how to track props

kitesflyer
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how to track props

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How can I track the motion of a sword in a characters hands inside of Arena? any one please suggest me.
Seth Steiling
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Re: how to track props

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Hi Kitesflyer,

You should use the Rigid Body Wizard to create a new trackable object in ARENA. For more info, you can watch the Rigid Body Wizard video under "Defining Skeletons and Rigid Bodies" here:

http://www.naturalpoint.com/optitrack/p ... rials.html
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kitesflyer
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Thank you Seth :)
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Re: how to track props

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Hi seth I did it,I placed 4 markers on a sword prop and followed the procedure mentioned in the tutorial.It tracked properly now I trajectorized and exorted bvh from the takes but the rigid body motion is not getting trajectorized neither can I figure out how to take the motion of the sword prop and apply it to an actual object in Softimage.Any suggestions would help me.
yoshi
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Re: how to track props

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Hi Kitesflyer,

After trajectorizing, you can export it as bvh or fbx. If bvh, make sure to select the sword rigid body in the Skeleton dropdown list in the BVH options of the Export dialog.
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Thanks Yoshi
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oops! I did that but nothing comes in the exported bvh :(
I get only the body mocap no extra joints or so in the bvh.
kitesflyer
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anybody here plz give me any idea to export the motion of the rigid body.I am stuck :(
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Re: how to track props

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My request to support plz help if possible.Nothing comes in the exported bvh I get only the body mocap no extra joints or so in the bvh.I tried what yoshi said but the sword rigid body in the Skeleton dropdown list in the BVH options of the Export dialog is not showing,its only showing "rigid body" but this one always shows up no need to select it.then what am I doing wrong???
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Kitesflyer - I'll take a look at this again when we open on Monday and see if I can't find the reason for the export failure. What version are you using again?
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