CHANGELOG - Reconstructor 4.4

 

Reconstructor 4.4 is out now!

The full changelog is the following:

Added

• added the "Project data purge" command to remove unused data inside the project folder.
• added option to remove only groups or groups and contained items when deleting groups from the project view
• added the option to create UCS from two points and a fixed vertical in the UCS creator window.
• when exporting models in native formats, added the option to export them in current UCS coordinates. 
• added the command compute 3D reflectance color layer in the Cloud coloring toolbox and Photo & Color contextual menu. 
• added a button for computing the histogram in the Inspection dialogue. 
• added importing annotations from a CSV file with the fields: annotation name; X,Y,Z; comment; hyperlink.
• added functions to remove big triangles and trim mesh borders in the mesh editor.
• added support for different rotation ordering conventions in the Euler angles dialogue.
• added a generic export command for 3DUserNetVISION to export either point clouds (LAS format) or meshes (OBJ format).
• [HERON add-on] added a tool in the HERON Survey Editor to convert the currently selected frame of a streaming camera to a standalone single-shot camera
• [HERON add-on] added hide-back facing points option to 3D panorama exporter. 

Changed

• restored export E57 data in column-major order, since it is the most commonly used memory layout.
• changed the way in which spherical and cylindrical cameras are drawn in 3D scenes, making the consistent with orthographic and perspective cameras.
• changed the "UCS coordinates" option behaviour in the adjust pose window so that applying a rotation to the selected item will rotate it around UCS centre coordinates.
•  improved the responsiveness of the Quick Profile and Tunnel Survey tools when loading existing surveys associated with several models.
• upgraded the LAS exporter using the latest format version 1.4.
•  improved the appearance of the point list import dialogue, making it more obvious that the preview is limited to five lines.
• improved the layout of the camera calibration dialogue to better adapt to screens of different sizes.
• updated 3D mesh algorithm: mesh generation is now faster and does not require the writing of temporary data to disk.
• updated Chinese language translation.
•  improved the Point List Row Format dialogue supporting also the simplest case of text files containing the fields: x,y,z.
•  improved update 3D scene and the point cloud color list when computing a new color layer from the color map commands.
• moved "Color with Ambient light", "Add color layer from image" and "Merge and split color layer" commands from the Color Mapping dialogue to the Cloud Coloring toolbox and Photo & Color contextual menu.
• improved the project item drag and drop functionality, providing better visual feedback on whether an item can be dropped into a particular group within the project.
• reduced approximation error when computing volume from the plane of a mesh delimited with a polyline.
•  [HERON add-on] overhauled the Prepare reference map tool with improved user experience and new functionalities to automatically annotate trajectory points when generating from a HERON point cloud.
• [HERON add-on] reduced the minimum voxel size when importing HERON data to 1mm.
•  [HERON add-on] updated instruction texts to 3DUserNetVISION and OrbitGT exporters.
•  [HERON add-on] exported the current rendered point cloud's color layer in HERON third-party exporters.
•  [HERON add-on] split statistical outliers (SOR), outliers and hide black points steps from sensor noise attenuation filter, in HERON data enhancements import.

