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Capture v1.0.367

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Instructions

Build 1.0.367

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Saved Helper… Explorer Harvest

Another Capture window is open — mesh jobs and Street View bake blocked here.

Boundary

Open a project folder (File → New project folder… / Open project folder…), then draw the site outline. Set up Luma Helper below anytime.

Zones

Show LOD tile grid Create seamless donuts for each zone

Zones appear after you close a site outline. Then run the mesh harvest from the dock below.

Stations

Show coverage draws Google’s blue network. Click near a blue road or sphere to preview and add a station. Use the bottom-left key for optional resolution/date sample dots.

Baking Street View imagery…

Runs on your PC via Luma Helper — the browser only shows status. You can close this tab and the bake continues.

Show coverage, then click near a blue road to add a station.

Tiles are already on disk. Change atlas in Settings, then Bake mesh — no extra Google download.

Explorer: not linked

Settings

Saving to

Same folder as your .lumasite. Luma Helper resolves the disk path when you open the project folder; use Locate only if auto-detect fails.

Harvest token (override only) Blender.exe Explorer URL

Mesh atlas (Max / Blender) Build atlases & join blocks Max atlas texture size

Run capture downloads Google tiles into .lumatiles. After that, change these settings and click Bake mesh (no Google). Atlases pack whole tiles per zone up to max size (1:1, never cut).

Backup before mesh jobs

Explorer project

Not linked — Save stays on this folder. Sign in to Explorer to pick a project.

Linked project

Linking remembers the Explorer project in this folder. Save stays local. Sending selected units is separate (needs Luma Helper online).

The Maps API key comes from Explorer when you open this page — nothing to paste. Harvest token is only for rare overrides (e.g. air-gapped installs).

Est. download —

Luma Helper is not running. Local companion for LUMA Capture (Python harvest + Street View packs). Click Install Luma Helper, then open Install-Luma-Helper.cmd from the browser download bar (Keep if Chrome warns). A setup window asks about startup and Max / Blender plugins. Use Start if Helper is already installed.

Setup EXE (legacy) Instructions

Luma Helper: checking…

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Setup instructions

Panorama resolution

If a size runs out of RAM, Helper retries at half until it fits.

Needs Luma Helper. Bakes into StreetView inside this project folder and keeps the files so a later bake can skip what is already there. To bake one pin, leave only that station (or tick one date), then Bake. File → Save project also bakes when the pano pack is dirty.

Coverage key

Color by Resolution Capture date

Street View — loading
High res (≥8k)
Medium res (4–8k)
Low res (<4k)
Other / Photo Sphere

Street View — date unknown
Recent (≤2y)
Mid age (2–5y)
Older (>5y)
Date unknown
Other / Photo Sphere

Street View preview

History

Panorama specs

Station

Select a station

Select a Street View station to edit heading, link history, or refresh coverage.

0:00 Mesh job running…

Next: open mesh in your DCC (same as Luma Helper tray).

Open a LUMA project folder

A LUMA project is a folder. Capture writes the .lumasite, panorama and mesh packs, and its own settings inside it — nothing is left in the browser.

Folder access is not available in this browser — use Chrome or Edge on desktop to author LUMA Capture projects.

Build 1.0.367

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Unsaved changes

Save your Luma site before continuing?

Python required for harvest

Harvest runs on Python on your PC. Luma Helper can install Python 3.12 automatically.

Choose project file

This folder has more than one .lumasite — pick which one to open.

KMZ boundary found

This file contains a polygon. Use it as the site outline, or just fly the map there?

Overwrite packs in this folder?

Overwrite the site pack and sibling mesh packs in this project folder?

Explorer changed since last sync

Explorer was edited in the workshop since Capture last synced.

Explorer send

Include

Explorer will ask to regenerate the terrain lock after a boundary import.

On Explorer only

These pins are on Explorer but not linked from this Capture folder — they will not be deleted.

Helper offline — connect Luma Helper to send.

Sign in to Explorer in this browser to send.

Send

Include

Sending…

3ds Max is not running

Open Max and place cameras / boundary from this Capture session?

Version

Blender is not running

Open Blender and place cameras / boundary from this Capture session?

Done