Technical release notes - PIX4Dcloud / PIX4Dcloud Advanced

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October 20th, 2025 - PIX4Dcloud Enhancements: Creator Visibility, Extended Processing Time, and Improved 3D Editor Performance

Improvements:

• A PIX4Dcloud dataset’s details display who created the dataset. 
• Maximum processing time increased from 48 hours to 72 hours to support larger and more complex datasets. 
• Gaussian splats are compressed and reordered to improve PIX4Dcloud’s 3D editor performance and rendering quality.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the issue where DXF design overlays moved unexpectedly when the 2D editor was not oriented North.
• Fixed the issue where the region of interest did not constrain the 2D reconstructions generated with drone images. 
• Fixed the issue where annotation tools remain active when switching between the 2D and 3D editor, opening another dataset, or opening compare mode.
• Fixed the issue where the dataset creation wizard would sometimes skip all steps and create an empty dataset after pressing the Enter key.
• Fixed the issue where the map view sometimes would not load all datasets, sites, or folders.
• Fixed the issue where popups reappeared or got stuck after switching to a different language. 
• Fixed the issue where the ArcGIS Online integration did not transfer an annotations report.

October 6th, 2025 - ArcGIS Online Export, Gaussian Splats, and Enhanced 3D Editor Tools

What's new: 

• Transfer data from PIX4Dcloud Advanced to ArcGIS Online.
• Generate Gaussian Splats with drone images. 
• Generate compressed Gaussian Splats for faster rendering in 3D editor. 
• Snap annotations to edges of design overlay files in 3D editor. 

Improvements:

• Increase maximum number of points that can be rendered with 3D editor from 20 million to 60 million points. 

Changes:

• PIX4Dcloud generates scalable 3D textured meshes by default, which can export an OBJ 3D textured mesh with multiple OBJs and JPGs.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the issue where it was not possible to download outputs when the organization owned both a trial and paid license.
• Fixed the issue where it was not possible to download outputs after the license expired and during the data retention period.

September 17th, 2025 - Improved Processing Success Rate with Complex or Large Datasets

Improvements:

• Improved processing success rate when processing relatively complex or large datasets.

Bug fixes: 

• Fixed the issue where the 2D editor was sometimes unresponsive when opening a site with DXF design overlays.
• Fixed the issue where the Gaussian splats sometimes flickered in the 3D editor when specular reflections was enabled. 
• Fixed the issue where the region of interest was ignored when generating Gaussian splats.
• Fixed the issue where 3D editor navigation was sometimes unstable when rendering Gaussian splats. 
• Fixed the issue where the 2D editor displayed JPEG-compressed orthomosaic GeoTIFFs as opaque when they were uploaded with the dataset creation wizard. 
• Fixed the issue where processing failed when a tie point was marked in one image.

August 19th, 2025 - PIX4Dcloud Drive's Search Gets a Major Upgrade

Improvements:

• PIX4Dcloud drive’s search also searches in PIX4Dcloud datasets' notes.

Changes:

• PIX4Dcloud dataset creation wizard no longer allows uploading multispectral TIFF or SIG images for processing.
• PIX4Dcloud’s 3D editor and PIX4Dcatch’s PIX4Dcloud AR render Gaussian splats without spherical harmonics or specular reflections by default. They can be enabled in the Gaussian splat layer’s display settings. 

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the issue where the region of interest and requested outputs were ignored when requesting an SLPK point cloud or 3D textured mesh with a compound output coordinate reference system. 
• Fixed the issue where one or more layers would disappear from the 2D editor in some web browsers when more than 16 design overlays were enabled at the same time.
• Fixed the issue where the 3D editor rendered Gaussian splats with the wrong color in web browsers on Android mobile devices.
• Fixed the issue where the 3D editor in web browsers on mobile devices and PIX4Dcatch’s PIX4Dcloud AR did not render the point cloud or 3D textured mesh. 
• Fixed the issue where annotations sometimes do not snap to the center or a point in the point cloud. 
• Fixed the issue where Gaussian splats appeared to flicker in the 3D editor or PIX4Dcatch’s PIX4Dcloud AR when they were rendered out of order.
• Fixed the issue where Gaussian splats appeared to flicker or reload continuously in web browsers on mobile devices and PIX4Dcatch’s PIX4Dcloud AR when the point cloud was enabled. 
• Fixed the issue where the point cloud appeared to flicker or reload continuously in web browsers on mobile devices and PIX4Dcatch’s PIX4Dcloud AR when the Gaussian splats were enabled. 
• Fixed the issue where navigation was sometimes unstable or the camera sometimes moved unexpectedly at short distances from the Gaussian splats.
• Fixed the issue where the 2D editor sometimes did not render the orthomosaic. 

