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Install ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro

To work with ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro, the following software must be installed and licensed in the order listed below.

  1. ArcGIS Pro, version 3.1 or later, licensed at a Standard or Advanced level.

  2. License the ArcGIS Reality Mapping for ArcGIS Pro extension, which is listed as Reality.

  3. ArcGIS Coordinate System Data (recommended; licensing not required).

  4. ArcGIS Pro Deep Learning Libraries – required for Gaussian Splats processing and using the automatic Detect Control Points workflow.

  5. DJI Thermal Camera Support – required for specified DJI thermal cameras.

Note:

ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro is installed as part of the ArcGIS Pro installation. ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro extension installation is no longer needed from ArcGIS Pro 3.6.

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To generate a Gaussian splats product using ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro your computer must meet the following software and hardware requirements.

  • Installation of ArcGIS Pro Deep Learning Libraries.

  • A current CPU with minimum 64GB of RAM and a Nvidia GPU with minimum 8GB VRAM and a compute capability of 7.5 or higher. Check your computer’s compute capability.

You can make either a per-machine installation (the default) or a per-user installation of ArcGIS Pro. A per-machine installation allows any user to run ArcGIS Pro on the computer on which it is installed. A per-user installation allows only the user who installs it to run the application.

The default installation location for a per-machine installation is <System Drive>\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro. The default installation location for a per-user installation is <System Drive>\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\ArcGIS\Pro.

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To make a per-user installation on supported Windows Server operating systems, the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer must contain the REG_DWORD data type DisableMSI, with a value of 0. For more information, see the Microsoft help topic DisableMSI.

The steps for authorizing and managing extension licenses depend on your ArcGIS Pro license type. For more information, refer to Use extensions.

  • If your license type is Named User, extension licenses are assigned to users by the ArcGIS organization administrator. See Assign or unassign an ArcGIS Pro add-on license or extension for ArcGIS Online named users.

  • If your license type is Single Use, extension licenses are authorized with an authorization file. See Authorize an extension for Single Use licenses.

    Note:

    The Single Use Reality license is no longer offered at Pro 3.7 and beyond.

Install ArcGIS Coordinate System Data

Some geographic transformations—such as NTv2, GEOCON, and NADCON5—and vertical transformations based on geoids, quasi-geoids, or other conversion grids, such as EGM and VERTCON, require additional coordinate system files to properly render features.

These files are not installed with ArcGIS Pro, but they are included as supplementary coordinate system files, which you can download from My Esri and install on each machine where ArcGIS Pro is installed.

Installation instructions for the supplementary coordinate system files are available at ArcGIS Coordinate Systems Data.

Install ArcGIS Pro Deep Learning Libraries

To support the generation of a Gaussian splats layer using ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro, the ArcGIS Deep Learning Libraries needs to be installed. To install the ArcGIS Deep Learning Libraries using the ArcGIS Pro Deep Learning Libraries installer, complete the following steps:

  1. Download the ArcGIS Pro Deep Learning Libraries associated with your ArcGIS Pro version to a known location on disk.

  2. If compressed, unzip the downloaded installer.

  3. Expand the folder containing the installer and double-click the ProDeepLearning.msi file to initiate installation.

  4. Follow the installer instructions.

  5. Click Finish when the installation is complete.

    The deep learning libraries will be installed and available for use when generating Gaussian splats product.

Install the ArcGIS Deep Learning Libraries manually using the Python Command Prompt

To install the ArcGIS Deep Learning Libraries manually using the Python Command Prompt, complete the following steps:

  1. On your keyboard or desktop click the Windows key.

  2. In the search box enter Python Command Prompt, then select it from the results list.

  3. In the Python Command Prompt window that opens type conda create --clone arcgispro-py3 -n arcgispro-py3-clone --pinned -y, then press Enter. This will clone the default Python environment used by ArcGIS Pro.

  4. Once complete, at the command prompt, type proswap arcgispro-py3-clone, then press Enter to make the cloned environment the default.

  5. At the command prompt, type conda install deep-learning-essentials -c esri-build -c esri, then press Enter. When complete, the deep learning libraries will be installed and available for use.

  6. Close the Python Command Prompt window.

DJI Thermal Camera Support

The DJI Camera Support component package converts pixel values to temperature values for images captured by specific DJI thermal infrared cameras. Thermal processing in ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro uses specific metadata tags attached to the images to convert to temperature values. If the DJI Camera Support component package is not downloaded and installed, ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro will report pixel values of relative brightness instead of temperature.

The thermal cameras addressed by this installer are listed in Thermal Camera Support. It can be downloaded from My Esri and installed by double-clicking the ProDJI.msi installer and following the prompts.