3D Visualiser
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Liberation's 3D visualiser is an incredibly useful feature - you can design and refine your shows without needing any lasers at all! It's proved an invaluable tool for me, especially when there are particularly complex setups with large numbers of lasers.
Click and drag to rotate the view around the orbit point
Mouse wheel to move backwards and forwards towards the orbit point
Click and drag while keeping the shift key pressed to move the camera around laterally (strafe) left, right, up and down along the XY plane
Double click anywhere on the visualiser to reset the camera position
Open the 3D Visualiser Settings panel via the Window menu.
Visualiser size - changes the size of the visualiser relative to the rest of the app
Brightness Adjustment - changes how bright the lasers appear
Show laser numbers - renders the relevant number above each laser
Show zone names - renders the relevant zone names below each laser
These settings mostly relate to the virtual camera in 3D space. You can see a drop down with presets for these settings that you can save and reload.
Camera distance - The camera is always pointed at its Orbit point. The camera distance is how far away it is from this point. You can also adjust this setting using the mouse scroll wheel.
FOV - Field of view - determines how wide angle / zoomed in the camera is.
Orbit position - describes the current rotation around the orbit point. The first value is the rotation around the X axis (pitch) and the second value is the rotation around the Y axis (yaw).
Orbit centre point - the position of the orbit point in 3D space, x, y, z.
Grid height - the height of the grid from the "ground" (ie where y = 0).
These settings determine where the lasers (and canvas) are placed within the 3D environment. You can see a drop down with presets for these settings that you can save and reload.
Each laser has its own group of settings that you can expand using the small white triangle.
3D Position - the laser's x, y and z position.
3D Orientation - the laser's rotation around each of the x, y and z axes.
Flip X / Flip Y - flips the virtual output of the laser - NOTE that this shouldn't be necessary - it's better to use the laser flip / orientation settings to correct any inconsistencies with your hardware.
Output Range horizontal / vertical - relates to the max / min angle of your laser's scanners. 60º is standard but you can adjust this if your lasers are different.
If you are using the canvas system, you can also choose to include the canvas image within the 3D view. Activate the checkbox to render the canvas within and use the position, orientation and scale settings to determine how it looks within your 3D view.
