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.

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