Tripods

Notes:

Tripod attributes are saved for each layout.  Changing a tripod's attributes on the current layout will not reflect it's attributes on the other layouts. 

A tripod can have a minimun height of 1m, and a maximun height of 3m.

Overview

Tripods can be used to mount cameras in a volume, when trussing is not appropriate.  

Adding or removing tripods

Tripods can be added to a volume via the Edit Volume inspector.  

To add a tripod: 

1. Select Edit Volume button from the Default Inspector.  

2. Select Add Tripod button from the Inspector

Tripods are spawned at the center of the volume (position 0, 0, 0) with a height of 1m.

To remove a tripod, select the Tripod and press the [Delete] key. 

Adjusting position

To adjust the position, select the tripod and either:

• Drag the position gizmo in the scene view to reposition the truss

• Enter a value into the position field in the adjustment inspector

• Drag the position field value left/right to adjust the position field value

Adjusting height

The height of a tripod can be adjusted to allow cameras to be placed at different heights. 

To adjust the height of a tripod: 

1. Select the tripod by either;

   • • opening the Edit Volume inspector then selecting the tripod in the Mounts list, or

     • in the 3D view port, selecting the base of the tripod

2.  Adjust the hieght by either;

   • • Entering a value into the length field, in the inspector window, or

     • Dragging the length field value in the inspector window, left/right using the [left mouse] button to adjust the length value down/up

When the height of a tripod is changed, any constrained cameras will have their heights adjusted as a ratio of the new tripod height.

To remove a tripod, select the Tripod and press the [Delete] key. 

Visibility

Enable/disable tripod 

There are two ways to enable or disable a tripod in the volume:

• • Click the (Eye) Icon next to each tripod listed in the Edit Volume Inspector window

  • Select the tripod and click the Show/Hide button in the Tripod Inspector window

Copy and Paste tripod attribtues

Tripod position and height attribtues can be copied from one tripod to another.  This can be useful when adjusting tripods across a multi layout project file.

Copy and paste tripod attributes by using the [Keyboard Shortcut] or using the Copy and Paste buttons in the camera inspector:

Copy Attributes

To copy the attributes of a tripod, in the 3D view port select the source camera and either;

• pressing [Ctrl] + [C] on the keyboard, or

• click the Copy Attributes button in the Tripod's Inspector window

Paste Attributes

To paste previously copied attributes on to a tripod, select the target tripod and either;

• pressing [Ctrl] + [V] on the keyboard, or

• click the Paste Attributes button in the Tripod's Inspector window

Copying a tripods attributes will override previously copied attributes. 

The Paste Attributes button in the Tripod Inspector window will be greyed out if no tripod attributes have been copied.