Curve Tracking and Analysis in 3-D

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‌Curve Tracking and Analysis in 3-D ‌

While the bulk of SynthEyes is concerned with determining the location of points in 3-D, sometimes it can be essential to determine the shape of a curve in 3-D, even if that curve has no trackable points on it, and every point along the curve appears the same as every other. For example, it might be the curve of a highway overpass to which a car chase must be added, the shape of a window opening on a car, or the shape of a sidewalk on a hilly road, which must be used as a 3-D masking edge for an architectural insert.

In such situations, acquiring the 3-D shape can be a tremendous advantage, and SynthEyes can now bring it to you using its novel curve tracking and flex solving capability, as operated with the Flex/Curve Control Panel .

Note : The flex room is not part of the normal default set. To use the flex panel, use the room bar's Add Room to create a Flex room that uses the Flex panel.

Tip : You can manually build flexes to follow particular 3-D curves in the environment, to represent boundaries such as curbs on a road, or perhaps the paths. Using Script/Flex operations, you can do some useful resampling operations on splines you’ve created.

Terminology Overview Shot Planning and Limitations Initial Curve Setup Roughing in the Curve Keys Manual Roughing Automatic Roughing Curve Tuning Flex Creation Editing a Flex Flex Endpoints Flex Solving Flex Exports

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