To refine the quality of alignment results, you can edit, add, or remove information. To update the alignment results after changes are made, you must run a refinement.
Refine alignment
The following changes to alignment results require a refinement:
- Editing settings in the alignment Refine pane. Settings that can be changed include optimization of camera or distortion model parameters and standard deviations of camera sessions or control points. To access the Refine pane, go to the Alignment tab and click Refine.
- Editing any control point or manual tie point. This includes adding, modifying. or removing image measurements or points.
- Removing any automatic tie point.
To refine alignment results based on the changes made, complete the following steps:
- On the Alignment tab, click Run.
The alignment widget appears in the Process Manager pane.
- Track the alignment progress in the Process Manager pane.
The QA tool appears when the process is complete. The Overview tab is active by default.
- Inspect the results and refine further if necessary.
- Optionally, create reconstructions from the results.
Reset an alignment
You can reset an alignment to revert back to the solution that was initially generated.
To reset an alignment, go to the Alignment tab and click Reset.