Tracking Tools 2.4.0 User’S Guide February 15, 2012
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Tracking Tools 2.4.0 User’s Guide February 15, 2012 NaturalPoint Corporation 3658 SW Deschutes Corvallis OR 97333 Copyright 2004-2012 NaturalPoint Inc. DBA OptiTrack. All rights reserved. NaturalPoint Publication Number: P-OT-052.1209.EN Publication Date: September 25, 2012 INTRODUCTION Information in this user’s manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of NaturalPoint. The software described in this user’s manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of said license agreement. This document is copyright 2012 NaturalPoint Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, by any means, without express written permission. OptiTrack, Tracking Tools and NaturalPoint are trademarks of NaturalPoint Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. For providing VRPN, NaturalPoint would like to thank the NIH National Research Resource in Molecular Graphics and Microscopy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, supported by the NIH National Center for Research Resources and the NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. NaturalPoint Inc. is pleased to provide you with superior optical tracking products, we hope that you enjoy using Tracking Tools. Tracking Tools 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Chapter 1: Getting Started ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 Minimum Requirements ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Installation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Activation and Licensing .............................................................................................................................................. 12 The Tracking Tools UI .................................................................................................................................................. 14 Menus .......................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Toolbar ........................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Status Bar .................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Application settings – Options .................................................................................................................................... 25 Chapter 2: Cameras .............................................................................................................................................................. 28 Setup ........................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Camera Controls .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Camera Groups............................................................................................................................................................ 35 Camera Group Properties ........................................................................................................................................... 37 Synchronization ........................................................................................................................................................... 41 Chapter 3: Calibration .......................................................................................................................................................... 44 3 marker ...................................................................................................................................................................... 44 1 marker ...................................................................................................................................................................... 49 Wanding ...................................................................................................................................................................... 51 Ground plane............................................................................................................................................................... 55 Point Cloud Properties ................................................................................................................................................ 57 Chapter 4: Visualization ...................................................................................................................................................... 61 Application settings – display ...................................................................................................................................... 61 3D Perspective View .................................................................................................................................................... 66 2D Multi Camera ......................................................................................................................................................... 68 Frame Info ................................................................................................................................................................... 70 Chapter 5: Software Usage ................................................................................................................................................. 71 Project files .................................................................................................................................................................. 71 Project explorer ........................................................................................................................................................... 72 Rigid Body Settings ...................................................................................................................................................... 73 Trackables Pane ........................................................................................................................................................... 80 Recording and Playback .............................................................................................................................................. 82 Exporting and Streaming ............................................................................................................................................. 83 Technical Support ................................................................................................................................................................. 85 Appendix A: Camera Technical Drawings............................................................................................................................. 86 Glossary ................................................................................................................................................................................. 99 Index .................................................................................................................................................................................... 102 Tracking Tools 3 CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Before getting started, you will need an appropriate copy of the Tracking Tools software. The current, as well as any previous releases, can be found on our website at: http://www.naturalpoint.com/optitrack/downloads Additionally, you will need a computer with the following minimum requirements: Hyper threaded or multi-core processor 3GB RAM 100MB available HDD space 1 available USB port for V100 or V120 series cameras 1 available USB port for hardware key Network interface card for S250e cameras Radeon HD series or NVIDIA GeForce 100 series or higher video card with minimum 256MB memory Windows XP, Vista, or 7. 32 or 64 bit. Recommended computer requirements Intel Core i5 or i7 processor 8GB RAM >4GB available HDD space 2 available USB ports on separate USB controllers for v100 and v120 cameras 1 available USB port for hardware key Additional network interface card for S250e cameras Radeon FirePRO or NVIDIA Quadro series video card with minimum 1GB memory Windows 7 - 64 bit. Tracking Tools 4 INSTALLATION To install Tracking Tools, please download the latest version allowable under your licensing, and save to your hard drive. If you need more information about versions you can use, you can check the