Reverse engineering with photos converts to CAD

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We want to shoot multiple photos of airplanes museums cannot afford to build replica assemblies museums assemble.

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I asked the above question because I read about three years ago in Desktop Engineering about a canoe manufacturer that sometimes modifies canoes with adding more material to an area to test. If it works out better they needed to convert new canoe shape to CAD. I cannot remember software they use but it was photo based to convert photo image shadow density to CAD.

I found the following sources:

3D models from photos
Some of the photogrammetry software below are designed to work with all types of cameras regardless of lens quality. I don't believe using cameras without precision ground lenses that cost more can produce an accurate data cloud with acceptable accuracy. I believe using only a camera with 12-14 megapixel resolution will have more accurate results. And going to a higher resolution camera as they develop is even better. But experience will prove if more resolution is needed or not for cars, airplanes, boats, ships, homes, and buildings. And how many different angles are required for a good data cloud. A few 16 MP and one 20 MP cameras were found on Amazon and are expected to drop in price over the next few years.

Photomodeler (a close range photogrammetry system)
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Insight3D is an open-source image-based 3D modeling software that is purported to automatically recover the camera’s optical parameters and poses, along with a 3D point cloud of the scene.
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