Fixed

• fixed application crash when importing IFC files.
• fixed the update issue that was rendering geometric shapes with wrong parameters.
• fixed the cross-sections' computation with geo-referenced data.
• fixed a failure to import data from another Reconstructor project containing HERON surveys
• fixed the number of returns detection for LAS data.
• fixed the fine registration PDF reports not opened.
• fixed export invalid and noisy coordinates in LAZ export.
• fixed export truncated coordinates value to textual formats.
• fixed a bug that prevents computing the area of the mesh.
• fixed a crash while changing the number of bins in the inspection recipe window. 
• fixed crash when reading corrupted data from disk.
• fixed 2D view was not hiding deleted points.
• fixed crash when importing PTG files with no color data.
• fixed broken texture mapping functionality.
• fixed occasional crashes and glitches when loading two models side by side in manual registration.
• fixed an unintended reset button click by hitting the Enter key in Color Mapping dialogue.
• fixed the Color Mapping dialogue's excessive size when the min and max labels have many number digits.
• fixed crash in Color Mapping dialogue computing the histogram using less than three bins.
• fixed crash while computing the color layer's minimum and maximum values.
• fixed computation of minimum and maximum values skipping the not-a-number values.
• fixed a crash due to an invalid histogram in Color Mapping dialogue.
• fixed a crash caused by a division by zero when painting the histogram in Color Mapping and Inspection dialogues.
• fixed the Quick Profile tool showing a checkmark even if no profile plane was selected in some rare cases.
• fixed a bug in the out-of-range field of the PDF report of the inspection.
• fixed compatibility with systems that use a non-English locale or that have a customized decimal or thousands separator in the Windows regional settings.
• fixed some issues when using non-metric units of measurement.
• fixed the formatting of several warning messages that had lost their yellow background.
• fixed a crash with AMD Radeon GPUs when EDL is enabled in the light settings.
• [HERON add-on] fixed a failure to import data from another Reconstructor project containing HERON surveys.
• [HERON add-on] fixed number of returns detection for LAS data.
• [HERON add-on] fixed the rendering of the Recompute Origin preview from the Send to HERON Desktop tool when the cloud's orientation doesn't match the UCS.
• [HERON add-on] fixed the rendering of HERON Surveys and their blueprint layers.
• [HERON add-on] fixed a crash when using certain commands with a heterogeneous multi-selection of items.
• [HERON add-on] fixed a crash when models with targets are children of another model.
• [HERON add-on] fixed a crash when creating a reference map from a cloud that doesn't contain a Reflectance layer.
• [HERON add-on] fixed a crash when importing HERON data from a project where some resources were deleted.
• [HERON add-on] fixed an issue that made the sub-items of a HERON Survey draggable out of it, resulting in a corrupted project.
• [HERON add-on] fixed a crash when using point classification functions in projects created through HERON Desktop.
• [HERON add-on] fixed the formatting of several warning messages that had lost their yellow background.
• [HERON add-on] fixed an error when computing the spherical coordinates of the HERON 3D panoramas in E57 format.
• [HERON add-on] fixed a bug that prevents the export of 3D Panoramas when selecting single-shot and streaming cameras.
• [HERON add-on] fixed a crash if the HERON project file doesn't contain the required metadata for trajectory items.

Removed

• removed E57 format selection prompt: cloud structure is now automatically detected.
• removed 3bc auxiliary data from point clouds. Color mapping is now computed on the fly using GPU.

CHANGELOG - Reconstructor 4.3.1

Reconstructor 4.3.1 is out now!

The full changelog is the following:

Added

• added "hide back facing points" and "splat rendering" options to virtual scan dialogue in order to create more dense and precise grids or orthophotos
• added "the Min number of ICP iteration" parameter in ICP dialogue

Changed

• HERON 3D panorama export does not modify the rendering settings after the export process

Fixed

• fixed loss of coordinates precision when parsing large coordinates in text format
• fixed point items sometimes being rendered with huge scale
• fixed that orthophoto image plane is no more rendered in other orthophotos
• fixed volume from plane constrained by a polyline, it was returning zero volume in some cases
• fixed orthophoto measures not being displayed in 3D view
• fixed wrong approximation of coordinate values in the property browser
• fixed export poses to ReCap format for unstructured point clouds
• fixed colour mapping dialogue min/max reset buttons providing wrong values
• fixed precision error during the calculation of out of range points in colour mapping dialogue
• fixed colouring inspection layer when changing the units of measure from International unit to Imperial or US ones
• improved reliability of the crash reporter tool; a log file is automatically sent to Gexcel when Reconstructor fails

CHANGELOG - Reconstructor 4.3

Reconstructor 4.3 is out now!

The full changelog is the following:

Added

New Rendering

• added point cloud splat rendering in the application options dialogue
• added hide back-facing points option in the light settings dialogue
• added view camera cut planes auto adjustment option, available in the view parameters dialogue
• added new "Eye dome lighting" rendering effect, available in the light settings dialogue
• added view camera cut planes auto adjustment option, available in the view parameters dialogue

[HERON Add-on] Panorama Tool

• added experimental depth filling preset in the virtual scan dialogue
• added command to export HERON survey cameras (single shot, streaming or both) as a collection of virtual scans in .e57 or in ReCap .rcp project format)
• added an option to export the colour for invalid points in .e57 grid point clouds
• added support for exporting and importing the points' normals (inclination layer) in the .e57 grid or unstructured point clouds

