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Collaborate

TECHNIQUE
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Introduction​

Shared Boards

One set of reference images the whole team can annotate.

Linked Scenes

Link a model instead of copying it. One source of truth.

Clean Handover

Send a working copy in the right format. Keep the original in the vault.

More than one person works on a reconstruction. Someone supplies the footage, someone builds the model, someone checks a measurement.

Collaboration is cross-cutting in the Research Gate, so the useful content is the toolchain: reference boards, scene structure, file handover, and remote viewing.

Reference boards​

A board holds the images the team works from: stills, maps, satellite tiles, earlier reconstructions. Everyone sees one set, and anyone can annotate it.

ToolRunsNote
PureRefDesktop, offlineFree. One floating window. Works for a solo investigator
MilanoteCloudComment threads and share links. Paid beyond the free tier

Keep one board per project. An annotated board is a working document, so record what it shows.

Scene structure​

Blender reads a scene as a tree of data blocks. A second person can follow that tree.

  • Link a shared model instead of copying it, so one asset feeds every scene. See Scene Management.
  • Name each object for the thing it represents.
  • Order collections the way a reader would look: site, objects, reference.
  • Keep the model apart from the scene that presents it.

Preserve & Store makes the same point about files. One asset, one home.

File handover​

Send the format that fits the job.

  • Send .blend to a Blender user. Send glTF or FBX to anyone else.
  • Send a working copy. The original stays in the vault.
  • Reuse the naming convention from Preserve & Store, so a filename survives the trip.
  • Log the handover: who, when, and the hash before and after.

File Formats covers what each format keeps and what it drops.

Remote viewing​

Some collaborators need to walk the scene themselves.

Summary​

Set the tools up before the work needs them. A shared board and a linked scene take minutes, and they save a rebuild later.

Resources​