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Tutorial - Volume Measurements

This tutorial teaches how to perform volume measurements on 3D models created with Agisoft PhotoScan Pro. It outlines the steps to build and georeference a model, remove unnecessary faces, close holes, and measure the volume. The key steps are to build a georeferenced model, remove all but the area of interest, close any holes, and then use the measure volume tool to obtain the measurement in cubic meters.

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Tutorial - Volume Measurements

This tutorial teaches how to perform volume measurements on 3D models created with Agisoft PhotoScan Pro. It outlines the steps to build and georeference a model, remove unnecessary faces, close holes, and measure the volume. The key steps are to build a georeferenced model, remove all but the area of interest, close any holes, and then use the measure volume tool to obtain the measurement in cubic meters.

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Tutorial (Intermediate level):

Volume Measurements
with Agisoft PhotoScan Pro 1.1
This tutorial illustrates how to perform volume measurements for mining or construction sites models.

Build Model
Note: If you need guidance on how to build a 3D model with PhotoScan refer to Tutorial
(intermediate level): Orthophoto and DEM Generation with Agisoft PhotoScan and
follow all steps up to Build Model.
Build Model using the following settings:
Surface type: Height-field
Interpolation: Enabled or Extrapolated.
Other settings at Align Photos and Build Dense Cloud stages set according to the tutorial
mentioned above.

Georeference or Scale Model


In order to enable PhotoScan to operate in real scale it is necessary to georeference the model
through loading markers and/or camera positions data into Reference pane.
Note: if you have followed the workflow described in Tutorial (Intermediate level):
Orthophoto and DEM Generation with Agisoft PhotoScan up to Build Mesh step the model is
already georeferenced.
Note: An alternative to georeferencing is setting reference distance(s). You can use it in case
you lack Ground Control Points (GCPs) data. However, measurements made in a coordinate
system defined with GCPs (markers) are usually more precise.
To set reference distance PhotoScan provides Scale Bar instances. To create a scale bar
consequently left-click on the markers in the Model view (with any selection tool active, while

holding the Ctrl key), that correspond to the scale bar ends (for guidance on marker placement
refer to Place markers step in Tutorial (Intermediate level): Orthophoto and DEM Generation
with Agisoft PhotoScan). A scale bar is added onto the Reference pane.

In the Scale Bars section of the Reference pane type in the known length of the scale bar
created. Click Update button on the Reference pane toolbar, thus setting the reference distance
for the model.
If the distance between several more markers is known, you can create several more scale bars
to provide for more accurate scaling of the model.

Note: if the object/area of interest accounts for a small part of the whole scene, it is reasonable
to build mesh only for the object/area, while for the whole scene only a dense point cloud
model could be generated. Thus, you would reconstruct the targeted object/area in high quality
(Quality parameter at Build Dense Cloud step) while optimizing processing time. To realize
this opportunity, firstly, follow all the steps up to Build Dense Cloud, setting dense cloud
quality parameter to High value. Secondly, after having georeferenced the point cloud model,
build mesh based on dense point cloud for the targeted object/area only, adjusting bounding
box properly.

Remove Secondary Faces


After the model is georeferenced it is necessary to remove all secondary faces leaving only the
area to be calculated.
Face removal could be performed using Rectangle Selection, Circle Selection or Free Form
Selection tools and Delete Selection button on the Toolbar. To delete all but selected faces use
Crop Selection button on the Toolbar.

Close Holes
PhotoScan can calculate volume of a closed model only. So it is necessary to make the model
closed using Close Holes command from Tools menu.
In the Close Holes dialog drag slider to the right end position. The bottom plain of the model
will be closed with additional faces colored in red (like selected faces). Click OK button.

Measure Volume
After all preparations have been done, model volume measuring is just a single-click
operation.
Select Measure Area and Volume... command from Tools Mesh menu:

The result will be displayed in Measure Area and Volume dialog in cubic meters for volume
and in square meters for area.
Note: in the described workflow calculated area includes additional bottom faces.

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