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File Commands are separated into three categories:
1) File_Management
2) File_Open/Import
3) File_Save/Export
For more pipeline commands, please see the Pipeline Commands Reference page.
File Management commands are “commands that act on files”.
File_Management
Exit_Workspace
Exits Visual3D. This is useful when an external program launches Visual3D with a pipeline. When the pipeline is finished executing, Visual3D is closed.
Recalc
Recalculate the link model, event dependencies, and execute the RECALC Pipeline.
Clear_Recalc_Pipeline
Select_Active_File
Many of the pipeline commands in Visual3D act on the active files only, and only active file is animated in the 3D viewer.
File_Close
File_New
Clears the Workspace. Removes all models, motion trials, and the Global Workspace.
File_Rename
Assign_Tags_To_File
Files can be associated with other files opened in the Visual3D workspace by assigning a TAG to the file.
Combine_Tags
Use boolean logic to combine TAGS into a new TAG.
Remove_Tags
Removes the specified files from the TAG. Select ALL_FILES, a TAG, or a movement trial.
Remove_CMO_History
Load_CMO_Library
Unload_CMO_Library
Copy_Point_Descriptions_To_Analog_Labels
Copy_Point_Descriptions_To_Point_Labels
Motion Analysis Corporation exports C3D files that are consistent with an early version of the C3D file format. One of the restrictions in the early format was that POINT LABELS (e.g. names of the markers) were allowed to have only 4 characters. This command will cause Visual3D to copy the marker DESCRIPTION PARAMETER into the marker LABEL PARAMETER thus giving markers their long names.
Create_Targets_For_LinkModelBased_Rotations
Create_Targets_For_LinkModelBased_Rotations_From_Velocity
Joint_Rotations_From_PSU_IMU
Fix_MAC_Eva7_C3DFile
Visual3D does not act as a general C3D editor. Several commands, however, exist to edit specific parameters in the C3D file:
Modify_Analog_Parameters
Modify_C3D_Manufacturer
Modify_Point_Parameters
Modify_C3D_Subjects_Parameters
Modify the SUBJECT parameter group
Modify_Point_Rate
Modify the point and/or analog rate in the c3d file
Remove_Prefix_From_Point_Labels
Vicon Corporation's Workstation software provides an option to add a prefix to all of the marker labels. This causes Visual3D a big problem because Visual3D assumes that markers are named consistently between files, especially between the standing trial and the movement trials.
Upsample_Point_Data_To_Analog_Rate
Not Available In Visual3Dv5:
Modify_C3D_Trial_Parameters
Modify the TRIAL parameter group
Create_Text_Data
Create a signal containing Text instead of a number