitate marking of manual tie points by creating reprojections after the first mark is added.
  • Performance improvement for marking. The marking is instantaneous, even when there are many marks.
  • Undo can be used when editing the tie points table.
• Adapt the point size in the rayCloud.
• Coordinate system selection popup remembers the coordinate selection when one wants to edit it.
• Support of camera models:
  • Delair UX11.
  • Parrot Anafi USA.
  • DJI Zenmuse X5S.
  • DJI Zenmuse X7.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Removed the limit of 0.1 feet on the resolution of the DSM and orthomosaic. The new minimum is 0.001 feet.
• Unicode characters can be used in project names.
• Improved visibility of uncalibrated cameras.

1.7.0

What's new

• Added Checkpoints for the accuracy assessment of the reconstruction.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Improved picking of Automatic Tie Points in the 3D view.
• Faster zooming in images, 3D and 2D views.
• Improved number formatting in the quality report.

Known issues

• Marking of Tie Points is slow on Windows when images are fully zoomed in. Fixed in 1.8.0.
• Images viewer loses selection when entering marking mode. Fixed in 1.8.0.
• There is a limit at 0.1 feet for the DSM resolution in the processing options panel. Fixed in 1.8.0.

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

1.6.0

What's new

• Added Manual Tie Points (MTPs).
• Marking mode improvement with mark propagation based on the position of marks clicked on images.
• Extended camera support with a generic camera model based on required EXIF/Xmp tags availability.
• A backup mechanism for projects.
• Information message when a new version is available.
• Support of images acquired using iPad with PIX4Dcatch.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed bug when calibration fails if the project name contains non-ASCII characters.

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

1.5.0

Bug fixes and improvements

• Speed improvements on DSM for corridor projects.
• Performance improvement for the image list for large projects.
• Fixed cases where a partial Orthomosaic was created in PIX4Dmatic version 1.4.0.
• The DSM resolution is correctly displayed in the processing panel.

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

1.4.0

What's new

• Menu action to open the project in PIX4Dsurvey.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Added dense point cloud, DSM, and Orthomosaic export duration time to the log file.
• Added available disk space to the log file.
• Removed the error icon in the project tab after the Orthomosaic processing is canceled.
• The processing steps are not selected by default.

Known issues

• In certain cases, the Orthomosaic has missing parts. We recommend using a previous version if you encounter this issue. Fixed in 1.5.0.

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

1.3.0

What's new

• Support of the RTK/PPK workflow.
• Support new EXIF tags recognition for automatic identification of horizontal (HorizCS) and vertical (VertCS) coordinate system for the images.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Adjust the accuracy of the image geolocation based on the values in the EXIF of the images.
• Added new information to the quality report such as processing settings, number of points in the point cloud, resolution of results, time for processing.
• GeoTIFF location is now correct for left-handed coordinate systems.
• Improved export file size estimation for DSM and Orthomosaic.
• Improved display in the Home screen of existing projects.
• Added GPU, CPU, RAM, and OS information to the log file.

What's new

• DSM generation.
• Orthomosaic generation.
• Export of the DSM and Orthomosaic in GeoTIFF.
• Export settings for DSM and Orthomosaic: Compression (LZW), tiles, and image scale.
• 2D viewer for the DSM and Orthomosaic.
• Support of Sony UMC-R10C camera.
• Support of Japanese geoid GSIGEO2011 v2.1.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed ordering of projects on the Home screen.
• Fixed handling of projects with non-ASCII characters.
• Fixed GCP panel display.
• Fixed left-hand side coordinate systems.
• Changed default image folder location.
• Improved log file.
• Improved coordinate system information during the GCP import.
• Improved visibility of the Start button.

Known issues:

• The EXIF image geolocation accuracy is not taken into account. A default image geolocation accuracy is set for processing. Fixed in 1.3.0.

Disclaimer: The preview version contains new features and bug fixes. Documentation and support are not available. We recommend testing the preview version before using it for production work.

1.1.0

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed handling of Ground Control Points (GCPs):
  • Fixed GCP table scroll bar alignment.
  • Fixed GCP marking in the marking mode.
  • Fixed UI notification when importing GCP files.
• Fixed history panel.
• Fixed crashes when opening a previously unfinished project.

Known issues

• Left-handed coordinate reference systems and non-isometric compound coordinate reference systems are not properly supported and should not be used. Whereas the calibration and densification may succeed and appear correct, the data exports include an incorrect offset which makes them unusable in other software. This includes the importing of PIX4Dmatic projects in PIX4Dsurvey. Fixed in 1.2.1.

1.0.1

What's new

• Compatible with Windows 10 and macOS Catalina
• Calibration and Densification of photogrammetric projects with linearly scalable processing
• Optimized calibration for corridor and large projects
• Processing Options for Calibration and Densification
• Easy and user-friendly GCP workflow
• Support of the latest coordinate systems
• Support of horizontal grid corrections and transformations
• Geoid model support for GCPs.
• Generation and export of high-quality dense point clouds (.bpc, .las)
• Generation and export of the Quality Report
• Native compatibility and integrated workflow with PIX4Dsurvey
• Support of most commonly used DJI, Parrot, senseFly, and Wingtra cameras. For more information see PIX4Dmatic supported cameras article.
• Dynamic viewing of large datasets for a smooth experience
• Integrated keyboard shortcuts for faster navigation
• Undo/Redo of actions
• Visible history of actions
• Log file generation for self-help and troubleshooting

Known issues

• Left-handed coordinate reference systems and non-isometric compound coordinate reference systems are not properly supported and should not be used. Whereas the calibration and densification may succeed and appear correct, the data exports include an incorrect offset which makes them unusable in other software. This includes the importing of PIX4Dmatic projects in PIX4Dsurvey.