Table 2 Settings used to generate 3D models in Agisoft Photoscan/Metashape Professional software.

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Process

Settings

Align photos

High accuracy, generic preselection enabled, 50,000 key point limit, 5,000 tie point limit

Optimize camera alignment

Use all the ones selected by the software

Build dense cloud

Medium quality, mild depth filtering, reuse depth maps disabled

Build mesh

Arbitrary surface type, high face count, interpolation enabled, calculate vertex colors enabled

Build texture

Adaptive orthophoto mapping mode, mosaic blending mode, texture size/count 16,384, enable hole filling

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