WebODM to Bently Blocks Exchange plugin

About

This plugin for WebODM enables the export of photo triangulation results in the Bentley BlocksExchange format. The exported data can then be imported into third-party photogrammetry software for further processing.

Limitations

Equirectangular cameras

BlocksExchange does not support equirectangular cameras; therefore, exporting a dataset that includes equirectangular imagery will result in an error.

Mulitspectral datasets

WebODM does not provide calibration parameters for all sensors in multispectral datasets (e.g., MicaSense cameras). Instead, it only includes calibration data for the primary band images. As a result, exporting photo triangulation parameters from a multispectral dataset will likely lead to incomplete or incorrect imports in third-party software.

Development

1. Install WebODM
2. Place this repo files into: //WebODM/coreplugins/plugin-name
3. Start WebODM in development mode:

./webodm.sh restart --dev --dev-watch-plugins

Building

Pack the repository content into a .zip archive with the following structure:

plugin-name.zip
	plugin-name
		public
			main.js
		_init_.py
		manifest.json
		plugin.py
		README.md

NOTE

WebODM names the plugin accoriding to the name of the core folder in the archive, so name it appropiatly.

Installation and testing

1. Start WebODM: ./webodm.sh restart
2. Navigate to WebODM plugin management page: http://localhost:8000/admin/app/plugin/
3. Click on the *Load plugin (.zip)
4. Select the .zip file with the plugin.