Tracking Traveling

This command allows to define a camera fixed on a rigid group and following a mobile rigid group. This traveling can be linked to a mechanism simulation.

Creation stages / Use:

Click the icon or select the Simulation > Tracking Traveling... command from the drop-down menu.

Select the rigid group where to fix the camera.
Select the mobile rigid group to follow.
Select an hook point of the camera.
Select the vertical direction of this camera.
Select the target point of the camera. This point has to be selected on the mobile rigid group to follow.
Validate by clicking .

Example of a fixed camera following the yellow fork

The traveling can also be a rigid one which allows to have a camera on the mobile rigid group.
Different travelings can be cumulated in a variable traveling.

Available options:

Perspective projection:

If the option is not checked, enter the vision field height.

If the option is checked, it is the vision field angle to be entered. In this case, the camera will be conical.