Is there a way to follow a transporter around during model run?

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Kari Payton asked Oct 26, '16 Phil BoBo commented Jul 17, '17

Is there a way to follow a transporter around during model run?

I want the camera to follow a transporter around as it moves throughout the model. The view would stay fixed on the transporter.

Software Version:

FlexSim 16.2.1

transporter vr flypath 1st person

Answer 1 · 2016-10-26T20:20:33Z

Phil BoBo answered Oct 26, '16 Phil BoBo commented Jul 17, '17

Attached is an example model with custom code in the Transporter's Custom Draw trigger that sets the view's viewpoint to the location of the transporter while the model is running:

if (getrunstate()) {
	set(viewpointx(view), xloc(current));
	set(viewpointy(view), yloc(current));
}

camera-follow-transporter.gif (16.2 MiB)

camera-follow-transporter.fsm (18.0 KiB)

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Phil BoBo ♦♦ commented · Jul 17, 2017 at 06:08 PM

FlexSim 2017 Update 2 includes right-click menu options for following objects to make this easier:

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follow-object.png (42.9 KiB)

Ralf Gruber ♦ commented · Oct 26, 2016 at 08:35 PM

Here is a link to the old user forum to that same problem:

https://www.flexsim.com/community/forum/showthread.php?t=3178

maybe @Marco Baccalaro is willing to upgrade the module to V16.2.1?

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Marco Baccalaro Ralf Gruber ♦ commented · Oct 27, 2016 at 05:37 PM

Here is it the Cams module for 16.2! flexcon-cams.zip

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flexcon-cams.zip (107.4 KiB)

Phil BoBo ♦♦ Ralf Gruber ♦ commented · Oct 26, 2016 at 08:37 PM

Cams Module for 16.1

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