Preferences Menu

• Configuration: Opens the Color Configuration window.

• Save Config: Saves changes made in the configuration.

Configuration

In this window, the user can adjust the render colors for the visible objects in the preview panel. Click in a drop-down list to open the color selection window. The RGB and Alpha values can be adjusted for all colors, by clicking the Advanced button.

For the Background, Grid, Cyc and CoCyc colors, only diffuse color can be selected. These objects are rendered without lighting.

• Rig Normal: Shows colors used when the Rig is not selected. The user can define Diffuse, Ambient and Shininess colors.

• Rig Selected: Shows colors used when the Rig is selected in the Rig Editor.

• Rig Warning: Shows when a connected Parameter service reports a problem which is handled by the system (interpolation of missing packages).

• Rig Emergency: Shows when a Parameter service reports a problem which cannot be handled by the system, and immediate action from the operator is needed.

View Menu

Navigation

Activates or deactivates the navigation bar in the bottom left corner of the 3D Preview window:

• Front: Activates an orthographic camera, which looks in Z-Direction.

  • Right Mouse: Moves the camera in X and Y.

  • Mouse Wheel: Zooms in and out.

  • Middle Mouse: Moves the camera in X and Y.

• Left: Activates an orthographic camera which looks in X-Direction.

  • Right Mouse: Moves the camera in Z and Y.

  • Mouse Wheel: Zooms in and out.

  • Middle Mouse: Moves the camera in Z and Y.

• Top: Activates an orthographic camera which looks in Y-Direction

  • Right Mouse: Moves the camera in X and Z.

  • Mouse Wheel: Zooms in and out.

  • Middle Mouse: Moves the camera in X and Z.

• Orbit: Activates a perspective camera which is fixed to the selected tracking system. This enables the user to modify handles even when the camera is moving.

  • Right Mouse: Rotates the camera around the rig.

  • Mouse Wheel: Zooms in and out.

  • Middle Mouse: Moves the camera in rig direction or away from the rig.

• Move: Adjusts the relative camera position when no middle mouse button is present. Adjust by pressing the Move button and dragging the mouse.

• Pers: Activates a perspective camera which is not bound to a Rig.

  • Right Mouse: Pans or tilts the camera.

  • Mouse Wheel: Zooms in and out.

  • Middle Mouse: Moves the camera in X and Z direction.

HUD

Activates the head up display, which displays the tracked raw coordinates of the selected rig.

Cyclotron Editor

The CYC Editor enables creation of Cyc and CoCyc masks which are needed to mask out regions of the Studio not covered by the green/blue screen. The CoCyc mask is a geometry which is created in the CYC Editor and stored on the Tracking Hub. From there the CoCyc is sent to all connected Engines. Every change in the editor and its sub elements is immediately communicated to the Engines and to the Tracking Hub.

A new Cyclotron Editor (Cyc Editor) was introduced in version 1.2. Many customers were used to the old VizIO Cyc editor and were satisfied with the functionality. This feature is back in Studio Manager, and at the moment, the two Cyc definition methods coexist together.

The new Cyc Editor is located in the top-right corner of the preview panel. It can be expanded by clicking the arrow on the left side.

There are three Cyclotron types are available: Back-Wall, One-Corner and Two-Corner Cyc.

CyC Editor Angle and Width

The CYC generation algorithm works as follows:

1. Find a continuous group of wall segments and mark the start and end segment.

2. Calculate the normal of the last segment which is not part of the wall group.

3. Calculate the direction of the first segment, which is a wall.

4. Extrude the CoCyc for Width cm in the calculated normal direction.

5. Continue the extrude in direction of the first wall segment plus Angle.

6. Do the same with the end segment of the continuous group.

7. Close the CoCyc with a big surrounding circular object.

   

Examples

Shape Area

In the shape area, basic shapes can be added to the shape list. Every list elements shows a dash (-) in the Header line. Clicking on the dash (-) removes the shape from the list. Every shape can have its own origin and rotation about the Y axis. Additionally, every shape has its own parameters.

• Rectangle

  • Back Wall: Sets the width of the rectangle in centimeters.

  • Depth: Sets the depth of the rectangle in centimeters.

• Circle

  • Back Wall: Sets the width of the circle in centimeters.

  • Depth: Sets the depth of the circle in centimeters.

  • Angle: Defines the angle of the pie the shape creates, if smaller than 360.

  • Points: Sets the amount of segments the shape consists of.

Cyc

Defines what parts of the Cyc the preview panel renders. The selectable elements are Wall and Floor. All these settings are stored for local use in the user settings folder.

CoCyc

Defines what parts of the CoCyc the preview panel renders.

Objects Menu

Every rig present in Tracking Hub has its own display menu with it. These options are handled in the Object menu item. In the first release, Tracking Hub offered only one Rig: Simple Camera. In future releases, more rigs will be added to allow creating Cranes and other geometries.

• l1 / l2 / l3: Selects which Rig to use.

Selectable Display Modes

Camera Handles

Whenever the user clicks in the rig editor to adjust a specific value, the preview panel displays the values as a handle that can be dragged. Handles can be arrows (position) or disks (rotation). Whenever the user touches a Handle with the mouse, the handle goes from its base color to yellow. This indicates that only this handle is active at the moment. Clicking with the left mouse button and moving the mouse in handle or in the opposite direction modifies the handle's value.

The following list shows all available handles and the corresponding rig values.

See Also

• Configure the Studio

• Configuration Panel

• Parameter Panel

• Topology Panel

• Log Panel