TABLE 1.

Overview of all photogrammetric software tested (last access: October 2020)

Software	Version	Producer	Costs	Exported formats	Notes
123D Catch (app; closed down)	2018	Autodesk	Freeware	stl	Quality highly dependent on cell phone camera, not suited for measurements
3df‐Zephyr‐lite	3.3	3DFlow	149$ + VAT	mtl, obj, ply, stl	Best realistic rendering of all software, problems to reconstruct large, uncolored, smooth surfaces
3DSOM Pro	5	CDSL Limited	995$ + 20% maintenance fee	3ds, collada, obj, stl, x3d,	Crash to desktop while surface mesh was reconstructed from point cloud
ARC3D	2.2	VISICS group ‐ KU Leuven	Freeware	iv, obj, openSG, VRML2	Large holes in the meshes, irregular warping of the surface, very bad results
Photo Modeler Standard	2018	Photo Modeler Technologies	995$	3ds, 3 dm, csv, dxf, fbx, igs, kml, kmz, las, ma, obj, pts, txt, wrl	Problems to reconstruct the iliac blades
Photoscan Pro	1.3.2	Agisoft	180 $	3ds, dae, dxf, fbx, kmz, obj, pdf, ply, stl, u3d, wrl	Iliac blades partially missing in the meshes, At many areas bubble like appearance of the surface structure
PHOV (closed down)	2017	XLAB	Freeware	obj	Failed (“Error: Please contact the developers”)
Reality Capture	2018	Capturing Reality	99€ for 3 months or 4000€ + 25% maintenance fee	amc, aoa, asf, bvh, c3d, dae, dxf, fbx, htr, obj, partList, ply, mcd, trc, xyz	Nvidia graphic chip needed. Error message during reconstruction
ReCap Photo	19.0.1.9	Autodesk	30$ monthly or 300$ year; free education license	fbx, obj, stl	Worked fine
Sure pro	2.3	Nframes GmbH	Free education license	cesium, collada, esri, osgb, obj, slpk	Software crashed every time; not suited for simple photographs
TGI3D Photoscan	1.36	Ocali, Inc.	999 $	skp	Only suitable in combination with Google sketch up
Trnio (app)	2018	Trnio Inc.	2.99$	obj	Quality highly dependent on cell phone camera, not suited for measurements
Vi3dim Recon	2.3	Vi3DIM	395$	obj, ply	Reconstructions failed