Creating a Camera Viewer Probe

You can create a camera probe that focuses on one particular part or that focuses on what happens from the vantage of a camera mounting point. These probes open dedicated windows called camera viewers that you can see as you work in the main work area. The camera viewer is updated as the products move by direct manipulation, a command, or generic simulation.

Notes: You can access New Camera Viewer from the action bar. If you create a Camera Viewer probe in a manufacturing simulation, the data creating that probe can be saved along with other simulation content. If you create a Camera Viewer outside a manufacturing simulation, the view selections last only for your session.

A related but discrete function allows you to redefine the principal 3D data view using Simulation Options . What is defined in Simulation Options temporarily replaces the main 3D data view; the camera viewers created as probes supplement the main work area. For more information, see Simulation Options Dialog Box.

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Camera Probe Concepts
  1. In the Verification section of the action bar, click New Camera Viewer .
    The following items appear:
    • The Camera Viewer panel.
    • A Camera Viewer thumbnail.
  2. In the Camera Viewer panel, select:
    • Enable Camera Mounting in viewer
    • the part from which you want to view the action, and
    • Mount to Selection in the viewer.
    The viewer shows the data from the viewpoint of the camera location.

  3. In the work area, zoom in to view a part of interest.
  4. Click New Camera Viewer again.
    A new Camera Viewer panel and Camera Viewer thumbnail appears; the image in the viewer shows what is in the current work area.

  5. In the Camera Viewer dialog box, select Enable Camera Tracking, and then select the part.
    The camera viewer focuses on the part.
  6. Create a third camera viewer that focuses on a part and also has a camera mount.


  7. Deactivate second viewer by right-clicking on the thumbnail and selecting Remove from Current Scenario.
    The viewer is deactivated; the associated thumbnail is unchecked.
  8. Create another camera probe, and in the Camera Viewer panel, click Hide / Show Camera so that the camera appears in the work area, then snap the Robot to the camera. Use the Robot to move the camera.

    You can choose a Perspective or conical projection, or a Parallel or cylindrical projection.

    • A conical camera is equivalent to a standard camera, with a non-zero focal length. Parallel lines in the camera line of view appear to intersect at the same point. Perspective cameras are used in most cases since they are close to the human vision.
    • With a cylindrical camera, parallel lines never appear as intersecting. These cameras are used to define architectural viewpoints. In a cylindrical projection, the zoom factor determines the scale of view. The focal length is irrelevant.

    Use the Robot for pan or tilt.