Here's a live view of a 3D reality model.
You can explore around it via computer, tablet or cell phone.
It's really high detail, high value as a design tool.
I was asked by a city's Survey Lead
"what changes can we expect in our daily workflow when we upgrade to the new software?"
"Nothing: what you do now in your 15-year old software, you do the same thing in the new. A little more streamlined."
But then I thought "Well, you do your old stuff the same way, but you have a whole new world of what you can and eventually will do."
Once designers get a job with some Reality Modeling, they'll never want to go back.
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Here's a live view of a 3D reality model. You can explore around it via computer, tablet or cell phone.
It's really high detail, high value as a design tool. |
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And here's the thing: the Designers don't need to wait for the Survey Department: if they have a cell phone they can do it themselves.
It took about 30 minutes (5 minutes of camera shots, 10 minutes of file transfer, 10 minutes of kicking off the processing, and 5 minutes of verifying). This video gives a quick overview of the process and how to use it your normal design environment: just reference it in.
You can do this with almost no training (Training is available at Learn.Bentley.com)
Note that there are some rough edges in this capture. It's easy to clean up, but I wanted to show a raw quick take. I hadn't shot anything in two years or so, and I thought my random photo walk would just give me an idea of what I'd have to go out and do properly. Considering the lack of planning and prep on my part, the results are really nice. 30 minutes. Do It Yourself!
Information is at Bentley ContextCapture.