Sim Scene Maker

1 Drone photos

Choose the folder holding the 35 PANO_xxxx.JPG frames from one DJI sphere panorama.

2 Line up & check

Photos are placed using the gimbal angles DJI records in each one. Set front to face the flight line: click that spot on the panorama, or look at it in the viewer and press Use this view as front.

Front heading ° Photo outlines Even out exposure Fill sky gap Seam blend

Cube edges

Drag to look around, scroll to zoom. Magenta on the panorama = no photo covers it (DJI leaves a small gap straight overhead); with Fill sky gap on it is painted in from the surrounding sky.

Faces as saved for Heli-X (mirrored, as Heli-X expects)

Advanced lens settings

35 mm equivalent focal length mm Lens distortion k1

3 Make the Heli-X scene

Scene name

Sizes 1024 2048 4096 8192 (upscaled)

Format JPG PNG quality

Also Create / update scene.xml resolution flags Save 360° panorama (for Blender) size

Author (for a new airport file)

Output: choose a folder