Parrot ANAFI Drone. High-fidelity reconstruction of a complete quadcopter assembly

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Parrot ANAFI Drone — GeometryAI validation

As part of its Open Ecosystem, Parrot provides a series of geometries for validating a range of technological solutions. This model offers a realistic, industry-level test of GeometryAI's ability to mesh and defeature a complex, detailed drone assembly: it contains approximately 50,000 faces, including internal camera components and other auxiliary systems and electronics that must be resolved for a complete and reliable reconstruction.

External reference
Parrot ANAFI — geometry distributed through Parrot's Open Ecosystem
www.parrot.com/en/drones/anafi
Model defeaturing

GeometryAI removes the camera's internal components, which represent about 40% of the model's faces, because they are not needed for a CFD model of the drone's external aerodynamics.

Geometry of the Parrot ANAFI camera assembly
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Blue-grey retained faces and red interior faces removed by GeometryAI
Highlighted removed faces
GeometryAI surface mesh of the defeatured Parrot ANAFI camera assembly
Defeatured mesh
Detail preservation

The mesh retains the airframe's internal and external geometric detail. With such an amount of geometric detail, the typical approach to meshing such geometries involves aggressive simplification, sacrificing critical flow-relevant features in the process. Instead, this mesh resolves the drone's geometry without these compromises.

Input geometry of the Parrot ANAFI underside assembly
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GeometryAI surface mesh of the Parrot ANAFI underside assembly
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Rotor modelling

Rotor geometry is recovered, including the leading-edge tubercles.

Input geometry of a Parrot ANAFI rotor
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GeometryAI surface mesh of a Parrot ANAFI rotor
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Final mesh

The mesh combines selective camera defeaturing with high-fidelity recovery of the airframe and rotors, producing a simulation-ready model for external aerodynamic analysis.

Complete view

The mesh follows the exposed features across the full drone, including the rotor blades, motor housings, arms, and camera assembly.

Isometric input geometry of the complete Parrot ANAFI drone
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GeometryAI surface mesh of the complete Parrot ANAFI drone
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Front view

Front comparison of the final model.

Front view of the Parrot ANAFI input geometry
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Front view of the Parrot ANAFI GeometryAI surface mesh
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