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What's New in Version 23.1
This page documents what's new for Orbit 3DM Portfolio.
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Releases
Current
The current version is 23.01, released in March 2023.
Upcoming
Releasing per quarter. Upcoming releases are:
- 23.04, April 2023 (Maintenance)
- 23.07, July 2023
- 23.10, October 2023
Orbit 3DM Portfolio
- Orbit 3DM Manage And Extract
- Orbit 3DM Publisher
- Orbit 3DM Cloud
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Orbit 3DM Manage And Extract
What
Orbit 3DM Mamage And Extract is launched with version 23.01.
All Orbit 3DM desktop products merged into Orbit 3DM Manage And Extract. All-in-one is it the most powerful application to Manage Reality Data & GIS Resources and Extract features and assets focussing the use of mobile mapping data.
Orbit 3DM Manage And Extract includes:
- Orbit 3DM Content Manager
- Orbit 3DM Feature Extraction Basic
- Orbit 3DM Feature Extraction Standard
- Orbit 3DM Feature Extraction Standard Client/Server
- Orbit 3DM Feature Extraction Pro
- ContextInsights
Why
1 + 1 = 3: merging the capabilities of Content Manager and Feature Extraction to become even more powerful.
Key capabilities of Content Manager are now available for Feature Extraction and visa versa.
The “Content Manager” Resources Catalog has been extended with the management of Generic and Asset Resources. On the other way, AI capabilities, previously privileged to “Feature Extraction” become available for traditional Content Manager Jobs.
Key Features
All access from Main Toolbar
More with less complexity.
The redesign of the Main Toolbar, Catalog, and Procedures to increase usability and user experience.
- Simplified UI with a clear split for Manage and Extract capabilities.
- Access to all capabilities, procedures, and extensions, …
- Create and Verify Assets as an example of efficiency.
AI and AI Workflows
Leverage ContextInsights Engine 20.1
- New features
Context Insights 20.1
Enable AI Workflows
- Create Annotations from Objects
- Create Objects
Verify Results and Create Input Annotation
Completing the loop to consume the outcome of AI detectors and contribute required annotations to create new detectors
- Context Insights
- 3D detectors
- Ghost Cleaning
- Rail Extraction
- …
- 3rd Party AI import for Annotation
- Object to Annotations
- Annotations to Objects
Catalog First
Merger Manage Themes Procedures, Library, and Catalog
All GIS and Reality Data is managed from the “Resources Catalog”
The same concepts, access, and management capabilities are applied on the 3 Resource Types
- Generic Resources = Any support, individual resources
- Asset Resources = Asset Inventory Theme 2.0
- Mapping Resource = Previously known as Mapping Run, Mobile Mapping, Oblique Mapping, Aerial Mapping Run.
Asset Inventory 2.0
Asset Inventory into local or centralized Files or Database
Revamps powerful but old-school concepts of Feature Extraction Client/Server into a modern, more powerful, multi-standalone with centralized-database setup.
The advanced and improving desktop tools become available for your traditional feature production workflows, and the extracted features can still be managed in a single, centralized database!
- All feature extractions tools available (Client/Server had only a subset)
- lower network requirements allowing remote offices
- easier to install & maintain.
- File-based or Database resources
- Point Cloud attachments
- Create snapshots from Objects
Asset Inspector
New Asset Inspector to access and review for Asset Resource Snapshots and Point Cloud attachments contributing your Asset Inventory and AI annotation.
Create & Verify Objecs
The new Create and Verify Asset Object Procedures increase the efficiency of your feature production teams Easier & faster, to get annotated feature production and verify generated objects with fewer clicks