===== Orbit 3DM Plugin for QGIS=====


This video is about how the Orbit 3DM Plugin can be used to visualize reality data from Orbit 3DM Publisher or Cloud in a 3rd party application. The Orbit 3DM Viewer can interact with the application to navigate, synchronize, save measurements, overlay object. \\
[[dev:products:plugin:3dm_plugin_microstation|Download and Install Orbit 3DM Plugin for MicroStation]].

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==== Step by step ====

  - Open MicroStation
  - Open the 3DM Mapping Viewer 
      *  Connect to one Publication
  - Create one new vector layer (type point/line/polygon) or add an already existing vector layer
      *  Toggle editing
  - Add vector objects in MicroStation
      *  Save edits
  - Inspect the objects in the Orbit 3DM Viewer
  - Create measures in the Orbit 3DM Viewer
      *  Add the measurements to the active layer in MicroStation
      *  Save edits
  - Pick a new location in the map canvas to open in the Orbit 3DM Viewer
  - Show or hide the footprints

==== Used Data ====

  * [[https://3dmapping.cloud/publications-eu/|Any of the free-to-use Publications to evaluate and demonstrate the Orbit 3DM Viewer, Plugins, and SDK]]

==== Reference Documentation ====

  * [[dev:products:3dm_plugins|]]