....Display Options. ....MotView allows for the diplay of different data types at the same time. This provides easy comparisons between the motion data of the origional file, the newly-interpolated or manipulated Euler data, and the newly-interpolated quaternion data. Combined with the camera controls, nearly any difference in motion can be easily detected and analyzed. ....Three sets of visibilities ....For each of the three data types described below, three different types of objects are available for drawing. These are EFFECTOR MARKERS, JOINT LINES, and JOINT ELLIPSOIDS. When the button is toggled to the on position, a set of data is displayed in the main animation window accordingly. Notice that the colors of the toggle buttons match the colors of the data displayed in the window. This helps the user quickly discern between what data represents what. The EFFECTOR MARKERS button enables the drawing of small cubes for the character's end effectors and similarly-colored trails fading close behind. The JOINT LINES button enables drawing of the lines that construct the particular heirarchy. Finally, the JOINT ELLIPSIODS button enables brightly-colored ellipsoids to be drawn as bones for each set of data. These are implemented with GLQuadric surfaces, and unfortunately slow the display's framerate. Following is the description of each set of data which contains the aforementioned properties. ....The Show Using - Original Data Buttons: ....The three buttons on the top of the left column are the display toggle switches for the file initially loaded. These are calculated in Euler angles, and will not be changed until a new motion data file replaces the current one. ....The Show Using - Euler Data Buttons: ....The lines and markers are on by default for this section. These markers, lines, and ellipsoids will change position and orientation in realtime when the Euler curve data is either interpolated or manipulated in the Motion Graph Editor. ....The Show Using - Quaternion Data Buttons: ....This set of buttons enables the visibility of the interpolated quaternion data. Since interpolating quaternions can only be done on a set of angles (it is illogical to do it on individual angles), only the interpolate button will affect the data in this display. BACK ..........all content copyright 2000 - Andrew Gardner and Steven Dutcher.