How do you get a 3D tour with a dollhouse from an iGUIDE project?
Upload the project folder as iGUIDE Stitch keeps it on your computer: Virtuaaa builds the 3D tour with its dollhouse from the same panoramas. Your client still gets the iGUIDE report, with its plan and measurements.
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Why add Virtuaaa to your iGUIDE projects
- Compatible with iGUIDE. The shoot is done: the project folder is enough.
- Laser positions used on a single-floor project: each panorama goes where the PLANIX measured it.
- The PLANIX removed from the bottom of every panorama.
- One more thing to sell: a tour with your logo and a menu, $10 per tour you keep, paid once.
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Which files does Virtuaaa need from a PLANIX project?
The project folder as iGUIDE Stitch, the free desktop program from iGUIDE, keeps it on your computer.
In the projects I have imported, each scan folder holds a scan.jpg panorama and the project keeps a survey log with the laser position of every scan; iGUIDE does not document these files.
Drop the whole folder in the app: only the scan.jpg panoramas and the survey log are sent.
iGUIDE makes Stitch optional: a project aligned and published straight from the PLANIX app may leave no project folder on your computer. In that case, open the project in Stitch first, then drop its folder.
Does Virtuaaa use the PLANIX laser positions?
Yes, on a single-floor project: each panorama goes where the PLANIX measured it, and the laser gives the scale.
On a project of several floors, the panoramas are placed from the photos, as in any Virtuaaa tour, and the dollhouse stacks the floors; the 2D plan is drawn for single-floor tours.
The walls, the 2D plan and the dollhouse are computed from the panoramas.
Every scan position becomes a viewpoint linked to its neighbours, with the PLANIX removed from the bottom of each panorama, and a click on a circle on the floor slides the view in 3D to that spot.
iGUIDE and Virtuaaa on the same PLANIX project
Your PLANIX project opens in Virtuaaa as it is.
| iGUIDE | Virtuaaa | |
|---|---|---|
| Panorama tour | Yes, explored from the plan | Yes, with your logo and a menu |
| Panorama positions | PLANIX laser | PLANIX laser on one floor; from the photos on several floors |
| Floor plan | From the laser survey | Computed from the panoramas, with room names and areas, on single-floor tours |
| Measurements | Laser, compliant with ANSI Z765-2021 and RMS | Room dimensions 0 to 9 cm from the laser on one apartment also surveyed with iGUIDE; areas for guidance |
| 3D dollhouse | Not in the iGUIDE viewer; CAD model (Revit or DWG) sold as an option | Yes, in the tour, floors stacked |
| Hosting | iGUIDE Cloud, included in the processing price; can be downloaded | Free on Virtuaaa, or downloaded to your own site |
| Price | Standard from CA$48 per project | $10 per tour, paid once |
Checked on goiguide.com, help.youriguide.com and docs.youriguide.com. iGUIDE and PLANIX are trademarks of Planitar Inc. Virtuaaa is not affiliated with Planitar. For measurements to ANSI or RMS, keep the iGUIDE plan.
Questions from PLANIX owners
Does iGUIDE have a dollhouse view?
The iGUIDE viewer navigates from the floor plan and shows no dollhouse. iGUIDE sells a CAD 3D model as an option, a Revit or DWG file. Virtuaaa builds a dollhouse that opens inside the tour, covered with your panoramas.
Can I export the panoramas from my iGUIDE project?
Yes: the iGUIDE Portal and API give a ZIP of the panorama spheres. Virtuaaa takes the Stitch folder instead, because it also carries the survey log with the laser positions.
Can I get a virtual tour only, without the iGUIDE floor plan?
iGUIDE sells one: Radix, CAD 6.99, a tour without the floor plan. Virtuaaa builds the tour, with the dollhouse, from the same files, whether or not you order the iGUIDE report.
Is the Virtuaaa floor plan as accurate as the iGUIDE one?
The Virtuaaa plan is computed from the panoramas and its areas are given as an indication. On one apartment also surveyed with a laser, room dimensions came within 10 cm of the laser, with the camera height known. For ANSI or RMS measurements, keep the iGUIDE floor plan.
Can I use the PLANIX panoramas with another platform?
The PLANIX Pro and Core shoot with a Ricoh Theta Z1, the PLANIX R1 with a Theta X. Their scan.jpg panoramas open in Virtuaaa like any equirectangular panorama.
Add the 3D dollhouse to your iGUIDE projects
Upload the project folder: the 3D tour and its dollhouse build themselves. The first one is free.
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