3DF Zephyr Tutorials
We designed 3DF Zephyr to be a user friendly and easy to use powerful tool. You can get up & running in few minutes and create your first 3D reconstruction with few clicks.
We have an extensive documentation that can answer almost all questions as well as a forum where you can ask the developers directly for assistance or to give us feedback.
As we keep developing 3DF Zephyr, we are also publishing tutorials with tips & tricks of the trade. Feel free to give us feedback on which tutorial you would like to see next!
We encourage questions and dicussions: feel free to ask anything on our forums or on our 3Dflow Academy Facebook Group
Free 3DF Zephyr manual (pdf ebook) download
· 3Dflow Academy video tutorials ·
Your first photogrammetry project
Learn how to shoot photos for 3DF Zephyr
Masking with 3DF Masquerade
Point cloud & mesh utilities
From video to 3D model
In-Zephyr post processing
Rescaling & bundle adjustment
Workspace merge, manual orientation
mesh filtering with photoconsistency
Unwrapping and retexturing
Using equirectangular images
(or other external point clouds)
baking normal maps with Zephyr and xNormal
Optimized workflow for scanning booths
· Base tutorials ·
#01. Getting started
First steps with Zephyr
#02. Bounding box
Usage & management
#03. Masking
Using 3DF Masquerade
#04. Multiple objects
Workspace objects management
#05. Point cloud cleaning
Cleaning point clouds
#06. Animation videos
Create and save animations
#07. Movie files
Using movie files as input
#08. Texture unwrapping
Using blender
#09. Advanced parameters
Tuning, tips & tricks
#10. Filters and Photoconsistency
Tips and tricks
#11. Understanding density
Polycount and quality
#12. Advanced masking
Turntable specific tips
· Pro/Aerial only tutorials ·
#A01. Control points & distances
management and world alignment
#A02. Orthophoto & Orthomosaic
creation and advanced options
#A03. Workspace merge
Merging two .zep togheter
#A04. Confidence
Understanding confidence
#A05. DEM file
DEM & profile
#A06. Target
automatic detection
#A07. Laser scan handling
Importing and coloring
#A08. Contour lines generation
Sections and track sections
#A09. Shape from silhouette
Dense cloud generation from silhouette
#A10. Bundle adjustment
Differences and usage
#A11. Fixed rig
Fixed rig workflow
#A12. Multispectral
Multispectral (with calibration) workflow
· Additional resources ·
- Ground sample distance (GSD) calculator
- How to run 3DF Zephyr on Linux using Wine
- XML/Custom settings description
- Exporting textured meshes ready for Valve’s Destinations
- Accuracy and ground pixel size calculator
- Computer Vision tutorial
- How to export a mesh (or point cloud) directly to Sketchfab
- How to correctly shoot pictures
- 3DF Zephyr HTML documentation
· Troubleshooting ·
- 3DF Zephyr license activation error codes troubleshooting
- Fix a Zephyr crash when Dell Backup and Recovery is installed on the system
- How to locate the 3DF Zephyr Log files directory
- How to change the 3DF Zephyr temporary directory
- Troubleshooting input/output errors
- Troubleshooting extended charsets (eg. Japanese, Chinese)
- Additional Troubleshooting