3DF Zephyr Dev Status (Clementine)

The next version of 3DF Zephyr (Codename Clementine) is already in development.

The tentative release date is set for the early Summer 2019, although some closed beta versions will be certainly released before.

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

Note: this is not the final feature lists: new planned features will be unveiled as we get closer to release!

Major features and updates

Detail enhancement for mesh	Better detail extraction during the mvs/mesh extraction	Advanced Development (75%)
Speeded up MVS stereo generation	The multiview stereo has been speeded up further	Advanced Development (75%)
Better texture UV packing	Better UV packing algorithm during mesh generation (space saving)	Ready for testing (90%)
Unified Mesh and dense point cloud computation	In order to optimize the computation, mesh and dense point cloud will be computed one shot by default. It will be still possible to generate a separate point cloud if needed.	In Development (50%)
Export orthophoto as single tiff	The tiled orthophoto can now be exported as a unique BigTiff file	Ready for testing (90%)
3D stereo display support	Quad buffer support for stereo 3D display	Ready for testing (90%)
3D mouse support	3Dconnexion mouse support	In Development (50%)
Major library update	All our core libraries for (3D engine, Math, GUI) have been updated to the latest version with several bug fixes.	Ready for testing (90%)
Dxf import	You can import polylines and points as dxf in Zephyr Aerial	Proof of concept (25%)

New alignement tools	The alignemnt tools dialog has been reorganized for better usage	Completed (100%)
Improved mesh enhance filter	The mesh enhancement filter has been improved to extract more details	Advanced Development (75%)
Support for custom geoid	You can now load custom Geoid for georeferencing	Completed (100%)
Raised internal resolution	The single image resolution can now be bigger	Completed (100%)
Texturing preset page	The texturing generation page now have presets as the other pages	Completed (100%)
New "General" preset	New General preset category suitable for most cases	Completed (100%)
Copy all in Masquerade speed up	The "Copy all" command in Masquerade now work instantly	Completed (100%)
Improved Flat Shading	Improved flat shading rendering and correct an issue	Completed (100%)
Improved Flat Shading	Corrected an issue and improved the flat shading rendering shader	Completed (100%)

Improved FlowEngine interface	More functions have been exposed in FlowEngine	Completed (100%)
Marker detection in FlowEngine	FlowEngine now support marker detection	Completed (100%)
Unified login system	Zephyr license managment from the 3Dflow.net website	Advanced Development (75%)