PIX4Dmatic allows one to navigate the project area and outputs in 2D and 3D, as well as to work with the original images.
Content Panel
Click 
to open the Content Panel:
The content panel is dynamic and contains all the elements of the project according to the current status. All elements can be made visible/invisible by clicking on the 
. Additionally, some elements have different 
Setting options.
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| Input cameras | Input accuracies: Visually represent the accuracy values of each image position listed in the Cameras table. The size factor slider adjusts the visual scale of these accuracies, making small or large differences discernible, without affecting the actual processing values shown in the Cameras table. Changing the accuracy values in the Cameras table will affect the results of the ellipsoids | ||
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Region of Interest ROI |
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2D Basemap |
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Layers
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Add new layer
Layer template window
Settings
Click 
to open the Settings dialog:
Default
Range
Description
Point size
13
0.5 - 50
Changes the size of the points in the point cloud.
Color by elevation
Off
min elevation - max. elevation
Changes the range of the elevation map in the point cloud.
Color by relative confidence
Off
0 - 1.00
Changes the range of the relative confidence map in the point cloud.
Object occlusion* (m)
0.5
0.0 - 25
Transparency level of 3D outputs.
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.
Sky background
On
On/Off
Toggles on/off the sky background.
Normals
Off
On/Off
Displays the direction of the planes.
Backface culling
Off
On/Off
Allows backward transparency of 3D mesh.
Clipping box
Off
On/Off
Enables the clipping box tool.
Background color
Black
Black/Grey/White
Changes the background color.
View
Perspective
Perspective/
Orthographic
Orthographic
Changes the view in the 3D viewer.
Basemap
Map
Map/Satellite
Changes the basemap in the 2D viewer.
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Navigate in the 3D view
Navigate in the 2D view
Navigate in the images
Control panels
It is possible to view the sparse point cloud, dense point cloud, images, and tie points in the 3D view.
Access: To access 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.
Tip: It is also possible to use shortcuts to view the scene in predefined views.
It is possible to view the Orthomosaic and DSM in the 2D view with or without a basemap.
Access: To access the 2D view:
- In the menu bar, click View > Switch to 2D, or
- Click the 2D button on the screen
, or - Use shortcut 2.
Imported images are displayed in 3D and the Image Viewer.
Important: To change the display of an individual image:
- 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] Import images to import additional images to the current project.
- [6] Maximize image viewer to display the image viewer full screen, or use the Ctrl+F shortcut
- [7] Enlarge the selected image and display it on full screen.
- [8] Hide all reprojection marks.
Tip: After the Calibrate step is completed, images displayed in the Image panel have an additional icon:
for calibrated images.
for uncalibrated images.
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.