Using OpenSpace

Using OpenSpace

Managing OpenSpace Captures

Viewing Your OpenSpace 360° Captures on Desktop

Access and view captures from the Active Projects page Log in to OpenSpace. The Active Projects p...
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Viewing OpenSpace Captures - Capture Paths

Available on desktopPermissionsTaskViewerEditorSite AdministratorOrganization AdministratorUse Ca...
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Viewing your Captures - Sheet View

Sheet View allows you to have more visual and intuitive control over your captures. You are able ...
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Overhead Captures

OverviewOverhead captures allow you to document the spaces above the standard line of sight durin...
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Watch capture as a video via Playback Mode

 Background:Have you ever wanted to view your capture as a video, rather than clicking through a ...
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Managing OpenSpace Captures on the Go

OverviewWith the OpenSpace mobile app, you can quickly find specific photos while on the go witho...
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Cameras

Supported 360° Cameras

OverviewThe 360° Cameras listed below are the only cameras that are currently compatible with Ope...
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Supported Mobile Devices

When it comes to your mobile device, the most important factors are stability of connection, ease...
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Accessories for 360° Photography

With Any 360 Camera: Illumagear Halo Light (Hard Hat Lighting) LED Headlamp (with Helmet Clips) ...
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Connecting Camera to the Mobile Device

For the Insta360 One X3 For the Insta360 OneRS 1-Inch For the Insta360 One X *Discontinued, but s...
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Mounting Your Camera

Overview Mounting your camera to a hard hat requires 3 components: A double-sided sticky (VHB ad...
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Is Your Camera's SD Card Full? Here's How to 'Open' Up Some 'Space'!

The SD Card for your camera will need to be formatted, if: Each time you insert a different SD ca...
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Insta360

Insta360 Camera Comparison

Overview OpenSpace supports a number of 360° cameras from Insta360. To help you evaluate which mo...
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Insta360 Cameras: Check your U-Disk Mode

OverviewThis is only applicable to Insta360 camera. When plugging the camera into your computer t...
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Ricoh Theta

Ricoh Theta Z1 Setup

To connect your camera to the Ricoh Theta camera: 1. Download the OpenSpace.ai Construction app t...
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OpenSpace Air

Drone Capture Best Practices

OverviewKey considerations of drone flying are critical to achieve the most accurate and detailed...
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Drone Image Uploading and Processing

Permissions Task Viewer Editor Site Admin Org Admin Uploading drone captures   ✓ ✓ ✓ ...
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Uploading Additional Drone Images to an Existing Capture

Permissions Task Viewer Editor Site Admin Org Admin Uploading additional drone capture...
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Managing Drone Captures

OverviewAfter OpenSpace Air processes your drone capture, you’ll be able to view your orthomosaic...
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Drone Overlays

PermissionsTaskViewerEditorSite adminOrg adminUpload and align overlays ✓✓✓View overlays✓✓✓✓Overv...
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Drone Capture Exports

OverviewOpenSpace Air makes it easy to share and integrate site capture data across a variety of ...
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OpenSpace BIM Viewer

Set Up BIM Compare

OverviewBefore we can align your BIM model to a floor plan, you’ll need to have performed a 360° ...
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Autodesk Model Import

OverviewWith OpenSpace BIM+, you can import a model directly from Autodesk Build or BIM 360 Docs....
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Multiple Models

OverviewAs the AEC industry increasingly adopts BIM modeling as a part of standard processes and ...
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Saved Views in BIM Compare

OverviewWith Saved Views, you can bookmark saved locations in BIM Compare, including BIM model vi...
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Point Clouds in BIM Compare

OverviewPoint clouds in BIM Compare address challenges when you need a high degree of reality dat...
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Self-Serve BIM to Sheet Alignment

OverviewBIM sheet alignment is a user-friendly feature that enables you to quickly align your Ope...
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OpenSpace BIM+

BIM+ Introduction

What is OpenSpace BIM+? OpenSpace BIM+ streamlines coordination by providing an intuitive, self-s...
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BCF export w/ XYZ coordinates

