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

Thank YouChris Bumgardnercb@skycatch.com