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Creating a Virtual Site

The path from an empty site to a published Digital Twin: what has to exist first, the order of the work, and what is needed at each stage.

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0.2
Last updated
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Partially available
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This page is the short route through Virtual Sites for someone setting up. For what each tab and control contains, read Virtual Sites.

Before you start

  • A site. A Digital Twin always belongs to a site. Create it first: Your first site.
  • A role. You need an administrator or editor role to create and edit a twin, and an administrator to approve and publish it.
  • Studio access. The Studio depends on the organisation's plan. If it is not included, the Studio says so.
  • Source material: 360° images, a floor-plan image, or a capture made with the mobile application.

The order of the work

1. Create the twin
In the Studio, choose New Twin, pick the site and give the twin a name. The name defaults to the site's name followed by "Digital Twin". A site can have only one active Digital Twin.
2. Bring in source material
Start a capture in the Studio, which creates a single-use pairing code (valid for 15 minutes) that is entered on the phone, or import 360° images, a floor plan and other sources.
3. Build by hand
Open the Advanced editor. Add scenes from 360° panoramas, upload a plan, set its scale from one known distance, align it, and place scenes on it. Then press **Link authored 360° tour**: without a ready representation, Publish stays disabled. Automatic reconstruction is not available.
4. Place cameras
Place a camera object on a plan and link it to a camera the site already has. Add cameras first: Cameras and data sources.
5. Review
Submit for review, then resolve quality findings, proposed changes and any AI proposals. Approval is blocked while they are open.
6. Approve and publish
An administrator approves, then publishes. The published version is frozen; a later change becomes a new version.

What you get

After publishing, the twin is the site's operational model. The zone, level and building of a camera appear on Detection's Live wall once the camera is placed on a plan that has a floor and a zone; this does not wait for publishing. Command Center does not show them.

What you do not get yet

A published twin is not made public by this release's interface, and automatic reconstruction is not available. See the limits in Virtual Sites.

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