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3DF Zephyr Dev Status (Nespola)

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	The next version of 3DF Zephyr (Codename Nespola) is version 9.0 and brings a substantial set of new features, workflow improvements and bug fixes.		The next version of 3DF Zephyr (Codename Nespola) is version 9.0 and brings a substantial set of new features, workflow improvements, and bug fixes.

	Since we are a cool company using cutting-edge technology, ~~the Nespola on the left does not exist. It~~ has been generated with AI. It might ~~look like an apricot, but it's not. It's definitely a Nespola~~.		Since we are a cool company using cutting-edge technology, this changelog has been generated with AI. It might contain errors and non-existent features.

	The tentative release date is 2026.		The tentative release date is May 2026.

	Here's a brief report of the planned features in development and their status.		Here's a brief report of the planned features in development and their status.
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	! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| Gaussian Splatting ~~export~~		! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| Gaussian Splatting
	\| style="width: 70%;" \| Added ~~support for exporting~~ Gaussian Splatting ~~objects, and merge workspace now correctly includes Gaussian Splatting objects~~		\| style="width: 70%;" \| Added Gaussian Splatting generation directly integrated in Zephyr

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	! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| ~~New camera controller~~		! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| Improved photoconsistency speed
	\| style="width: 70%;" \| ~~Added~~ a ~~new tripod-style camera controller (similar to the one in Scarlet) to make defining control~~ points ~~and drawing elements on bubble view images easier~~		\| style="width: 70%;" \| Photoconsistency has been sped up when dealing with a big number of points

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	! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| ~~Smooth surface tool~~		! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| Satellite data from MapTiler
	\| style="width: 70%;" \| Added ~~a smooth surface tool similar to those found in lidar software like Leica Cyclone and Riegl RiSCAN, useful~~ for ~~cleaning people and noise out of scan~~ data		\| style="width: 70%;" \| Added support for MapTiler satellite data inside the Zephyr render

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	! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| ~~Masquerade for orthophoto-to-mesh segmentation~~		! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| New camera controller
	\| style="width: 70%;" \| ~~The orthophoto tool can now open Masquerade in~~ a ~~special mode to mask and cut meshes directly from an orthophoto~~		\| style="width: 70%;" \| Added a new tripod-style camera controller (similar to the one in Scarlet) to make defining control points and drawing elements on bubble view images easier

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	~~! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| Satellite data from MapTiler~~
	~~\| style="width: 70%;" \| Added support for MapTiler satellite data inside~~ the ~~Zephyr render~~

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	! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| ~~AI training preparation tools~~		! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| New grid object
	\| style="width: 70%;" \| ~~Added batch processing dialogs to prepare .zep files for AI masking and AI classification training pipelines~~		\| style="width: 70%;" \| New antialiased grid object on viewport

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	~~! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| COLMAP SfM export~~
	~~\| style="width: 70%;" \| Added export of SfM data in COLMAP format (both binary and textual), with options for sparse/dense/mesh and y/z up axis~~

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	! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| Custom reference system on export		! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| Custom reference system on export
	\| style="width: 70%;" \| Added the option to convert to a custom reference system on export for every kind of object: cameras/sparse point cloud, dense point cloud, meshes, textured meshes and ~~orthophoto~~		\| style="width: 70%;" \| Added the option to convert to a custom reference system on export for every kind of object: cameras/sparse point cloud, dense point cloud, meshes, textured meshes, and orthophotos.

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			! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| Gaussian Splatting export
			\| style="width: 70%;" \| Added support for exporting Gaussian Splatting objects, and merge workspace now correctly includes Gaussian Splatting objects

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	! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| Pivot camera controller in Ground Extraction		! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| Pivot camera controller in Ground Extraction
	\| style="width: 70%;" \| Fixed pivot camera controller behavior inside the Ground Extraction Filter dialog		\| style="width: 70%;" \| Fixed pivot camera controller behavior inside the Ground Extraction Filter dialog

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			! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| Masquerade for orthophoto-to-mesh segmentation
			\| style="width: 70%;" \| The orthophoto tool can now open Masquerade in a special mode to mask and cut meshes directly from an orthophoto