Overview You can export one or multiple Field Notes from OpenSpace to a BCF file and then import ...
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Offline BIM Viewer

Permissions Task Viewer Editor Site Administrator Organization Administrator Use Offli...
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Point Clouds in BIM Compare

Permissions Task Viewer Editor Site Administrator Organization Administrator Use Point...
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BIM Element Overlay

Permissions Task Viewer Editor Site Admin Org Admin Create Overlay ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Set the D...
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Saved Views in BIM Compare

OverviewBookmark saved locations in BIM Compare, including BIM model visibility states (e.g., hid...
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BIM Compare

More Information about your model in OpenSpace

Updates to BIM Compare Open up BIM Compare in OpenSpace and check out the bottom right corner of ...
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BIM Realignment

PermissionsTaskViewerEditorSite AdminOrg AdminBIM Temporary Adjustment ​✓✓If you have uploaded a ...
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Using BIM Compare

Overview This video shows some of the most commonly used features of OpenSpace's BIM Viewer Lear...
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BIM Compare Sheet Overlay Feature

What is Sheet Overlay? The new Sheet Overlay feature in BIM Compare enables OpenSpace users to vi...
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Set Up BIM Compare

Permissions ​Task Viewer Editor Site Administrator Organization Administrator Upload...
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OpenSpace Field

Using Worklist

OverviewWith Worklist you can send Field Notes to your trade partners—like subs and foremen—so th...
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Converting Field Notes into Procore Observations

OverviewThis article walks you through the steps to convert Field Notes from OpenSpace into Proco...
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Converting Field Notes into Procore Punch List

OverviewThis article walks you through the steps to convert Field Notes from OpenSpace into Proco...
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Creating and Managing Field Notes in the OpenSpace Mobile App

Permissions Task Viewer Editor Site Admin Org Admin Creating Field Notes   ✓  ✓  ✓  ...
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Creating and Managing Field Notes on the Web

OverviewThe Field Notes feature is built so you can quickly capture details about your project fo...
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Field Note Permissions

OverviewOpenSpace has four roles: viewer, editor, site administrator, and org administrator. A pe...
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OpenSpace Legacy Track

Getting Started with Legacy OpenSpace Track

This article includes steps for our legacy OpenSpace Track solution, which we’re no longer offeri...
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Legacy OpenSpace Track Schedule Analytics

This article includes steps for our legacy OpenSpace Track solution, which we’re no longer offeri...
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FAQs

Lighting Specs

Job sites with OSHA level lighting generally yield nice images in OpenSpace, and we can recommend...
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OpenSpace Best Practices

Make your jobsite capture ready with proper lighting. All cameras like to take pictures in good...
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Troubleshooting: General Tips

OverviewThis article provides solutions to common issues you might encounter.Improving image qual...
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OpenSpace Features Glossary

When viewing your captures you will notice on your screen the different features in OpenSpace. B...
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Can I embed OpenSpace into other platforms?

OverviewOpenSpace has a few different ways to integrate into select platforms. FAQCan I embed Ope...
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What is OpenSpace?

OpenSpace is the Visual Intelligence Platform for builders: capture your sites with smartphones, ...
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What's New

⭐ Release Notes

April 2026 New BIM viewer: We built a new OpenSpace BIM viewer from the ground up, including o...
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Archived Release Notes

July 2022 Release Notes

July 20thReleased breadcrumb navigation, making it easier to navigate between projects within an ...
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June 2022 Release Notes

June 7thBETA: Integrated the BIM viewer with progress tracking sheet view so that designs could b...
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May 2022 Release Notes

5/4/2022Large, multipage PDF upload support5/11/2022Mobile app version v5.0New organization and p...
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April 2022 Release Notes

4/5/2022Added pagination to BIM360 Field Note Integration, users can now quickly find and link th...
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March 2022 Release Notes

03/07/2022Added Spanish language translations to OpenSpace web application.3/15/2022Improved user...
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