PIX4Dmatic allows one to navigate the project area and outputs in 2D and 3D, as well as to work with the original images.
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Navigate in the 3D view
3D viewer settings
Navigate in the 2D view
2D viewer settings
Navigate in the images
Control panels
Navigate in the 3D view
It is possible to view the sparse point cloud, dense point cloud, images, and tie points in the 3D view.
- In the menu bar, click View > Switch to 3D, or
- Click the 3D button on the screen
, or - Use shortcut 3.
To pan, rotate, and zoom the 3D view:
- Left-click to pan the 3D view.
- Hold Shift and left-click to pan the 3D view on the z-axis.
- Right-click to rotate the 3D view.
- Use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out in the 3D view.
To access the predefined views, go to View on the Menu bar and click:
- View all to zoom out the scene to the whole extent.
- Focus on selection to zoom on the selected object.
- Top View to view the scene from the top. The scene is zoomed out to display the entire scene.
3D viewer settings
Click 
to adjust the following settings in the 3D view:
3D viewer settings in PIX4Dmatic.
| Default | Range | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point size | 13 | 0.5 - 50 | Changes the size of the points in the point cloud. |
| Camera size | 1 | 0.01 - 5.00 | Changes the size of the camera thumbnails. |
| Tie point size | 1 | 0.10 - 1.00 | Changes the size of the tie points. |
| Object occlusion (m) | 0.5 | 0.0 - 25 | Transparency level of 3D outputs. |
| Sky background | On | On/Off | Toggles on/off the sky background. |
| Plane normals | Off | On/Off | Displays the direction of the planes. |
| Backface culling | Off | On/Off | Allows backward transparency of 3D mesh. |
| Background color | Black | Black/Grey/White | Changes the background color. |
Navigate in the 2D view
It is possible to view the Orthomosaic and DSM in the 2D view with or without a basemap.
- In the menu bar, click View > Switch to 2D, or
- Click the 2D button on the screen
, or - Use shortcut 2.
2D viewer settings
To choose which basemap is displayed under the orthomosaic.
- Click to toggle the Basemap settings in the 2D view:
2D viewer settings in PIX4Dmatic.
Navigate in the images
Imported images are displayed in 3D and the Image Viewer.
- Left-click and drag to pan on the image.
- Hold Ctrl and rotate the scroll wheel to zoom in and out of the image.
To change the general display of images:
- [1] Change the number of displayed columns.
- [2] Use the zoom slider to change the zoom level of all images, or use Alt+Scroll. Once in the full-screen mode, Ctrl+1 (minimum zoom) and Ctrl+2 (maximum zoom) are enabled.
- [3] Filter images and display All, Calibrated, or Uncalibrated images.
- [4] Sort images and display by Distance, Reprojection error or Name.
- Distance: The default option is to sort images by the distance of the image to the marked point.
- Reprojection error: After marking a point in two different images, the reprojection error is calculated. Hence, the advantage to mark the highest errors first.
- Name: Images are sorted based on the name of the image. It helps to detect images with similar content, as the image name typically follows a chronological order and shows neighboring images.
- [5]
Maximize image viewer to display the image viewer full screen, or use the Ctrl+F shortcut - [6] Enlarge the selected image and display it on full screen.
for calibrated images.
for uncalibrated images.
Control panels
Control panels can be accessed on the menu bar View > Control panels.
The following panels are available:
Content: gives an overview of available inputs and results.
Image viewer: displays imported images.
History: displays a list of performed actions. 
Quality report: displays an overview of the project and assesses its accuracy and quality.
Processing: it allows users to change the processing options.
Tie points: opens the Tie points table.
Status center: provides information on the actions and details of processing.
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