Step 

Description 

• Create a viewpoint,
• Show the Modify panel then select the Devices sub-panel.

 

 

Viewpoint properties:

Near plane: distance under which 3-D objects are invisible.
Far plane: distance beyond which objects are invisible.
Aperture: opening (in degrees) for capturing images.

Panoramic: check this option to indicate if the camera is panoramic (360 °). Panoramic images are generated by projecting environment map (cube map) on a 3D sphere. This camera type consumes a lot of CPU time because the 7 3D renders (cube + projection). The video card must support RenderToTexture and CubeMapping functions.

Sphere mirror ray : ray of the sphere used as mirror (in front of the viewpoint).
Distance/camera: distance from the viewpoint to the sphere.
Sphere segments: Triangles count used for final sphere rendering.
Cube map resolution: Cube maps size for generate the 6 3D renders. Prefer using the default size (Camera with div 2, closest 2 pow <=) 

 

• Select the Devices sub-panel,
• Click on the Choose Device icon to open the list of plugins that may be attached to this geometry,
• Choose a Camera.

Resolution: image size in pixels.
Format: determines pixel format. By default, the format is Alpha Red Green Blue (8 bits per pixel). This is the fastest mode as it does not require any processing for transformation. The image is that which is calculated by the video card.
Max zoom factor: sets the maximum zoom that the camera can perform. 

 

In MODA programming, camera devices are accessed via the DeviceCamera class. The camera's full path, starting at PHX "/" is viewpoint0/cam0.