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			! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| AI training preparation tools
			\| style="width: 70%;" \| Added batch processing dialogs to prepare .zep files for AI masking and AI classification training pipelines

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	! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| Path saves		! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" \| Path saves
	\| style="width: 70%;" \| Zephyr now correctly ~~recognises~~ the folder of the currently open project when using save dialogs		\| style="width: 70%;" \| Zephyr now correctly recognizes the folder of the currently open project when using save dialogs

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3DF Zephyr Dev Status (Nespola)

3Dflow — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:24:03 GMT

Created page with "left|75px The next version of 3DF Zephyr (Codename Nespola) is version 9.0 and brings a substantial set of new features, workflow improvements and bug fixes. Since we are a cool company using cutting-edge technology, the Nespola on the left does not exist. It has been generated with AI. It might look like an apricot, but it's not. It's definitely a Nespola. The tentative release date is 2026. Here's a brief report of the planned features in develo..."

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[[File:Nespola.png|left|75px]]
The next version of 3DF Zephyr (Codename Nespola) is version 9.0 and brings a substantial set of new features, workflow improvements and bug fixes.

Since we are a cool company using cutting-edge technology, the Nespola on the left does not exist. It has been generated with AI. It might look like an apricot, but it's not. It's definitely a Nespola.

The tentative release date is 2026.

Here's a brief report of the planned features in development and their status.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 1200px;"
| style="color: Red;" | Note: this is not the final feature list: new planned features will be unveiled as we get closer to release!
|}

== Major features and updates ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 1200px;"

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Gaussian Splatting export
| style="width: 70%;" | Added support for exporting Gaussian Splatting objects, and merge workspace now correctly includes Gaussian Splatting objects

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | New camera controller
| style="width: 70%;" | Added a new tripod-style camera controller (similar to the one in Scarlet) to make defining control points and drawing elements on bubble view images easier

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Smooth surface tool
| style="width: 70%;" | Added a smooth surface tool similar to those found in lidar software like Leica Cyclone and Riegl RiSCAN, useful for cleaning people and noise out of scan data

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Masquerade for orthophoto-to-mesh segmentation
| style="width: 70%;" | The orthophoto tool can now open Masquerade in a special mode to mask and cut meshes directly from an orthophoto

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Satellite data from MapTiler
| style="width: 70%;" | Added support for MapTiler satellite data inside the Zephyr render

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Uniform selection tools
| style="width: 70%;" | Selection tools have been unified: every subtool (By Hand, Plane, Color, Points, Triangles) now exposes a consistent target selector to operate on all visible objects or on specific ones

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Volume of interest selection
| style="width: 70%;" | Volume of interest selection is now available across all selection subtools (Plane, RGB, By Triangle, By Points, etc.)

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Meshes in point filtering tool
| style="width: 70%;" | The point filtering tool now also accepts meshes as input

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | AI training preparation tools
| style="width: 70%;" | Added batch processing dialogs to prepare .zep files for AI masking and AI classification training pipelines

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | COLMAP SfM export
| style="width: 70%;" | Added export of SfM data in COLMAP format (both binary and textual), with options for sparse/dense/mesh and y/z up axis

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | ESRI tiled mesh export
| style="width: 70%;" | Added export option for ESRI i3s tiled mesh format

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Custom reference system on export
| style="width: 70%;" | Added the option to convert to a custom reference system on export for every kind of object: cameras/sparse point cloud, dense point cloud, meshes, textured meshes and orthophoto

|}

== Minor bug fixes and updates ==

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 1200px;"

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Fixed crash on merging unstructured dense clouds
| style="width: 70%;" | Merging two unstructured dense clouds no longer produces an invalid structured cloud that crashes subsequent operations like orthophoto generation

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | PLY loader fixed
| style="width: 70%;" | Fixed regression where some valid PLY files were skipped on load

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | STL import with non-Latin filenames
| style="width: 70%;" | Fixed charset issue preventing STL files with Japanese (and other non-Latin) characters in their filename from being imported

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Laser scan color toggle fixed
| style="width: 70%;" | Fixed a bug where laser scans remained stuck on uniform colors after toggling the option off in mixed projects

