Recap API Integration
Chris BumgardnerCTO, CoFounder
Arial Robotics Platform
Fully Autonomous
• Our UAV’s fly themselves — no piloting needed
• Batteries swap automatically
• Data uploads to the cloud automatically
• API’s to connect data to other applications like Recap
Use-Case
• Construction customers that want daily 3D models
• Integrating Skycatch with Autodesk’s Recap API makes that simple
Video
Building 3D Models with Skycatch and Autodesk ReCap
API:
http://vimeo.com/80049443
How it Works
• Plan a mission with our app
• Our UAV flies and collects the photos
• Photos upload to our servers
• Automatically pushed to Recap API
• 3D model ready to view
API Integration
• Server-to-Server integration (no user actions needed)
• Using new 3.1 Recap API
• Our code is a Node.js process
• Can use web viewer such as Sketchfab to view or embed resulting .obj model
Skycatch Servers Collect Photos in
Cloud
Skycatch Servers Collect Photos in
Cloud
Recap API Processes Images
Recap API Processes Images
Skycatch Server Downloads 3D Model and Embeds in Page
Skycatch Server Downloads 3D Model and Embeds in Page
Drone Uploads PhotosDrone Uploads Photos
API Notes• Upload files directly, not links
to files
• Less pictures is better than more
• Uses multipart form uploads, not url encoded:
• Use: multipart/form-data
• Not: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
• For GoPro style images important to set metadata:
• StitchingCreateInputFile = 1
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