Students from Saratov State University of Geology and Technology have created effective 3D modeling software for an industrial partner.
On August 21, a team of students from the Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies (SSUGT) successfully completed and defended a complex engineering project as part of the federal program "Personnel for UAS." In just six weeks, the youth team "DroneSoft" developed a software module for automatically creating 3D wireframe models based on aerial photography data.
The students faced an ambitious task: to create a program that analyzes drone data (3D tile models, height matrices) and automatically identifies and classifies objects on the ground—buildings, garages, trees, poles, etc. The result was a fully functional application with a user-friendly graphical interface.
The developed application allows the user to upload DEM files, launch an automatic process for selecting and classifying objects, and then, crucially, manually monitor and adjust the results – adding new objects, modifying existing ones, and ultimately exporting the completed, highly detailed 3D models in the popular gltf format for further practical use.
The implementation of this development will significantly reduce the time and labor costs of creating realistic 3D models of territories – so-called "digital twins" – which are critical for urban development, design, and infrastructure management.



