Annotations

Annotations are typically added information or metadata that provides aditional insights to your reality capture or geospatial datasets. The annotations can come in various forms and serve different purposes.

For example Labels can provide categorical information and can be used for descriptions, Measurements help in getting the distances, area and volumes on scans, Tags are often used to make searching and filtering easier.

The use of annotations significantly enhances the usability and understandability of reality capture datasets by providing context-specific information that extends beyond raw captured data.

As HxDR also supports terrestrial scans, not just point clouds and the automated meshing, it also supports panoramic images / viewpoints. The cool thing about using viewpoints is that while they are an image, they still use the 3D data in the background, enabling accurate measurement. Measurements can get stored so other team members can see persistent areas and lengths than have been investigated.

It’s also possible to add 3D annotations inside HxDR and this can be shared inside an asset with multiple collaborators logged into the system. Flying around the model, you can carry out dynamic ‘tours’, which can be shared with someone, or recorded as an Mp4 video. If your scan has an exterior and an interior scan, it’s possible to remove the outer skin and instantly get a ‘doll’s house view’ of the interior space.