11. Settings Menu

The Settings dropdown menu.

Shortcut: Crtl+,

The settings available at the top of the preferences pane enable the user to load, save, and save default preferences.

Loaded Preferences File	Displays the path to the preferences file from which the current preferences were loaded. Load: Allows the selection of a new preferences .pxt file. Save As: Allows the current preferences to be saved as a new .pxt file.
Default Preferences	Load: Allows previously specified default preferences to be selected and loaded. Save As Default: Allows the current preferences to be saved as a new set of default preferences.

11.1. Analysis Preferences

The Analysis preferences dialog window.

The Analysis preferences pane contains advanced options and parameters for adjusting how the movement is analyzed, including subject identification and person tracking, model parameters, and 3D reconstruction parameters.

Analysis Frame Range	First and last frame to analyze (inclusive). Modified frame range values are included when preferences are saved. (Default: full trial length)
Image Matte Percentage	Image exclusion border size. Image matte area is displayed as a grey border around the camera views when active. The greyed-out portions of the videos will not be used when running the analysis, allowing poorly calibrated image borders to be ignored. Image matte area is not applied during lens calibration.
Max People	Maximum number of people to track. (Default: No max)
Person Tracking Mode	Select the method for determining person tracking priority. Run Analysis (without 2D) must be performed in order to update person tracking. Most Visible: Person identification and tracking performed by prioritizing people who are visible in >75% of the total frames from all cameras throughout the entire trial, and ordering them by their distance to the global coordinate system origin. Closest to Origin: Person identification and tracking performed by ordering all people by their minimum distance to the global coordinate system origin throughout the entire trial. For example, if a person walks directly over the origin, they will likely be identified as person 0. Order of Appearance: Person identification and tracking performed by numbering people in order of appearance within the capture volume.
Remove stale IDs	Remove any person IDs that are missing for 100 consecutive frames or more. This allows a person who is tracked repeatedly within a single trial (e.g. during several passes into and out of the volume) to be tracked and therefore exported separately, for instance as multiple separate c3d files.
Track Rotating People (beta)	Improve tracking of rotating and non-upright people at the expense of speed. (Default: Off)
Use Saved Model	If not selected, the generic model will be scaled during Solve Skeleton. If selected, a previously saved model can be used by the inverse kinematics algorithm. Use the button on the next line to select the model to be used. Note that this option is only available when Max People is 1. (Default: Off)
Large Lens Distortion	Uses a larger grid for lens distortion correction. Only use if there is a lot of distortion and loading is slow. (Default: Off)
Default Model (neither Full Body nor Separate Arm and Head model selected)	Uses separated IK chains for the lower body (pelvis and legs) and upper body (torso, arms, and head). No abdomen or neck segments. Shoulder joints and head segment are allowed 6 degrees of freedom. See Default Model Description for a detailed description of this model.
Use Full Body Model	Uses a single, whole-body IK chain including pelvis, abdomen, and thorax segments. See Full Body Model Description for a detailed description of this model. Must be used if saving skeleton poses using FBX format.
Use Separate Arm and Head Models	Uses separated IK chains for the lower body (pelvis and legs), torso, arms, and head segments. No abdomen or neck segments. Shoulder joints and head segment are allowed 6 degrees of freedom. See Separate Arm and Head Model Description for a detailed description of this model.
Enable 3 DOF Knee	If selected, the model used by the inverse kinematics algorithm will have three degrees of freedom at the knee (flexion/extension, ab/adduction, and internal/external rotation). If not selected, the model will have two degrees of freedom at the knee (flexion/extension and ab/adduction). (Default: Off)
Smoothing Freq. (Hz)	Cutoff frequency of the GCVSPL lowpass filter used to smooth the pose from the inverse kinematics. (Default: 20Hz)
Display/Use	Enables the 3D Analysis Bounding Box for use, which restricts person tracking to within a specified 3D volume. This allows people who are visible but not of interested to be ignored, such as the experimenter or other observers. Run Analysis (without 2D) must be performed in order to update person tracking and skeleton visibility.
Use Camera Locations	The 3D camera locations will be used to establish the edges of the analysis bounding box, rather than the x, y, and z origin positions and length, width, and height dimension definitions. Origin X: Position of the center of the bounding box along the global coordinate system X-axis. Origin Y: Position of the center of the bounding box along the global coordinate system Y-axis. Origin Z: Position of the center of the bounding box along the global coordinate system Z-axis. Minimum value is half the bounding box height. Length: Bounding box dimension along the global coordinate system X-axis. Width: Bounding box dimension along the global coordinate system Y-axis. Height: Bounding box dimension along the global coordinate system Z-axis.

11.2. Rendering Preferences

The Rendering preferences dialog window.

The rendering preferences pane contains advanced options and parameters for how the data should be played back and rendered.

Playback	Playback rate during continuous playback. A value of 1 will show every frame, 2 will show every other frame, etc. (Default: 1)
Skeleton Alpha	Set the opacity of the skeletons, 3D segments, and local coordinate systems rendered in the 2D views. The slider ranges from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque).
Render Smooth IK	If selected, the filtered pose of the skeletons will be rendered. If not selected, the unfiltered pose will be rendered. (Default: Off)

11.3. Setup Preferences

The Setup preferences dialog window.

The Setup preferences pane contains options and parameters for the software setup and startup.

Visual3D Path	Path to Visual3D.exe location. Must be set in order to load data in Visual3D from Theia3D. Use the button to browse to and select your Visual3D.exe file.
Select GPUs on launch.	Show or hide the startup/GPU selection dialog when Theia3D launches.