PanoCamAdder+ now available!

The PanoCamAdder is an addon for Blender.

It is helpfull to create 3D models from equirectangular panoramas.
The PanoCamAdder is also helpfull for creating models especially for KRpano 3D-depthmap panorama tours.

Get the addon for 5+€ on Gumroad!

The PanoCamAdder+ is full compatible to the free vesrion!
Means: If you start with the free version, you can finish your project with PanoCamAdder+.

Features:

• Same features as the free version.
• Easy toggeling between different 360 cameras.
• Zoom slider for the 360 viewer.
• Quick viewport settings.
• Prepare the models for KRpano with just one click.
• Read out the panorama positions/rotations (translated to KRpano 3D space) to create 3D-depthmap panorama tours.
• Add hotspots to the models to read out the location and rotation values (translated to KRpano 3D space).
• Print preformed xml-code for positioning panoramas and hotspots quickly in KRpano.

FeatureVideo
Short video about adding hotspots

More infos here:
der-mische.de/panocamadder

Best regards!

UPDATEs:

• PCA 1.1
• PCA 1.2
• PCA 1.3
• PCA 1.4
• PCA 1.5
• PCA 1.6
• PCA 1.7
• PCA 2.0
• PCA 2.1
• PCA 2.2

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a 3D-Depthmap Virtual Tour with 3D-transitions.
I have prepared a xml-template, so this will be done very quickly!

YouTube Screencast

Full tutorial here:
3D Depthmap Tour – Tutorial outdated!

Check ou my latest tutorials here.

Hi!

Yesterday I have had an issue with the PanoCamAdder and krpano.
The problem was, the rotation values were always totaly wrong.
After long trial and error I found the problem:
The panorama was remappt in krpano, while creating the tiles. Not sure why, but I think it was because of the north-setting in the exif-data.

How to fix it:
Set the "autolevel" setting in the basicsettings.config to "prealign".
https://krpano.com/docu/tools/config/#autolevel

Best regards!

Hi!

It mostly happens when another language than English is selected in blender.
Hopefully I can fix it for the next release. For now you have to switch back to English.

Best regards !

Hi panoyun,
thanks for your feedback!

If you have a specific question about the workflow, feel free to ask here.

And if you are totally new to Blender, I recommend to watch the 'Blender Fundamentals' video-playlist from the Blender YouTube channel.

Best regards!

Mostly I rotate the first panorama to fit it to the 3D space.
Means: To align the walls of a room (for example) to the x- and y-axis.
This is optional but high recommended, because it makes modeling much more comfortable.
YouTube

If you want to add more panorams to your model, you must(!) rotate them to fit the new panorama to the model.
Youtube

New version available:
Gumroad 5+€

• Bugfix: Sometimes wrong values (opposite sign) for the vertical axis.
• New hotspot placeholder: The new placeholder has the same direction as other objects now. Theoretically you can use every object as hotspotplaceholder now. But I recommend to use the new 'add Hotspot object', because there is frontside, backside easier to point out!
• Dimensions: The dimensions of the objects are now translated to krpano- width and height. Means: You can add a placeholder, rotate and scale it to get a hotspot-code with correct width- and height values!
• New hotspot codes:
  HS raw: name; width; height; tx; ty; tz; rx; ry; rz.
  HS rectangle: Same as 'raw' + some style to get an instant hotspot design. You can choose bgcolor and bgalpha before printing!
  HS circle: Same as 'rectangle' + bgroundedge (half size from the shorter length).
  HS image: Add images as hotspot (enable 'Add images as planes' first).

Features Video (YouTube)

The update is for free (you should have recieved an email).

Happy blending!

Hi!
Easier tour-workflow with PanoCamAdder+1.1:
If all cameras are placed in one single model, no seperated „Tour-blend“ file is needed to get the krpano-values.

• Youtube
• PCA1.1 BlogPost outdated!

Ckeck my latest tutorials here.

This is a small but important update.

• The 'Make ExportReady' operator works now correct for the horizontal axis, too.
• Some UI optimations.

Means: You can level your panoramas with Blender. But best practise is still to use well straightend panorams.

I have tested this here:

• YouTube
• Result

The update is for free (you should have recieved an email).

Best regards!

Hi Scott!

I will take a look. Can you please send the equirectangular panorama, too?
Easiest way to pack it into the blend-file:
Go to 'File/ External Date/ Pack All Into .blend'

Best regards!

Hi Scott!

I have tested your file. Not sure what was going wrong there.. (maybe two different panoramas for blender and krpano? Or remapping in KRPano because of gps/north datas in the exifdatas?) Anyways.. I started with a new blend-file from scratch. It works!

Watch a screencast on YouTube, if you like.
Or download the stl frome here.

Best regards!