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ObjectCaptureFromPhotos uses photogrammetry to process a set of photographs to produce a mesh and an associated material.

Requires: Apple Silicon Mac running Rhino 7 for Mac or later on macOS Monterey 12.0.1 or later.

Try It

1. Verify you are on macOS Monterey (or later) and running on an Apple Silicon Mac.
2. Launch Rhino and run the PackageManager command. Search for ObjectCaptureFromPhotos and Install it.
3. Download this set of sample photos: Shoe-Photos.zip and unzip them.
4. Start a new modeling window and run the ObjectCaptureFromPhotos command.
5. Navigate to the folder with the photos you downloaded in step 3 and click OK.
6. There are number of command options*, but just accept the defaults and press Done.
7. Processing begins. With this sample and default options, it should take about 90 seconds.
8. When processing is done, you should see a new mesh in the modeling window.
9. Switch the Perspective view to Rendered mode to see the associated material.
10. Please check out Capturing Photographs for RealityKit Object Capture for tips on how to take photos that will result in higher-quality meshes and materials (acceptable formats are: jpeg, heic, and png). Also test out the sample photo sets provided by Apple.

*Options:

Detail Level:

• Preview: course meshes and low-quality materials, but fastest processing
• Reduced: better quality than preview, slower processing
• Medium: denser meshes and detailed materials, slow processing
• Full: best quality meshes and materials, slowest processing

Sample ordering:

• Unordered: the photos were not taken in a spatially sequential pattern, slower processing
• Sequential: if the photos were taken in a spatially sequential pattern - like a turn-table - this can result in faster processing

Feature sensitivity:

• Normal: For objects with typical shapes, edges or textures
• High: For objects that do not contain many discernible structures, edges or textures