[HERON Add-on] Dedicated HERON Import & Filtering

• added "pre-process survey" to HERON toolbar: this command runs a set of algorithms to improve HERON surveys data quality
• added "better-noise-remover" in the pre-processing dialogue
• added "data enhancements" options in the import HERON data dialogue. Options: sensor noise attenuation filter, normals computation, enhanced reflectance computation
• added an option to voxelized the HERON clouds while importing them
• added an option to keep the Curvature and Confidence layer when using the Restore raw data function
• added camera calibration checkbox in the HERON import dialogue used to improve the image to point cloud alignment
• added an option to keep the Curvature and Confidence layer when using the Restore raw data function

[HERON Add-on] Improved Bluprint Navigator

• added the "default view" button in the mesh editor dialogue

Inspection

• cloud to cloud inspection to compare two point clouds together

Changed

Import/Export

• improved compatibility of the .ptx importer with data having a non-standard grid layout
• improved compatibility of the .e57 importer with data having a non-standard grid layout
• improved the overall ReCap exporter by checking the validity of the destination folder and by improving the final information dialogue with the export results. It also fixes a bug preventing the reflectance colour layer to be correctly exported
• [HERON Add-on] improved support for HERON clouds exported without voxelization, now importing all the colour layers
• [HERON Add-on] enhanced HERON global optimization Reflectance layer by replacing the grayscale with an RGB colour map (similar to the Leica "Polarized reflectance")

Filtering

• improved the accuracy of the point radius extraction preprocessing step
• [HERON Add-on] changed the name of the Confidence layer imported from HERON data to HERON_Confidence, to avoid conflicts with the Confidence calculated within Reconstructor

Miscellaneous

• changed video codec selection
• improved the application “about” dialogue
• [HERON Add-on] dialogue when creating a movie from a trajectory flythrough. The application now uses native platform encoders to create a video

Fixed

• [HERON Add-on] fixed a missing Confidence layer from imported HERON clouds
• fixed matching of origin constraints from point list when running automatic pre-registration
• fixed crash when automatic preregistration with constrained origin through LineUp wizard and loading more origins that the scans to register
• fixed importing FARO colour of a detailed scan
• fixed importing FARO with subsampling that causes a wrong view inside the 2D windows
• fixed an issue that caused the points from certain clouds to be missing from the generated X-Ray Orthophotos.
• fixed inspection in case of georeferenced models
• fixed "Import Reconstructor project" command was not reading correctly projects generated with older Reconstructor versions
• fixed import and export of mesh files from and to files containing Unicode characters
• fixed "hide black points" command was restoring manually deleted points
• fixed a crash when importing certain .e57 files with normals
• fixed a loss of precision when importing .e57 files with large coordinates, causing artefacts in the imported point clouds
• fixed a misleading error message when recreating an X-Ray Orthophoto from the Orthophoto Viewer
• fixed an error when exporting .e57 files with non-ASCII characters in their filename
• fixed numerical issue when computing cut & fill volumes
• fixed crash when computing cut & fill volumes with the option "save planes corresponding to altitudes in project"
• fixed the view direction when selecting a single-shot camera in the Blueprint Navigator
• fixed a failure to import cameras when importing .e57 files
• fixed the export to .e57 of cameras in the .tiff format, such as the ones calibrated on a model
• fixed the focal length of perspective cameras exported into a .e57 file or imported from a .e57 file
• fixed a crash when closing the HERON Survey Editor recipe while the layer editor is open
• fixed the destination group when importing a .e57 file with multiple point clouds
• fixed a failure to import .e57 files with non-ASCII characters in their filename

CHANGELOG - Reconstructor 4.2.2

Reconstructor 4.2.2 is out now!

The full changelog is the following:

Added

• ReCap direct export: added an export command to enable direct conversion from native point clouds to ReCap RCS format.
• Sections/Profiles tools: added "apply to all" option for settings in orthophoto viewer, when multiple orthophotos are open, i.e. when viewing a section survey. 
• Orthophoto viewer: added pixel metrics to the information overlay in the orthophoto viewer.
• Export functions
  • added export point clouds as CSV, TSV file formats
  • added export annotations as TXT, TSV file formats
  • added export points as CSV and TSV file formats
• Distance tool: added vertical plane components (height difference and horizontal distance) to the distance creation tool. 
• Heron tools:
  • added dialogue to select the clouds to use when snapping or re-snapping an x-ray orthophoto that isn't part of a HERON survey
  • added support for exporting HERON 3D clouds to e57, including the trajectory camera stream and/or the high-resolution cameras

