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Project tree

On the ribbon, on the View tab, click Project Tree to open the Project Tree pane. The Project Tree is a tree-like structure that displays the data objects in the Reality Studio project. Each data object can be visualized in the Globe view. The Project Tree is also an entry point for accessing tools and starting processes.

Project Tree structure

The project tree displays the objects that represent the data that has been added to or generated in the project. It is organized into four main groups: Dataset, External Data, Alignments, and Reconstructions. The structure of the tree can be changed using the Filter tool to activate or deactivate available stages and layers.

Dataset group

The Dataset group contains all the data that has been imported into the project including the following:

  • Capture Sessions—Images, orientation, camera data, lidar trajectories, and lidar point clouds captured in a single flight mission.

  • Geometries—Geometries indicating regions of interest, water bodies, built structures, and quality control areas used to optimize and improve reconstructions results, and accelerate alignment processing.

  • Control Points—3D coordinates (and their image measurements if available) used in alignments to aid in georeferencing or quality assurance.

External Data group

The External data group section offers the option to add external datasets to your projects to help to draw more accurate and context-aware geometries. It is not used for processing.

Load external data by clicking the drop-down menu on the External Data on the Home tab or by right-clicking External Data in the Project Tree. To add raster, mesh or Gaussian splats data, simply click the corresponding product.

Alignments group

The data objects related to the alignments created in a project are displayed in the Alignments group. The components of each alignment are organized into the following subgroups:

  • Inputs—Contains links to the camera sessions, control points (and their image measurements if available), and region of interest chosen as input for the alignment.

  • Intermediates—Contains intermediate data objects such as automatic tie points, manual tie points, or measured control points.

  • Results—Contains the optimized camera sessions that result from the alignment process.

Reconstructions group

The data objects related to the reconstructions created in a project are displayed in the Reconstructions group. The components of each reconstruction in the data tree are organized into the following subgroups:

  • Inputs—Contains links to the camera sessions, lidar sessions, and geometries chosen as input for the reconstruction.

  • Products—Contains the geospatial products that result from the reconstruction process. Products can include the following:

    • DSM

    • True Ortho

    • DSM Mesh

    • Point Cloud

    • Mesh

    • Gaussian Splats

  • Progress—Contains the reconstruction processing progress on the Globe per tile.

Visualization of groups

To adjust the size of the camera poses, hover over the layer and click Scale visualization . Use the slider that appears to adjust the size from zero up to twice the size of the frustums.

To turn the visualization of a layer on or off, hover over the layer and click the visibility button:

  • This layer and all of its underlying layers are currently shown. Click the button to hide them.

  • Some layers of this group are currently shown. Click the button to hide them all.

  • This layer and all of its underlying layers are currently hidden. Click the button to show them all.

Tip:

Right-click the visualization group and click Show/Hide for all Camera Poses , Footprints and Dynamic Orthos to turn visualizations on and off for groups.

Tip:

To navigate to the extent of a layer, right-click the layer and click Zoom to Layer . This applies to the inner-most elements in the project tree.