Optics modo 401 extension

Extension information
Purpose: Custom camera optics Company(s): Luxology Product(s): modo 401 Last updated: 21 Aug 09 Contact for technical issues: customer_service@luxology.com
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<extra>/<technique profile="modo401">/<param> Elements

Category: (core) Camera (See list of specification categories)

Introduction: Describes custom cameras, include the specialized spherical camera sub-type supported by modo 401.

Concepts

The modo render engine provides a general purpose camera, including perspective and orthographic optics as specified by the common COLLADA technique, as well as a specialized spherical camera.

Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Required?
sid	xs:ncname	A unique symbol within the technique; one for each param.	Yes
name	xs:ncname	A user-friendly name for the param.	no

Related Elements

Parent element(s)	<camera>/<optics>
Extra and/or Technique	<extra>/<technique profile="modo401">
Child elements	None
Other

Child Elements

sid	name	Description	type	Default	Occurrences	Named values
targetID	Target_Node_ID	ID of the item targeted by this camera	Name		0 or 1
targetEnable	Target_Enable	If targeting is enabled	bool	false	0 or 1
targetFocus	Target_Focus	If camera focus is linked to target distance	bool	false	0 or 1
target	Target_Distance	Distance at which camera should focus on target	float	5.0	0 or 1
targetRoll	Target_Roll	Angular offset from target along look axis	float	0	0 or 1
projType	Projection_Type	Optical projection type	Name	persp	1	persp, ortho, spherical
focalLen	Focal_Length	Distance from center of lens to focal point	float	0.05	1
distort	Lens_Distortion	Amount of lens distortion	float	0	0 or 1
squeeze	Lens_Squeeze	Horizontal lens squeeze	float	1.0	0 or 1
focusDist	Focus_Distance	Distance at which image is in focus	float	4	0 or 1
fStop	F-Stop	Focal length divided by effective aperture diameter	float	4	0 or 1
blurLen	Blur_Length	Length of blur	float	0.5	0 or 1
blurOff	Blur_Offset	Offset of blur	float	0	0 or 1
ioDist	Interocular_Distance	Distance between stereo imagers	float	0.065	0 or 1
convDist	Convergence_Distance	Distance at which stereo imagers converge	float	1	0 or 1

Details

The target-related params should only appear if the initial targetID param is present, as those channels are only available for cameras which have a target set. The target-related channels are added during scene load only when a targetID is found.

Examples

   <library_cameras>
       <camera id="Camera-Camera" name="Camera">
           <optics>
               <technique_common>
                   <perspective>
                       <xfov sid="HFOV">39.5978</xfov>
                       <yfov sid="YFOV">26.9915</yfov>
                       <znear sid="near_clip">0.01</znear>
                       <zfar sid="far_clip">10000</zfar>
                   </perspective>
               </technique_common>
               <technique profile="modo401">
                   <param sid="targetID" name="Target_Node_ID" type="Name">Geometry-MeshNode</param>
                   <param sid="targetEnable" name="Target_Enable" type="bool">true</param>
                   <param sid="targetFocus" name="Target_Focus" type="bool">true</param>
                   <param sid="target" name="Target_Distance" type="float">5</param>
                   <param sid="targetRoll" name="Target_Roll" type="float">1</param>
                   <param sid="projType" name="Projection_Type" type="Name">persp</param>
                   <param sid="focalLen" name="Focal_Length" type="float">0.05</param>
                   <param sid="distort" name="Lens_Distortion" type="float">0</param>
                   <param sid="squeeze" name="Lens_Squeeze" type="float">1</param>
                   <param sid="focusDist" name="Focus_Distance" type="float">4</param>
                   <param sid="fStop" name="F-Stop" type="float">4</param>
                   <param sid="blurLen" name="Blur_Length" type="float">0.5</param>
                   <param sid="blurOff" name="Blur_Offset" type="float">0</param>
                   <param sid="ioDist" name="Interocular_Distance" type="float">0.065</param>
                   <param sid="convDist" name="Convergence_Distance" type="float">1</param>
               </technique>
           </optics>
       </camera>
   </library_cameras>