Work with 3D tiles

A 3D tile layer references a tileset that defines an integrated mesh, or 3D object type data in a hierarchical data structure. 3D tiles are based on a specific OGC standard, such as Indexed Scene Layer (I3s) specification, allowing you to visualize large amounts of 3D content. You can select a tileset in a supported file format, such as a JSON file, or 3TZ file, in the Add Data dialog.

Create 3D tiles in Drone2Map

Drone2Map can create 3D Tiles products for the DSM Mesh and 3D Mesh products. Follow the steps below to create 3D Tiles products.

1. On the Home tab, in the Processing group, click Options.

   The Options dialog will open.

2. On the Options dialog, click the 3D Products tab.
   1. To enable 3D Tiles for the DSM Mesh, check the 3D Tiles checkbox under Create DSM Textured Meshes.
   2. To enable 3D Tiles for the 3D Mesh, check the 3D Tiles checkbox under Create 3D Textured Meshes.
3. On the Home tab, in the Processing group, click Start.

   3D Tiles are created once processing is complete.

Add 3D tiles to the 3D map

Follow the steps below to add 3D tiles to a Drone2Map project.

1. Select the 3D Map view.
2. On the Home tab, in the Layer group, click the Add Data button.

   The Add Data dialog will open.

3. On the Add Data dialog box, browse to the 3D Tiles product.

   3D Tiles processed in Drone2Map are in the following folders:

   • DSM Mesh—<project-folder>\Products\3D\DSM Mesh\3D Tiles
   • 3D Mesh—<project-folder>\Products\3D\3D Mesh\3D Tiles

   Drone2Map also supports adding 3D tiles from third-party sources in JSON or 3TZ format.

   Tilesets in JSON format are recognized only if they have the file name tileset.json.

4. Click OK.

   The Add 3D Tiles Layer dialog will open.

5. On the Add 3D Tiles Layer dialog, select Integrated Mesh or 3D Object layer type depending on the data type.
6. Click Add.

   A 3D tile layer is added to the scene.