Showing camera positions on the 3D model

Showing camera positions on the 3D model

Every image in your project was taken from somewhere on or around the structure. Show camera positions to see each one on the model as a small camera, check what an image covers before you open it, and open it by clicking its camera.

Showing and hiding camera positions

  1. Click Camera positions in the toolbar at the bottom of the 3D view.
  2. A small camera appears for each image, pointing the way that image was taken. The filled rectangle at the front of each camera is the image's frame.
  3. Click Camera positions again to hide them.

Cameras shown along the structure, with the Camera positions button highlighted

Camera positions start hidden each time you open a project, and showing them changes nothing for anyone else. Cameras never appear in observation screenshots, the project thumbnail or reports.

Seeing what an image covers

Point at a camera without clicking:

  • The camera turns white and the other cameras fade.
  • Lines from the camera show which way its image looks.
  • The model outside that image's frame darkens, so the area the image covers stands out.
  • The image is highlighted in the image panel on the right, which scrolls to it if it is out of view.

It also works the other way round: point at a thumbnail in the image panel and its camera is highlighted on the model.

The darkening follows the image's frame. It does not show what blocks the camera's view, so a surface behind a wall can stay bright even though the image cannot see it.

Opening an image from its camera

  1. Click a camera. Its image opens beside the model.
  2. The camera stays highlighted with its viewing lines while the image is open, and the other cameras fade.
  3. To close the image, click the same camera again, or close the image as usual.

Dragging from a camera still moves the view. Only a click opens the image.

If Auto-sync 3D is on in the toolbar above the image, the 3D view also moves to where the image was taken. While the view is at that position, the image's own camera is hidden.

Narrowing the cameras to one spot

Click a spot on the model to fill the Nearby images panel. Cameras whose images do not show that spot are hidden, leaving only the ones that do. Click × on the Nearby images panel (Clear picked spot) to show every camera again.

Troubleshooting

What you see What it means
No cameras appear The project has no images with camera positions, for example a project uploaded as a 3D model only.
Some images have no camera Only images with a camera position in the uploaded camera data get one.
Most cameras disappeared after clicking the model Picking a spot hides the cameras that do not show it. Click × on Nearby images to show them all.
Camera positions are hidden again They start hidden each time you open a project. Click Camera positions to show them.
An area stays bright, but the image does not show it The darkening follows the image's frame, not what stands between the camera and the surface.
The camera of the open image has gone The 3D view is at that camera's position. Move away and it reappears.

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