Inspector 5 - How to share flight Data
Inspector 5 introduces new ways to export, and share data. Learn how to export and share flights and their data to view in Inspector 5 or for use in other 3rd party software.
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Inspector 5 introduces new ways to export, and share data. Learn how to export and share flights and their data to view in Inspector 5 or for use in other 3rd party software.
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The following steps will guide how to export and open flights in Inspector 5. If sharing an entire workspace, just copy the folder and share.
It is important to maintain the complete folder structure along with folder and file naming when archiving and sharing projects. Any changes should be done through the Inspector 5 user interface, and not in Windows file explorer.
For more information on the file structure:
Open Inspector 5 and select the workspace that contains data to be shared.
Click the (1) Export tab in the left sidebar.
Click the (2) Browse button to select/create a folder to export the data to.
Select flights to export. Select the appropriate (3) checkboxes. It is possible to export the full workspace, assets, inspections, as well as individual flights.
NB: As selections are made, the Total size to export / available space will be updated.
Click (4) Export. The destination folder will contain the selected data in a format that can be accessed with Inspector 5.
NB: Clicking Export All will export the entire workspace.
Once the folder has been shared, there are two options to open the flight data in Inspector. It can be opened as its own workspace, or imported into an existing workspace.
It is possible to create a new workspace to view and edit the data within.
Open Inspector 5 and select the (1) Assets tab.
Click the workspace (2) dropdown menu.
Click the (3) Create workspace button.
Click the (4) Browse button and select the shared folder.
Click the (5) Create button.
The shared folder is now a workspace. Select the workspace using the (2) dropdown menu to access the flights.
The flights from the shared folder can be imported into any workspace.
Open Inspector 5 and select the workspace to import data into.
Click the (1) Import tab and then click the (2) Inspector 5 import tab.
Click the (3) check boxes for the flights to import.
Click the (4) Import button to import the selected data. If all the flights are needed click the Import All button without making any selections.
NB - Use the Move function to move the data to a specific asset as needed.
It is possible to export specific data (point clouds, videos, etc.) for easier sharing when only certain files are needed. The exported data will be grouped per flight, making it easier when sharing with end-users not using Inspector. It is also possible to export the necessary files for processing in FARO Connect, along with exporting images from the captured video for processing in photogrammetry software such as PIX4Dmapper.
Warning: The exported data can't be re-imported/opened in Inspector. To archive, use the Workspace export menu instead.
It is possible to select and export specific flight data from each flight using the export icon on the right side toolbar.
Open Inspector 5 and navigate to the flight with data to share via the (1) Assets tab.
With the premium software subscription, it is possible to select multiple flights from the same inspection. Click (2) Select to select the flight/s to export data from. The number of flights selected will be indicated.
The (3) Flights tab should be selected as default, select if otherwise.
Select the (4) check box for the associated data to export. Options are:
POIs (.jpg)
Videos (.MOV)
Thermal Video (.mp4)
Maps (.las)
Trajectory (.csv)
UT data (.csv)
After making the needed selections click the (5) Export button to export the data.
The exported data will be grouped per flight.
Use the PIX4D tab to export images from the captured video to process in PIX4D or other photogrammetry software.
1. From the flight window, click the (1) Export data tab in the right sidebar.
2. Click the (2) PIX4D tab. This tab provides an interface to extract images from the flight video to process in photogrammetry software. (3) Select the flight for export as needed.
3. Input parameters and make selections for export.
Available settings:
Select (a) Start at and (b) Stop at points of video.
Select the (c) Frame rate - Number of frames extracted per second. Total shows the number of /frames to be extracted for the Frame rate selected.
(d) Export PIX4D project - Toggle to export a .p4d project file of all the frames extracted ready for opening in PIX4Dmapper.
(e) Export project templates - Toggle to export the project using a selected PIX4D template.
(f) Select the Fast or Robust PIX4D processing template.
Click (4) Export frames to export and save the data.
Use the FARO tab to extract the files necessary for processing flights in FARO Connect.
1. From the flight window, click the (1) Export data tab in the right sidebar.
2. Click on the (2) FARO tab.
3. (3) Select flights for FARO data export.
4. Click the (4) Export button to export the selected flights .geoslam file to process in FARO connect.
Please refer to the Inspector 5 User manual for more information on each of these processes.
These files can be imported into FARO Connect for processing, for more information on this process: .