July 24th, 2025 - Enhanced 3D Editor: SLPK Export, Better Design Overlay Visualization, and Annotation Snapping

What's new:

• Request an SLPK point cloud and 3D textured mesh with the dataset creation wizard.
• Improved visualization of DXF design overlay, IFC, and point cloud in 3D editor with ambient occlusion.
• Snap annotations to design overlays with the 3D editor.

Improvements:

• Request either an LAS or LAZ point cloud with the dataset creation wizard.
• Gaussian splats load faster in 3D editor.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the issue where a duplicate PIX4Dcloud dataset was created when the organization had zero credits.
• Fixed the issue where annotations were created in the 3D editor when the Gaussian splat layer was enabled and the cursor did not intersect with any layer. 
• Fixed the issue where an OBJ 3D textured mesh sometimes could not be downloaded when the PIX4Dcloud dataset was created with PIX4Dmatic’s Share to PIX4Dcloud. 
• Fixed the issue where web browsers on iOS mobile devices sometimes automatically refreshed the web page when the 3D editor loaded Gaussian splats.

July 18th, 2025 - Download and Overlay upload issue fixed in PIX4Dcloud

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the issue where some outputs could not be downloaded without a valid PIX4Dcloud license.
• Fixed the issue where a PDF, JPEG, JPG, or PNG file design overlay sometimes failed to upload.

July 4th, 2025 - The coordinate reference system picker supports TXT files

Improvements:

• The coordinate reference system picker supports TXT files while processing images directly in PIX4Dcloud. 

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the issue where the web UI’s 3D editor sometimes snapped annotations to the following layers when they were disabled or hidden: IFC, Gaussian Splat, and Point cloud.
• Fixed the issue where the opaque orthomosaic ZIP was sometimes not available for download.
• Fixed the issue where the region of interest was not used when processing datasets with a left-handed coordinate reference system.
• Fixed the issue where the design overlay wizard sometimes took more time than expected to upload PDF, JPEG, JPG, and PNG files.

June 20th, 2025 - Live Camera Feed Now Visible in PIX4Dcatch’s AR View 

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the issue where the live camera feed was hidden by an opaque background in PIX4Dcatch’s PIX4Dcloud AR.

June 13th, 2025 - Improvements to the annotation report

Improvements:

• The annotations report now includes 3D length for relevant annotations.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the issue where processing sometimes failed when AutoGCP detected only one or two GCPs in images. 

May 30th, 2025 - Improvements to the images attached to annotations

Improvements:

• Add, replace, and delete images that are attached to annotations with the web UI.

• All accounts have access to Organization management.
• Autotag markers are perpendicular to the target when displayed in the 3D editor.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the issue where the creation of an opaque copy of the orthomosaic sometimes failed.
• Fixed the issue where someone could sometimes continue to access some information and resources after they were removed from an Organization.

May 16th, 2025 - Improvements to the names of files downloaded from a dataset

Improvements:

• When downloading inputs, outputs, and reconstructions with PIX4Dcloud's web UI, the default file name includes the current name of the PIX4Dcloud dataset and site.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the issue where an account failed to join an organization when it was a member of an organization. 
• Fixed the issue where the elevation computed for an annotation created with the 2D editor sometimes was less accurate than expected.
• Fixed the issue where the horizontal position of an annotation created with the 2D editor sometimes moved when it was created or edited for datasets with a compound or vertical coordinate reference system.
• Fixed the issue where the dataset creation wizard sometimes crashed or froze when uploading a larger number of images.
• Fixed the issue where the “Buy now” button was sometimes unexpectedly displayed or missing.
• Fixed the issue where the Gaussian splat layer sometimes remained visible in the 3D editor after it was disabled.
• Fixed the issue where the design overlay wizard sometimes froze when uploading an image or PDF design overlay.
• Fixed the issue where calibration processing time was sometimes longer than expected for the Oblique processing options and larger datasets, and processing sometimes failed.
• Fixed the issue where a 3D textured mesh was sometimes not generated.
• Fixed the issue where the 3D editor sometimes failed to focus on the 3D textured mesh.
• Fixed the issue where the 3D editor sometimes failed to center the view on the project area.

