Hi there,
We’ve had a strange problem emerge… one of our machines has started building roughly 10-20 cameras at the first alignment, then on the next alignment adding roughly another 10-20 and so on until all cameras are aligned. This is very unusual, as for similar data sets we’d normally see all cameras align, possibly with a few smaller chunks on the first attempt.
Also the texture generation has started failing with an unknown error.
I have reset to default setting and reinstalled the program once. The workstation next to it is running fine, but is older and slower.
Any suggestions?
Many thanks.
Compare the alignment settings on both machines.
You may have to change something there.
Hi ShadowTail, thanks for the reply. I’ve tried that and everything is identical and then tried reset to default settings and then reinstalled CR… still the same problem. I’m a bit stumped as this problem has appeared without any changes to settings in CR.
Did it ever work on this machine?
Might it be some compatibility issue?
Yes, its worked for nearly two years with CR and never encountered this problem.
I tend to get multiple components when I don’t have enough images or the difference between the images is too big (colour change due to one-sided lighting)
For objects on a turntable 8/16/24/32 photos per revolution can make a world of a difference (Its what I use RC for).
Sounded to me as if Jack knows what he’s doing… 
And the new ones work on the older machine.
Jack, just to be sure - does the PC show this behaviour also with old projects?
And I personally have no idea what it might be.
All I can do is try to help isolating the problem with silly questions…
Hi jack
Can we get in touch over TeamViewer or can you send the dataset for inspection ?
Hi Milos,
That would be great, could really do with the help. I’ve upgraded to the latest version and still no luck. I’ll email you with the Team Viewer Login.
Many thanks!
Thought I’d update everyone on solving this issue… Milos had a look at the project file and realised that the images weren’t being read properly, suggesting it could be a codec issue. I repaired the Microsoft Camera Codec incase anything was corrupted but to no avail. Then remembered we had installed Fast Picture Viewer to read some Panasonic RAW files from a drone shoot. Uninstalled that and everything was back to normal. It had been working with this installed but maybe a recent windows update set the problem off. :roll: