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 page for your organiz...
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Viewing OpenSpace Captures - Capture Paths

Available on desktopPermissionsTaskViewerEditorSite AdministratorOrganization AdministratorUse Capture Paths✓✓✓✓Overv...
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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 to see what captures...
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Overhead Captures

OverviewOverhead captures allow you to document the spaces above the standard line of sight during your 360° video wa...
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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 series of 360 images...
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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 without having to tap doz...
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Cameras

360° Camera Image Quality Comparison

OverviewThis article compares real capture quality across four 360° cameras used with OpenSpace: Ricoh Theta Z1, Inst...
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Supported 360° Cameras

OverviewThe 360° Cameras listed below are the only cameras that are currently compatible with OpenSpace followed by a...
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Accessories for 360° Photography

With Any 360 Camera: Illumagear Halo Light (Hard Hat Lighting) LED Headlamp (with Helmet Clips) Liteband ACTIV 520 ...
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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 still supported.* For...
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Mounting Your Camera

Overview Mounting your camera to a hard hat requires 3 components: A double-sided sticky (VHB adhesive) pad A metal ...
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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 card into the camera. ...
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Insta360

Insta360 Cameras: Check your U-Disk Mode

OverviewThis is only applicable to Insta360 camera. When plugging the camera into your computer the USB connection ma...
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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 to your mobile device...
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OpenSpace Air

Drone Capture Best Practices

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

Permissions Task Viewer Editor Site Admin Org Admin Uploading drone captures   ✓ ✓ ✓ OverviewOpenSpace A...
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Uploading Additional Drone Images, Videos, and Panos to an Existing Capture

OverviewIn addition to drone mapping flight images, you may want to add additional images for detailed shots as well ...
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Managing Drone Captures

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

OverviewWith our drone overlay tool in OpenSpace Air, you can compare drone captures to existing conditions, designs,...
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Drone Capture Exports

OverviewOpenSpace Air makes it easy to share and integrate site capture data across a variety of workflows. Users can...
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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° video capture: Down...
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Using BIM Compare

OverviewThis article explains how to upload a BIM (Building Information Modeling) model to your OpenSpace project on ...
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Autodesk Model Import

OverviewWith OpenSpace BIM+, you can import a model directly from Autodesk Build or BIM 360 Docs. (If not importing f...
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Multiple Models

OverviewAs the AEC industry increasingly adopts BIM modeling as a part of standard processes and deliverables, models...
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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 OpenSpace sheets to you...
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Mobile BIM Viewer (With Offline Mode)

OverviewCellular data and Wi-Fi connectivity can be a challenge on construction sites, which can make it difficult to...
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OpenSpace BIM+

Autodesk Model Import

PermissionsOpenSpace permissions Task Viewer Editor Site Administrator Organization Administrator Upload v...
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BIM Compare

More Information about your model in OpenSpace

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

PermissionsTaskViewerEditorSite AdminOrg AdminBIM Temporary Adjustment ​✓✓If you have uploaded a model to your Projec...
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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 view the Sheet drawing...
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Set Up BIM Compare

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

Using Worklist

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

OverviewThis article walks you through the steps to convert Field Notes from OpenSpace into Procore Observations.Perm...
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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 Procore Punch List.Permis...
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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   ✓  ✓  ✓  Viewing 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 for visual communicati...
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Field Note Permissions

OverviewOpenSpace has four roles: viewer, editor, site administrator, and org administrator. A person's role controls...
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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 offering. You can learn ab...
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Legacy OpenSpace Track Schedule Analytics

This article includes steps for our legacy OpenSpace Track solution, which we’re no longer offering. You can learn ab...
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FAQs

Greenfield Project Deployment Tips

OverviewA greenfield project in construction means building a brand new facility from the ground up on untouched, und...
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How to Contact OpenSpace Support

You can get help from OpenSpace Support in a variety of ways.Online help centerBrowse our online help center for answ...
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2026 Holiday Schedule

Global observed holidays by regionBelow are all observed public holidays for 2026 across our supported regions. Durin...
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Lighting Specs

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

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

OverviewThis article provides solutions to common issues you might encounter.Improving image quality: tips for cleare...
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What's New

⭐ Release Notes

August 2026 Autodesk custom Issue support for Integrated Field Notes: If you’re using custom, company-defined Issu...
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Archived Release Notes

July 2022 Release Notes

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

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

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

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

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