Tools Menu
Reduce Overlap... Reduces the number of enabled cameras in the active project to optimize the coverage in case of excessive overlap.
Detect Powerlines Starts image based powerlines detection operation.
Survey Statistics... Displays the survey statistics dialog in a form of interactive report.
Run Script... Displays Run Script dialog box for Python script
execution.
Preferences... Displays preferences dialog box.
Help Menu
Contents Displays help contents.
Check for Updates... Checks if Metashape update is available for download.
Activate Product... Displays the activation dialog for activation / deactivation of the product using the activation key or borrowing / returning borrowed floating license to the license server.
About Metashape... Displays program information, version number and copyright.
3D view commands
Move region Volume translation tool.
Resize region Volume resize tool.
Rotate Region Volume rotation tool.
Reset Region Resets region according to the actual point cloud.
Move Object Model translation tool.
Rotate Object Model rotation tool.
Scale Object Model resize tool.
Reset Transform Resets all transformations applied to the model.
Update Transform Update transformations parameters for the model.
Draw Point Switches to the 3D point drawing tool.
Draw Polyline Switches to the 3D polyline drawing tool.
Draw Polygon Switches to the 3D polygon drawing tool.
Ruler 3D coordinate and linear distance measurement
tool.
Delete Selection Removes selected faces / points.
Crop Selection Crops selected faces / points.
3D view settings
Zoom In Increases magnification.
Zoom Out Decreases magnification.
Reset View Resets model view.
Point Cloud Displays tie point cloud reconstructed during
image alignment.
Point Cloud Variance Displays tie point cloud colored by variance.
Dense Cloud Displays dense point cloud model.
Dense Cloud Confidence Displays dense point cloud colored according to the confidence values.
Dense Cloud Classes Displays dense point cloud colored according to the point classes.
Model Shaded Displays 3D model in the shaded mode with
vertices colored with interpolated colors.
Model Solid Displays 3D model in the solid mode.
Model Wireframe Displays 3D model in the wireframe mode.
3D view settings
Model Confidence Displays 3D model with vertices colored according to the confidence values.
Model Textured Displays 3D model in the textured mode.
Diffuse Map Displays diffuse map for the textured mode.
Normal Map Displays normal map for the textured mode.
Occlusion Map Displays occlusion map the textured mode.
Tiled Model Textured Displays tiled model with the applied texture.
Tiled Model Solid Displays tiled model in the solid mode.
Tiled Model Wireframe Displays tiled model in the wireframe mode.
Show DEM Displays digital elevation model.
Show Orthomosaic Displays orthomosaic.
Show Basemap Displays or hides basemap.
Show Cameras Displays or hides camera positions, reconstructed
during image alignment.
Show Thumbnails Displays or hides image thumbnails in the camera placeholders.
Show Shapes Displays or hides 3D shapes.
Show Markers Displays or hides positions of markers placed on
the model.
Show Images Displays or hides stereographic image overlay.
Lock Images Locks current image in stereographic image
overlay mode.
Show Aligned Chunks Displays or hides enabled aligned chunks.
Photo view commands
Undo Undo the last mask editing operation.
Redo Redo the previously undone mask editing
operation.
Navigation Switches to the navigation mode.
Rectangle Selection Rectangle selection tool.
Intelligent Scissors Intelligent scissors tool.
Intelligent Paint Intelligent paint tool.
Magic Wand Magic wand tool.
Photo view commands
Magic Wand Options Changing the parameters of the magic wand.
Reset Selection Resets current selection.
Draw Point Switches to the 3D point drawing tool.
Draw Polyline Switches to the 3D polyline drawing tool.
Draw Polygon Switches to the 3D polygon drawing tool.
Ruler 3D coordinate and linear distance measurement
tool.
Add Selection Adds current selection to the mask.
Subtract Selection Subtracts current selection from the mask.
Invert Selection Inverts current selection.
Set Brightness Adjusts image brightness and contrast for more
convenient display.
Rotate Right Rotates the image clockwise.
Rotate Left Rotates the image counterclockwise.
Zoom In Increases magnification.
Zoom Out Decreases magnification.
Reset View Resets the viewport to display the whole image.
Show Masks Enables or disables the mask shading overlay.
Show Depth Maps Enables or disables the depth map overlay of the selected level.
Show Intensity Displays or hides intensity map overlay for laser scans.
Show Shapes Displays or hides shapes on the current image.
Show Markers Displays or hides marker projections.
Show Marker Residuals Displays or hides residuals related to marker projections.
Show Points Displays or hides tie point projections.
Show Point Residuals Displays or hides residuals related to tie point projections.
Ortho view commands
Navigation Switches to the navigation mode.
Rectangle Selection Rectangle selection tool.
Ortho view commands
Circle Selection Circle selection tool.
Free-Form Selection Free-form selection tool.
Reset Selection Resets current selection.
Draw Point Switches to the point drawing tool.
Draw Polyline Switches to the polyline drawing tool.
Draw Polygon Switches to the polygon drawing tool.
Draw Patch Switches to the patch drawing tool.
Draw Rectangle Switches to the rectangle drawing tool.
Ruler 2D linear distance measurement tool.
DEM Switches to the digital elevation model display
mode.
Hillshading Enables or disables hillshading mode of digital
elevation mode visualization.
Orthomosaic Switches to the orthomosaic display mode.
Set Brightness Adjusts image brightness and contrast for more
convenient display.
Set Raster Transform Displays Raster Calculator dialog for NDVI and other vegetation indices calculation.
Update Orthomosaic Applies all the manual edits to the orthomosaic.
Zoom In Increases the magnification of the image in the
Ortho view.
Zoom Out Decreases the magnification of the image in the
Ortho view.
Reset View Resets the viewport to display the complete
orthomosaic or DEM.
Show Basemap Displays or hides basemap in a form of satellite or vector map.
Show Seamlines Displays or hides orthomosaic seamlines.
Show Cameras Displays or hides camera positions according
to the estimated location for aligned cameras or reference coordinates for not aligned cameras.
Show Markers Displays or hides marker positions.
Show Shapes Displays or hides shapes.