CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
8 February 2007
Product News
Eos Systems Releases PhotoModeler Version 6
Eos SystemsT, maker of the PhotoModeler®, announced the release of its latest version of the software, PhotoModeler 6 (PM6). PhotoModeler 6 culminates three years of development to enhance the already well-acclaimed version 5, which garnered highest recommendation from the industry journal Cadalyst. The new version offers many new capabilities as well as overall enhancements to speed, usability, and visualization.
"PhotoModeler 6 solidifies our position as the leading developer of powerful, yet easy-to-use image-based modeling solutions, while maintaining our affordable price point," says Eos Systems CEO Alan Walford. "With every new release of PhotoModeler, from version 1 in 1993 through to the new version 6, we've combined user feedback with our own research and development. It's a simple but effective recipe for ensuring that every new PhotoModeler version makes significant strides forward in capabilities that match up with the diverse and changing needs of our users."
PhotoModeler automates the science of "photogrammetry" - measurement from photographs. The PC-based application enables accurate measurement of objects and can generate photorealistic 3D computer models. The versatile tool has been adopted across a wide variety of industries, including accident reconstruction, architecture, scientific and engineering applications, as well as film and game production.
In PM6, Eos Systems has added a new "Shapes" function for working with geometric solids and provides new, flexible means to export results into other software. The KMZ export format allows users to upload textured building models into the popular 3D globe application Google Earth, or utilize the Google Earth's 3D environment as a background for presenting PhotoModeler analysis of real-world scenes. Automatic processing of reference points now occurs in background, while the user is working, which greatly speeds 3D model generation. PM6 also offers new printing and output options, an automated camera library, and Idealize, a sophisticated module that removes lens distortion from photographs for high-end film and animation projects.
In the last few months, a select group of users from a diverse array of disciplines have tested PM6 Beta on their own projects. Dr. Leyland G. Young of the Physical Science Laboratory at NASA Wallops Flight Facility, for example, uses the program to obtain highly accurate creep data in the research and development of the next generation scientific balloon. "We are using the PhotoModeler Video Module with PM6, which has reduced our processing time by 80 percent. Since we are looking at how deformation happens as a function of time, the video sequencing of measurements is very critical," says Dr. Young. "From the experiments we've done, we're finding that the accuracy is quite good and correlates well with analytical results."
Richard Wolf, Senior Engineer at a major computer game developer applied the PM6 Beta to his current projects. "The automated 3D registration methods, as well as the extremely versatile user interface, stand out as just a couple clear advantages that make this a significant improvement of an already amazing product. Version 6 effectively takes a highly technical and complex task and puts it in the reach of a layman, without sacrificing accuracy or power. PhotoModeler is truly one of the few solid, dependable, and usable photogrammetric tools."
PM6 is now available for purchase or upgrade at http://www.photomodeler.com , or through its many resellers. For a detailed explanation of all the new features, please visit: http://www.photomodeler.com/pm6explained .
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