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Circular markers detection fixed
| style="width: 70%;" | Fixed circular marker detection: the "number of markers" parameter is now correctly honored

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Pivot camera controller in Ground Extraction
| style="width: 70%;" | Fixed pivot camera controller behavior inside the Ground Extraction Filter dialog

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Select by plane dialog fixed
| style="width: 70%;" | Fixed selection not working in the SelectByPlane dialog

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Quad buffer picking fixed
| style="width: 70%;" | Fixed offset 3D picking when using quad buffer stereo devices

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | High DPI / scaling fixes
| style="width: 70%;" | Fixed several layout issues with specific resolution and scaling configurations: new project cutting phase buttons, fixed size behavior, and the camera calibration tool now displays correctly at full screen

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Path saves
| style="width: 70%;" | Zephyr now correctly recognises the folder of the currently open project when using save dialogs

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Save As disabled on empty workspace
| style="width: 70%;" | Save As is now correctly disabled at startup when the workspace is empty

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | OBJ texture loading from Metashape
| style="width: 70%;" | Fixed loading of OBJ files exported from Metashape when the texture filename contains spaces

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Image undistortion consistency
| style="width: 70%;" | Fixed an inconsistency between FlowSaM image undistortion and the box resizer scale factor calculation

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | GSD as orthophoto property
| style="width: 70%;" | The GSD used during orthophoto generation is now exposed as a property of the orthophoto object

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | CSV export of camera stats
| style="width: 70%;" | The Camera Stats dialog now supports CSV export

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Camera Visible Points CSV export
| style="width: 70%;" | The "Camera Visible Points and Mean Reprojection Error" section of the PDF report can now also be exported as CSV, useful for forensics workflows

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Polyline area in properties
| style="width: 70%;" | Added surface area information to the polyline properties section

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Non dataset-dependent multicamera settings
| style="width: 70%;" | The multicamera wizard now supports saving and loading camera constraints independently of the dataset, so the same XML can be reused across different projects

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Improvements to input options dialog
| style="width: 70%;" | The input section in the options dialog has been improved: hotkey collisions are now reported with the conflicting key shown, message colors have been revised, and a search/filter field has been added

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Updated Constraints / Check points terminology
| style="width: 70%;" | Reviewed and clarified the terminology, accuracy and weight handling for Ground Control Points and Check Points across dialogs, advanced settings and the PDF report; report figures and tables now clearly separate GCP from ChP statistics

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Coordinate header labels
| style="width: 70%;" | Reviewed and made consistent the header strings for coordinate fields when working with geographic coordinate systems (Latitude, Longitude, Altitude/Ellipsoid height)

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | FPS overlay
| style="width: 70%;" | Added an optional FPS overlay (off by default)

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Network drive warning
| style="width: 70%;" | Added a warning when saving projects or using image datasets stored on a network drive

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Updated ffmpeg libraries
| style="width: 70%;" | ffmpeg libraries have been updated, expanding video format support including HEIF video files

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Labeled slider update
| style="width: 70%;" | General improvements to the labeled slider widget used across dialogs

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Advanced settings
| style="width: 70%;" | General improvements and reorganisation of the advanced settings panels

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Grid startup effect
| style="width: 70%;" | Added a cool grid effect on startup

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
! scope="row" style="width: 30%;text-align:left;" | Brand new bugs
| style="width: 70%;" | Ad maiora semper!

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3Dflow — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:17:32 GMT

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	== Status report for the next release ==		== Status report for the next release ==

	* [[3DF Zephyr Dev Status (~~Lampone~~)]] (v.7.5)		* [[3DF Zephyr Dev Status (Nespola)]] (v.9.0)

	== Status report for the previous release ==		== Status report for the previous release ==
			* [[3DF Zephyr Dev Status (Mango)]] (v.8.0)
			* [[3DF Zephyr Dev Status (Lampone)]] (v.7.5)
	* [[3DF Zephyr Dev Status (Giuggiola)]] (v.7.0)		* [[3DF Zephyr Dev Status (Giuggiola)]] (v.7.0)
	* [[3DF Zephyr Dev Status (Fragola)]] (v.6.5)		* [[3DF Zephyr Dev Status (Fragola)]] (v.6.5)