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The 3D model of the Tetrapyla before destruction was not made by Iconem but by the New Palmyra Project. We deeply thank them for their amazing job.

Sketchfab Viewer API example

Switch between April 2016 and April 2017 var iframe = document.getElementById( 'api-frame' ); var version = '1.0.0'; //var urlid = '240f716462b8408ea7c4f3e9966e954f'; //'82b74a33787341f8881aec33c933a6f0'; var urlid = 'c17bc13761904764a7ab21e8d02b75f5'; var client = new Sketchfab( version, iframe ); var theApi; var show_before = true; client.init( urlid, { success: function onSuccess( api ){ theApi = api; api.start(); api.addEventListener( 'viewerready', function() { console.log( 'Viewer is ready' ); Util.SwitchBeforeAfter(); } ); }, error: function onError() { console.log( 'Viewer error' ); } } ); var Util = { getNodeMap: function(theApi) { theApi.getNodeMap( function( err, nodes ) { if ( !err ) { console.log( nodes ); } } ); }, ShowMeshByPattern: function(theApi,pattern,doshow) { theApi.getNodeMap( function( err, nodes ) { if (err) { console.log('Error getting nodes'); return; }; var keys = Object.keys(nodes); //the node array is a set of numbered objects. Here we get an array of keys to those objects var isOption; for (var n = 0; n < keys.length; n++) { var node = nodes[keys[n]]; //show or hide the meshes which match the pattern isOption = node.name && (node.name.indexOf(pattern) !== -1) && (node.type === 'MatrixTransform'); if (isOption) { if (doshow) { theApi.show(node.instanceID); }else{ theApi.hide(node.instanceID); } } } }); }, SwitchBeforeAfter: function() { before_name = 'Avant'; after_name = 'Apres'; if (true) { if (show_before) { Util.ShowMeshByPattern(theApi, 'Thetra_Avant', true); Util.ShowMeshByPattern(theApi, 'Thetra_Apres', false); Util.ShowMeshByPattern(theApi, 'OUTLINE', false); Util.ShowMeshByPattern(theApi, 'Modelisation_Tetra', true); } else { Util.ShowMeshByPattern(theApi, 'Thetra_Avant', false); Util.ShowMeshByPattern(theApi, 'Thetra_Apres', true); Util.ShowMeshByPattern(theApi, 'OUTLINE', true); Util.ShowMeshByPattern(theApi, 'Modelisation_Tetra', false); } } else { if (show_before) { Util.ShowMeshByPattern(theApi, before_name, show_before); Util.ShowMeshByPattern(theApi, after_name, show_before); } else { Util.ShowMeshByPattern(theApi, after_name, !show_before); Util.ShowMeshByPattern(theApi, before_name, show_before); } } show_before = !show_before; } } console.log('util defined');

All credit for the 3D model of the Tetrapyla before destruction goes for New Palmyra Project (Licence Creative Commons, CC0)

Ground pictures and several hundreds of drone pictures allowed to craft a very detailed digitization of the monument. This model represents first of all a documentation of the cultural heritage in its integrity and degraded, to be transmissed to future generation according to the main aim of #AssessingPalmyra project.

Secondly, it is a scientific tool that support experts in making appropriate decisions about the restoration of the monument. Since the monument is now almost entirely destroyed (see The tetrapylon, third focus of #AssessingPalmyra project) it’s essential to have the possibility to observe it as it was before the attacks to recompose it. Indeed, from the 3D reconstruction we can get very important information, both architectural and artistic.