Changed

• Import functions:
  • Improved import of a Reconstructor project: user can now select which items they want to import instead of having to always import the entire project
  • Inserted new version of the importer for FARO scanners data
  • Improved the import/export performance for .e57 files
• Geo-referencing:
  • made the columns of the geo-referencing point selection dialogue resizable, to better fit targets that have a long name
  • made the target names editable in the geo-referencing dialogue
• Volume computation: improved volume computation pdf report: added more information about the surface on which volume was computed and added more information about optionally attached cross-section survey.
• Virtual scan: improved performance of spherical virtual scan, much faster than in previous versions.
• Translations: updated Italian language translation.
• X-ray/orthophotos tool:
  • improved display of depth measure and depth grid measure markers, now scaling with the measure arrow size setting
  • improved generation speed of x-ray orthophotos, automatically skipping any clouds that don't fall inside the defined orthophoto volume
  • moved the x-ray orthophoto contrast algorithm selection to an advanced settings dialogue in the x-ray orthophoto creator/editor, configurable and saved with the project data, for each x-ray orthophoto
  • changed the orthophoto resolution setting to always be in pixels per meter regardless of the current units of measure
  • added support for smaller measure font size in the orthophoto viewer
• Colour mapping tool: overall improvements of the colour mapping dialogue: fast colourization and histogram computation; more flexible Min/Max mapped input fields allow to enter out of range values, Reflectance, Confidence, Curvature and Ambient Light colours excepted; visibility property in the 3D scene is updated while switching from one colour layer to another.
• Model selection tool: changed the commands “select models in this frustum”, “select meshes in this frustum”, “select clouds in this frustum” and “select projectors in this frustum” to perform a real selection according to a camera field of view, instead of activating the items checkboxes.

Fixed

• fixed crash to colour mapping dialogue while editing the number of fixed bins to unknown colour scale type
• fixed support to integer scalar types layers in colour mapping dialogue
• fixed units of measure conversion issue when importing a point list in units different than current project units
• fixed setting of orthophoto resolution in tunnel sections tool was not applied correctly
• fixed issue when deleting a section survey item with no data
• fixed error when picking targets in large coordinates inside targets editor dialogue
• fixed cut & fill tool not working properly
• fixed cloud pose was not considered when exporting .laz files
• fixed memory leak in target detection command
• fixed application process was occasionally kept open in the background after exiting the application
• fixed unneeded reload of all point clouds to GPU when loading a new point cloud
• fixed information window refresh issue
• fixed manual pre-registration not working properly when the user sets a UCS different from the main UCS
• fixed scaling issues in the launch window on HiDPI displays and on systems with multiple displays at different density
• fixed the installer leaving entries behind in the Add or Remove Programs list or failing to install correctly when upgrading to a newer version
• fixed a missing entry in the Add or Remove Programs list on systems with multiple users
• fixed the behaviour of the checkboxes and the corresponding returned points in the geo-referencing point selection dialogue
• fixed an issue resulting in incorrectly positioned clouds in the Heron geo-referencing, when the clouds didn't have a zero initial pose
• fixed the wrong target positioning in the 2D View of manage control points dialogue of a structured point cloud, while importing text files containing only the 3D coordinates
• fixed the conversion command from point shape to target in the project tree
• fixed colour layer selection when exporting cloud to .las format
• fixed crash in cross-sections tool
• fixed UI update issues when changing the unit of measures
• fixed a possible crash when deleting a Heron survey containing high-resolution images
• fixed a crash when importing a .e57 file with multiple cameras associated with the same point cloud
• fixed a possible crash when loading a HERON LITE Color survey with narrow blueprint layers in the blueprint navigator
• fixed an incorrect colourization when importing some .e57 files
• fixed the detection of the reflectance layer when exporting certain point clouds as .e57 or .las
• fixed a bug in colour mapping dialogue to correctly edit the legend using the fixed bins and fixed space options
• fixed a delay in the alt+double click function to pick a point on the 3D scene
• fixed the export point clouds as .txt file formats
• fixed the export annotations as .csv file format
• fixed the export points as .txt file format
• fixed verticality constraint was never applied in the ICP dialogue
• fixed the orthophoto/x-ray orthophoto image on the 3D scene not getting refreshed after re-snapping it
• fixed a missing "Duplicate as -> X-Ray Orthophoto" context menu entry
• fixed the functionality of the orthophoto resolution setting when the current units of measure aren't meters.
• fixed compatibility with computers having regional settings that use the comma as decimal separator, especially in the import/export functions of interchange formats (.e57, .vrlm)
• fixed a memory leak in the .e57 exporter
• fixed crash in import of point clouds as .txt file format
• fixed crash on application startup after applying the "Make LineUp settings automatically persistent when Reconstructor is closed and opened again" option in lineup wizard settings
• fixed resulting mesh was overwritten when computing "multi-resolution meshing" more than once on the same point cloud
• fixed missing units of measures conversion when using "point clouds geo-referencing" command with "best fit" algorithm
• fixed selections tools not working on a point cloud that was only partially checked inside the project tree view

