Identifying Markers

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nuLIMS
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Identifying Markers

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I am working on a project for which we need to determine the shoulder and elbow angles of a subject in real time for feedback control. Is it possible to custom define the marker IDs? For example, if I want to know where a specific pointA is, can I define a marker as pointA such that I can easily use its data in code?

Thanks for your help.
NaturalPoint - Mike
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Re: Identifying Markers

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Unfortunately, no. You can define multiple markers as a rigid body, however, and get either the centroid position or individual RB marker position from Tracking Tools as a fixed name, though.
nuLIMS
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Thanks for your response Mike. Just so I'm sure I understand, I can name the markers that compose the rigid body? And if that is correct, how exactly would I do that? Thank you
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Re: Identifying Markers

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The names aren't assignable, but they are static. You could create a rigid body called "shoulder" and get either the centroid for shoulder or shoulder 1, shoulder 2, shoulder 3, et. cetera.
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Re: Identifying Markers

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Thanks Mike.
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