Generating 3D point clouds with an iPad

9 May 2012 Geoff Zeiss

I blogged previously about an Autodesk Labs project Photofly, at that time a technology preview of a cloud service that allows you to convert digital photographs taken with a consumer digital camera into a 3D point cloud.  Autodesk has just announced that 123D Catch, as Photofly has become, is now available for the iPad on the App Store. It’s a free app that lets users take images with their iPad camera and upload them to the Autodesk cloud service that transforms the images into a 3D model. Captures made in 123D Catch can also be used as the foundation for further 3D modeling, 3D animation, or to 3D print an object.

A new feature for the 123D products called My Corner has been introduced which provides cloud storage for all 123D design projects and to share files between 123D, 123D Catch, 123D Make, and 123D Sculpt.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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