Ontologies
The following table shows the Ontology shapes for which SAM 3 can be used.SAM 3 for Rotatable bounding boxes will be available soon.
| Ontology Shape | SAM 3 Availability |
|---|---|
| Bounding box | ✅ |
| Rotatable bounding box | ❌ |
| Polygon | ✅ |
| Polyline | ❌ |
| Primitive | ❌ |
| Keypoint | ❌ |
| Bitmask | ✅ |
Modalities
The following table shows the modalities that support SAM 3 tracking.| Modalities | SAM 3 Availability |
|---|---|
| Images | ✅ |
| Videos | ✅ |
| Image Groups | ✅ |
| Image Sequences | ✅ |
| DICOM | ❌ |
Using SAM 3
SAM 3 is computationally intensive and performance might be slower than other labeling actions.
Label All Objects
There are two ways to label all objects of a specific Ontology class. Method 1: Click the Sparkles symbol in the Class.
- Click the Wand icon in the Class.
- In the SAM 3 pop-up, ensure the toggle is set to All objects prediction.
- Type the name of the class you want to label.
- Click Detect all objects.

- Optionally, remove unwanted objects using the Delete button on an instance.
- Click Done.
Label One Or More Objects
- Select the Wand icon in the Ontology class you want to label. A SAM 3 pop-up appears.
- In the SAM 3 pop-up, ensure the toggle is set to Single-object detection.

- Select the objects you want to label by either clicking a single object or clicking and dragging across the area of the frame containing multiple objects.
- Optionally track the objects across frames.
- Click Save.

