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sepehr500

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Replicate Update Transform using Python API
« on: May 20, 2022, 05:37:25 PM »
Hello. I am running a script where I detect markers, add scale bars, then try to scale the model to those scale bars. Unfortunately,  when I call chunk.updateTransform() after these scalebars are added programatically, nothing happens. But if I open the software, my scalebars and markers look great. All I need to do is click the update transform button in the GUI and the model scales. Is replicating this behavior in the API more complex than simply calling chunk.updateTransform()?

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Re: Replicate Update Transform using Python API
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2022, 04:43:24 PM »
Hello sepehr500,

When you open the project created by the script in GUI, are the markers and scale bars checked on in the Reference pane?
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Re: Replicate Update Transform using Python API
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2022, 07:14:37 PM »
What do you mean by checked?
« Last Edit: May 23, 2022, 07:33:52 PM by sepehr500 »

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Re: Replicate Update Transform using Python API
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2022, 04:35:41 PM »
Hello sepehr500,

I mean the checkboxes next to cameras, markers, scale bars labels in the Reference pane.
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Re: Replicate Update Transform using Python API
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2022, 07:41:14 PM »
Thanks Alexy. I figured out that i'm actually having a different scaling issue. updateTransform works well after adding scalebars programmatically, aftwords, when I go to align the 3d model to the location of the first camera, the scale gets reset.

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    if not chunk:
        print("Empty project, script aborted")
        return

    T = chunk.transform.matrix
    origin = (-1) * camera.center
    R = Metashape.Matrix().Rotation(camera.transform.rotation()
                                    * Metashape.Matrix().Diag([1, -1, 1]))
    origin = R.inv().mulp(origin)
    chunk.transform.matrix = Metashape.Matrix([[1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0], [
                                              0, 1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1]]) * Metashape.Matrix().Translation(origin) * R.inv()

If I go and scale model alignment after running the above script, then 0,0,0 is no longer then location of the first camera. Do you have any solutions for this?

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Re: Replicate Update Transform using Python API
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2022, 02:31:14 PM »
Hello sepehr500,

Can you please check if the following modification of your script solves the required task:

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chunk = Metashape.app.document.chunk

#create scalebars here

chunk.updateTransform()
camera = chunk.cameras[-1]
s = chunk.transform.scale

origin = (-1) * camera.center
R = Metashape.Matrix().Rotation(camera.transform.rotation()
* Metashape.Matrix().Diag([1, -1, 1]))
origin = R.inv().mulp(origin)
chunk.transform.matrix = Metashape.Matrix([[s, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, s, 0], [
  0, s, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1]]) * Metashape.Matrix().Translation(origin) * R.inv()

It applies the scale from the scale bards first, then re-calculates coordinate system origin and orientation (based on the first camera), but preserves the applied scale.
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Re: Replicate Update Transform using Python API
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2022, 07:07:40 PM »
Works perfectly! Thank you.