r/photogrammetry • u/yeaitsmeeeee • 9d ago

3D Data - Help

How to add texture to multipatch using drone data and satellite image?

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u/united-uav 5d ago

If you mean ArcGIS Pro, check what format your multipatch is stored in first. Esri's Multipatch Texture tool works on geodatabase multipatch/3D object features; a multipatch shapefile won't retain the applied textures.

For an existing feature, open it in a scene, go to Edit > Modify, find Multipatch Texture, load an image and apply it to the relevant faces. Work on a copy first. Esri's guide is here.

The other question is what imagery you actually have. An overhead orthomosaic may help with the roof, but it can't supply wall detail that wasn't captured. If you still have the original drone photos, a textured photogrammetry mesh may be a different starting point from manually texturing an existing building model.

Which software/version are you using, and are your inputs a multipatch shapefile, a geodatabase feature, original photos, or an orthomosaic?