CHANGELOG - Reconstructor 4.1.2

Reconstructor 4.1.2 is out now!

The full changelog is the following:

Added

• added language select option (available in GUI settings dialogue)
• Added support for spherical projectors (imported with point clouds or from calibrated cameras), in the Blueprint Navigator and HERON Survey Editor

Changed

• improved compatibility with HiDPI displays
• improved speed of projectors blending tool

Fixed

• old log files are now correctly deleted after 30 days
• fixed a bug that could cause some items to be skipped or not correctly imported when using the "Import Reconstructor Project" function
• fixed median filter was erroneously enabled for unstructured clouds
• fixed crash when picking point for a non loaded colour layer
• fixed edit point list tool not updating properly on UCS change
• fixed subsampling option was not applied for .fls scans
• fixed installer was not registering Reconstructor project file extension
• fixed selected cameras were not highlighted in the 3D scene
• fixed angle measure tool not working properly
• fixed the "-" button in the colour mapping dialogue not updating the preview correctly
• fixed the colour map preset .cmap loading
• fixed the preprocess point cloud button in the Send to HERON Desktop tool

CHANGELOG - Reconstructor 4.1.1

Reconstructor 4.1.1 is out now!

The full changelog is the following:

Fixed

• fixed potential application freeze when completing ICP or Bundle Adjustment
• fixed application crash when running constrained automatic pre-registration
• fixed install issues on new computers
• fixed alignment of frames in the same segment (Mantis)
• fixed histogram tool not working properly
• fixed crash when editing points in the point list
• fixed crash in creating a plane from two identical points
• fixed FARO Scene project import
• fixed Riegl project import
• fixed ZF project import

CHANGELOG - Reconstructor 4.1.0

Reconstructor 4.1.0 is out now!

The full changelog is the following:

Added

• added support for HERON high-resolution cameras
• added detection of blank frames when importing HERON camera data
• added support for Mantis sensor
• added automatic cleaning function for imported STL meshes
• added a new default background colour and a reset button for the display settings

Changed

• lowered export time of cross-sections to .dxf
• improved .fls import speed
• the Heron importer now asks to save the project before importing a Heron survey

Fixed

• fixed permissions issues when creating a temporary project for FARO data import
• fixed conversion of pose matrix to Euler angles in adjust pose window to correctly display inclinometer angles
• fixed orthophoto measures not correctly scaled in 3D view
• fixed potential crash when importing or exporting las files
• fixed FARO .fls import issues
• fixed polylines were not rendered in the orthophoto
• fixed "Match names" point labels mismatching in Scan Georeferencing
• fixed orthophoto export to AutoCAD, now it considers the current UCS
• fixed translations to negative y in adjust pose window
• fixed cross-section export to AutoCAD, now it considers the current UCS

CHANGELOG - Reconstructor 4.0.4

Reconstructor 4.0.4 is out now!

The full changelog is the following:

Added

• added square mm area unit of measure
• added setting to limit the number of rendered points in virtual scan and orthophoto extraction
• added option to disable light effects to save up RAM when loading clouds for rendering

Changed

• automatized choice of fitting algorithm for point lists matching
• changed internal coordinates system to UTM

Fixed

• fixed permissions issues when creating a temporary project for FARO data import
• fixed conversion of pose matrix to Euler angles in adjust pose window to correctly display inclinometer angles
• fixed orthophoto measures not correctly scaled in 3D view
• fixed potential crash when importing or exporting las files
• fixed FARO .fls import issues
• fixed polylines were not rendered in the orthophoto
• fixed "Match names" point labels mismatching in Scan Georeferencing
• fixed orthophoto export to AutoCAD, now it considers the current UCS
• fixed translations to negative y in adjust pose window
• fixed cross-section export to AutoCAD, now it considers the current UCS