This pages applies to the following products:
- Orbit 3DM Content Manager
- Orbit 3DM Feature Extraction – Basic, Standard and Pro
1. Installation and activation
- Download and install
- Opening and license activation
2. Basic concepts
- Run (Mobile Mapping Run, Aerial Mapping run, Oblique Mapping Run)
- Template
- = Depending the combination of the supported mapping resources (influenced by the vendor, post processing software, carrier set-up, available data and other specifications) the data should be imported in a different way. A template is a well-defined set of configurations that is related to a known system.
- KB: https://orbitgt.com/kb/about_3dm_resources, https://orbitgt.com/kb/3dm_templates
- Importing a run
- Adding an existing run
- = Adding a run that was created before
- How to video: https://orbitgt.com/kb/how_to > How-To Get Started with Orbit 3DM Desktop Software > 3. Open and Close a Mobile Mapping Run
3. Navigating and exploring the data
- 2D View
- 3D View
- Mobile Mapping View/ Aerial Mapping View
- Slice View
4. Convert data to Orbit format
- Orbit supports both internal and external formats. Resources should be converted to Orbit formats for better performance and sharing them in the 3D Mapping Cloud and 3DM Publisher.
- KB: List of supported formats: https://orbitgt.com/kb/supported_formats
- Optimize tool
- Converts a resource from external format to internal Orbit format (OPC, OMI, OVF, OVT).
- Converts one or more files to one merged file: 'many to one' conversion.
- KB: https://orbitgt.com/kb/desktop_tools > Optimize Data.
- Convert tool
- Converts a resource from external/internal format to external/internal format.
- Converts several files one by one into the other format, not merging them: ‘many to many’ conversion.
- KB: https://orbitgt.com/kb/desktop_tools > Convert Data.