PIX4Dmatic allows one to navigate the project area and outputs in 2D and 3D, as well as to work with the original images.

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.

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:

• Point size (13 - default, 0.5 - 50), to change the point size.
• Camera size (1 - default, 0.01 - 5.00), to change the size of the camera thumbnails.
• Tie point size (1 - default, 0.10 - 1.00), to change the size of the tie point.
• Sky background (on - default), to toggle on/off the sky shared.
• Background color (black - default, grey, white), to change the background color.
  

  

  3D viewer settings in PIX4Dmatic.

Navigate in the 2D view

It is possible to view the Orthomosaic and DSM in the 2D view with or without a basemap.

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.

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.
  

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.