Insight VCS

DonBurroni
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Insight VCS

Post by DonBurroni »

Hi guys,
been having a play with the VCS, I cannt get the camera to rotate?

I having to use the rigidbody constraint in motionbuilder to do all my cam work,

The camera just translates like a point constraint.

Any advice.

All the best
Burroni
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Re: Insight VCS

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ps tried the new motionbuilder plugin and beta Arena too, still no luck
DonBurroni
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Re: Insight VCS

Post by DonBurroni »

still wont work
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Re: Insight VCS

Post by JustinDenton »

Hey Don!

That doesnt sound good! First are you using the MotionBuilder plugin or the maya plugin?

Try turning off all smoothing and let me know what happens.

Cheers,
DonBurroni
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Re: Insight VCS

Post by DonBurroni »

Hi Justin,
Yep the new motionbuilder vcs plugin, dont have the maya one.

I have tried mobu 2010 up to 2012, all the same.
Where do you turn off smoothing?

One the arena side i have the top two tabs and rigid bodies selected for streaming.

The new trackin in area looks to be great less ghost markers.

All the best
Hogan
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Re: Insight VCS

Post by NaturalPoint - Mike »

So the connection is for sure established, there's just no rotation?
DonBurroni
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Re: Insight VCS

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Hi Mile,
yep just no rotation, very odd? the camera moves but always faces forward?

Very odd indeed, as i say I have to result in using the other plugin (optitrack optical) and streaming the dots, making a rigid body constraint in motionbuilder and attaching a camera.

Humm also, in motionbuilder 2012, they have locked the viewer and I can extend the display to my Virtual camera, dam u autodesk!! any Ideas?

and I cant make another viewer.

On the plus side Audodesk have release a new FBX 2012 converter with a viewer, even two (better than motionbuilder) and its fast.
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Re: Insight VCS

Post by NaturalPoint - Mike »

Sounds like the issue might actually reside within your copy of motion builder. Aside from reinstalling MoBu, I'd have to recommend talking to Autodesk on this one.
JustinDenton
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Re: Insight VCS

Post by JustinDenton »

Hi Don,

You can turn off smoothing in the properties window of the device. Select the Inight device in your navigator, then go to the properties window and turn off translate smoothing and rotate smoothing. I have seen this "unlock" rotations before. Also check your properties window settings to make sure all the rotations checkboxes are in fact turned on.

As for the Mobu 2012 thing, yeah we ran into this issue as well. You can still do it though, its just trickier than it was before. You have to take all of your the windows and "tear" them off. This way you are left with the viewport window by itself. This will allow you to make it a 2 view again and slide it off your main monitor and onto your secondary monitor.

Hope this helps,

Cheers,
JD
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Re: Insight VCS

Post by morgan »

Hey Don,

Can you contact support on this?

We can get you out a diganostic version of the VCS plugin that can get to the root of this.

thx

Morgan
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