Re: flight paths

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Simon Mills (simon++at++wgs.estec.esa.nl)
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 08:58:47 +0100

"Gundelach, Joan M." wrote:
>
> **** I don't have access to Newsgroups so I'm emailing this question
> direct. Please respond thru my email address. Thanks. *****
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>
> Dear Performer Experts,
>
> Do you have a solution for creating and editing a flight path in or out of
> perfly?
>
> I can create a flight path live with the "path" tool that saves out the
> file perfly.path. My problem is the flight path I need to make has a lot of
> sharp hairpin turns and live flying is about impossible. I also need to
> come into the terrain from up high at an angle then level out when I reach
> the terrain. This has also been hard to do live.
>
> Any ideas???

For doing this kind of animations we have made an interface to
commercial animation tools like Wavefront Advanced Visualizer, TDI
Explore (and soon Maya) which provide much more control over making
pre-defined paths. Of course to do this you need access to such a
package. We read the object or camera motions and drive the relevant
pfDCS or pfChannel viewpoint. We can also record/playback live motion
but just as you say some motions are very difficult to do.

> Thanks very much,
>
> -- Joan
>
> **** I don't have access to Newsgroups so I'm emailing this question
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> Joan Gundelach jmgunde++at++epr.exxon.com
> Exxon Production Research Co. ph: (713) 431-7526
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Regards, Simon
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Simon C. Mills
Silicon Worlds S.A.
c/o Modelling & Simulation Section (TOS-EMM) Tel: +31 (0)71 565 3725
European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC) Fax: +31 (0)71 565 5419
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