Presentation given by Chris Bumgardner (CoFounder, Skycatch) at Autodesk University 2013 in Las Vegas.

1. Recap API Integration
Chris Bumgardner
CTO, CoFounder

2. Arial Robotics Platform

3. 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

4. Use-Case
• Construction customers that want daily 3D models
• Integrating Skycatch with Autodesk’s Recap API
makes that simple

5. Video
Building 3D Models with Skycatch
and Autodesk ReCap API:
http://vimeo.com/80049443

6. 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

7. 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
Recap API Processes
Images
Skycatch Server
Downloads 3D Model
and Embeds in Page
Drone Uploads Photos

8. 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

10. Thank You
Chris Bumgardner
cb@skycatch.com