Methodological paths across the EM ecosystem.
Each workflow describes a complete path tied to a scientific question or a technology — photogrammetric pipeline, geophysical survey, anastylosis, web publication — and orchestrates multiple Extended Matrix tools end-to-end (yEd, EM Tools, s3dgraphy, 3DSC, Heriverse). Each step links into the canonical tool manual at the right depth rather than duplicating reference content — the workflow is the operational glue between manuals, not a fifth source of truth.
Workflows vs Cookbook. A workflow answers "how does this method work end-to-end?" and is bound to a methodology or technology. A cookbook recipe answers "how do I express this archaeological situation in the EM language?" and is bound to a grammar pattern — those live inside the EM language cookbook in the language manual. A workflow can call cookbook patterns as reusable building blocks.
Coming soon
The workflows below are being authored. Each card lists the tools the workflow will orchestrate. Track day-to-day status on the EM dev tracker.
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Author EM in yEd, render in Blender
Drawing the matrix in yEd, importing in EM Tools, linking proxies to graph rows, ending on a navigable Blender scene.
yed-palette em-tools - 🛰️
Drone survey → EM reconstruction
Photogrammetric pipeline via 3DSC (LOD, georeferencing, tilesets), landing the cleaned mesh as a Representation Model in EM Tools.
3dsc em-tools - 🌐
Publish your reconstruction to Heriverse
Taking a complete EM Tools scene (graph + proxies + RMs) and publishing it as a navigable Heriverse experience.
em-tools heriverse - 🧭
PyArchInit → EM Tools (excavation data import)
Bringing field data from PyArchInit through s3dgraphy's reverse-export into EM Tools as ready-to-annotate proxies.
em-tools pyarchinit - 📏
Re-publish the same plate at A2 and A3
DP-34 Layout System use case: defining a prospetto / sezione once, re-rendering it at different scales and resolutions.
em-tools