3DF Zephyr Available

Faster processing –  the full pipeline has been improved a lot, and processing times have been improved significantly during the Structure from Motion, Multiview Stereo and Meshing phases – all of this with even an improved accuracy.

Improved tools – many small fixes and improvements have been integrated with this update, which includes better selection tools, better gizmo, a quick project wizard and much more are awaiting you in the user friendly interface you all know and love!

FlowEngine C++ SDK – the new version of our C++ SDK, FlowEngine, is now available for both Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux platform (100% compatible with the vfx platform). Did you know there is also a Free SDK edition, limited to 50 photos, which is the perfect companion to our 3DF Zephyr Free edition?

Camera calibration manager – often on the go? Use this handy tool do pre-download camera calibrations from our server by simply uploading a JPG and store it offline for later use.

Preset manager – you can now easily share and download presets directly from Zephyr in a user friendly. Simply insert the preset ID and let zephyr download it from our server.

Quad support for OBJ and FBX formats – you can now feed zephyr quads when re-importing a mesh for re-texturing.

Other interesting features are DTM from Dem generation, orthophoto from unstructured clouds, improved 32 bit texture workflow, XMP workflow during batch job setup, mesh uberdensification with/without high frequency gain, and many other new tools and feature have been added, including a the new full German language support!

The full changelog for 3DF Zephyr 4.0 is the following:

• Improved SfM speed and accuracy
• Improved MvS speed and accuracy
• Improved mesh generation speed and accuracy
• Sharper photoconsistency during mesh generation
• FlowEngine and FlowEngine free C++ SDK now available
• Added camera calibration manager
• Added preset manager
• Added new selection tools
• Added quad support for import/export with custom UVs (OBJ,FBX)
• Added German language support
• Added automatic DTM from DEM function (3DF Zephyr Aerial only)
• Added orthophoto from unstructured point clouds (3DF Zephyr Aerial only)
• Added densification to mesh/textured mesh with or without high frequency gain
• Added quick project wizard
• Added improved control points workflow for unstructured objects
• Added “enable mask” on “add photos” function
• Added custom band colors transformation to stereo and mesh objects
• Added custom grid logo option
• Added XMP workflow in batch tool
• Added Discord integration (can be disabled in options)
• Added bounding box import/export function
• Improved 32/16bit texture workflow
• Improved gizmo support
• Improved import mesh with custom UV
• Improved wizard on-screen tips
• Improved point cloud coloring for unstructured objects
• Fixed topology and triangles unification on export
• Fixed FBX camera export misalignments
• Video export 3Dflow logo is no longer mandatory in 3DF Zephyr Lite

You can learn more here.