Austin Vectorworks Community, April, 2025: Reality Capture (Photos to 3D)

Vectorworks Cloud Services and the Nomad mobile app use reality capture technology (photogrammetry and Lidar), allowing users to quickly create accurate textured mesh models from real-world environments. You can import the OBJ or USD files that are saved to the cloud directly into Vectorworks, where they can be trimmed, scaled, and rotated as needed. In this meeting we look at a couple of examples of this Photos to 3D feature, with a few tips. We wrap up with a quick discussion on creating seamless textures with Vectorworks' AI Visualizer.