Photogrammetry

Photogrammetry turns drone imagery of a roof into a measured 3D model. You upload the photos through the Portal, and the finished model imports into your residential planning as a measured-accuracy roof so you can place panels precisely. A job typically finishes in about 15 to 45 minutes.

This service in one place

Photogrammetry shows up in two parts of the product, and each has its own dedicated page:

• Turn the service on and give your users access. For that, see the Photogrammetry settings page under Settings > Planning & offer > Photogrammetry.
• Create a job, upload imagery, review the flight path, run the model, and import it into a plan. For the full walkthrough, see 3D drone photogrammetry under the offer's 3D planning, plan-building section.

This page is the Services-area pointer to those two surfaces. Use the Settings page to turn the service on, and the plan-building page to run a job.

Things to know

• Upload happens in the Portal. Use a desktop Portal browser to upload your drone imagery.
• Minimum 15 images per job, with 60 to 100 recommended for good coverage. DJI drones produce the cleanest results; imagery from other drones may capture less orientation detail.
• The model feeds residential planning. A finished job imports into the offer's planning as the 3D roof base.
• Turn the service on and grant access first. Enable the service and give it to the users who need it on the Photogrammetry settings page (Settings > Planning & offer > Photogrammetry) before creating a job.
• Photogrammetry pairs naturally with Planning Service. Fly the drone, model the roof, then have Reonic design the system for you. See Planning Service.

Need help?

• Step-by-step questions about this flow → contact your Reonic account manager.
• Feature requests or something missing → drop a note to your account manager.
• Bug reports → contact Reonic support with a screenshot and a description of what you were doing.

Last updated on August 4, 2026