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Open, Save and Load a project Each project created with Zephyr is saved as .zep format. Each project file also includes the photographs used for the 3D reconstruction, therefore it is possible to open, send and edit the path of zep files which have not to be followed by the images. Nevertheless it will not be possible to start one of the four phases of 3D reconstruction or make changes involving photographs usage. Click on File > Open or Open Recent to open a .zep project, or click on Save or Save As to save your work. If you have a command-line reconstruction made with 3DF Samantha, the Structure from Motion algorithm, you can import that by selecting File > Load from 3DF Samantha. Load .psz files This function is available in 3DF Zephyr Pro and 3DF Zephyr Aerial only. Within Zephyr you can be load psz project by clicking on File > Load from .psz file. Cameras, sparse point cloud and mesh of psz project are imported In Zephyr and you can now start some 3D reconstruction phases such as the dense point cloud or texture generation. Load pictures with the known camera parameters This function is available in 3DF Zephyr Pro and 3DF Zephyr Aerial only. In Zephyr you can manually import all the parameters of a camera before starting the cameras orientation phase; cameras will be calibrated without being adjusted by Structure from Motion algorithm. To load the parameters just click on File> Load images with known camera parameters. The "Workflow" menu The workflow menu allows to undertake major actions within the 3D reconstruction workflow, such as starting a new project, completing a reconstruction step or adding photos. The "New Project" function By clicking "New project" the current workspace will be cleaned and ther new project wizard will appear, as shown earlier in the "Starting a new project" chapter. The "Dense Point Cloud generation" function Starts a new dense point cloud generation wizard. See the "Extracting a dense point cloud" chapter as reference. More than one dense point cloud can co-exist in the same workspace. The "Mesh extraction" function