May 9th, 2025 - Improvements in Gaussian splatting

Improvements:

• The projects uploaded from PIX4Dcatch using the Gaussian Splatting technique for processing have the following improvements:
  • Sky-related noise is now eliminated from reconstructions. 
  • Processing times have been reduced for faster results. 
  • Sparse points in the point cloud now cause less noise. 
  • Fine details in the point cloud are more accurately reconstructed.

April 30th, 2025 - Improvements and bug fixes

What is new:

• Support for geoid model JPGEO2024 from Japan, EPSG:6695 "JGD2011 (vertical) height". 

Improvements:

• For more dynamic and realistic lighting effects, the Gaussian splat layer is displayed with up to the first three spherical harmonics.
• The projects uploaded from PIX4Dcatch using the Gaussian Splatting technique for processing have the following improvements:
  • Processing time has been reduced.
  • File size of the outputs has been reduced.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed issue where the dataset creation wizard included unnecessary steps and did not close when uploading Parrot Sequoia multispectral images.
• Fixed issue where the dataset creation wizard could not progress after .tiff images were added to a dataset. 
• Fixed issue where compare mode sometimes did not display 2D layers.
• Fixed issue where the dataset creation wizard could get stuck after selecting a step when uploading processed outputs to an empty dataset.
• Fixed issue where some elements were not translated or translated incorrectly.
• Fixed issue where custom base surface elevation for volume measurement disappeared when it was set to zero. 
• Fixed issue where it was not possible to import control points when the dataset coordinate reference system’s geoid height was set to zero. 
• Fixed the issue where the annotations report sometimes included the same detailed image for multiple annotations.

April 1st, 2025 - Attach images to an annotation in PIX4Dcatch

What is new:

• Attach images to a marker annotation from PIX4Dcatch.

Changes:

• Starting on March 31st, 2025, PIX4Dcloud Advanced trials have the following limitations:

  • All of the outputs (orthomosaic, DSM, point cloud, 3D textured mesh, Gaussian Splat, or NDVI) cannot be downloaded or exported. They can only be visualized in the PIX4Dcloud user interface.

  • The PDF annotation report cannot be downloaded.

  • The annotations created in the PIX4Dcloud user interface cannot be exported.

Improvements:

• The projects uploaded from PIX4Dcatch using the Gaussian Splatting technique for processing have the following improvements:

  • Processing time has been reduced. 

  • Quality of the outputs has been improved. 

  • Splats are now available for annotating and measuring. 

  • Focus on or zoom to Gaussian Splat layer in 3D editor. 

• The web UI’s 3D editor remains responsive while loading any type of layer.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the issue where the camera in the 3D editor moved to a different position when the Gaussian Splat layer was enabled. 

• Fixed the issue where the 3D editor failed to display the Gaussian Splat layer when the dataset’s name included spaces. 

• Fixed the issue where the 3D editor sometimes displayed the Gaussian Splat layer with unexpected colors.

February 10th, 2025 - Gaussian Splatting technique for projects uploaded from PIX4Dcatch

What is new:

• Gaussian Splatting technique for projects uploaded from PIX4Dcatch.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the issue where sometimes the edges of the orthomosaics had significant artifacts.
• Fixed the issue where the NDVI layer could not be deleted.
• Fixed the issue where orthomosaics in WGS84 were not displayed

Improvements:

• The format of an orthophoto and DSM processed from the PIX4Dcloud user interface is now Cloud Optimized Geotiff.

January 13th, 2025 - Region of interest for processing

What is new: 

• Region of interest for processing.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the problem of an orthomosaic not being displayed when the coordinate system is WGS84.
• Fixed the issue with the NDVI layer that could not be deleted.