Can we do a walkaround video of a floor overview?

[GeneDavis]

Like from a camera drone making a slow lazy circle over the house, its roof off?  Sorry if this has been asked before but I searched.

[Chopsaw]

I have done it successfully before many moons ago but forget all the steps required.  I think you need to set up your own custom Camera View Layerset with Roof Planes and ceiling surfaces etc. turned off and make that the Layerset that the walkthrough camera uses.  Not using the Floor Overview camera like you would think.

 

This would only work with a 1 story structure without a tone of extra work so depending on the quality required you might do a two story with the Floor Overview Camera and a 3rd party screen recorder by initiating a camera spin.

 

[robdyck]

You don't need to use a different software, just use the Record Walkthrough tool and press 'ctrl-s' to generate the spin. Set the camera rotation angle to a low value, 2 degrees or less.

The quality won't be as good but it may be good enough depending on your use.

[glennw]

Do a Perspective Full overview.

Make sure the Perspective Full Overview is the active window.

Go 3D>Walkthroughs>Create Orbital Walkthrough Path (you don't get this option in a plan view).

In plan view you should now have a full circular path around the model and the Walkthrough Preview window should be open.

Open the Walkthrough Paths dbx>Camera panel>Walkthrough Camera Layer Set and hide the layers you don't want like roof, ceilings, ridges, etc.

Or...create a new layer set and use that.

 

 

 

[para-CAD]

Having full drone-like video over a doll house view would be awesome. That should be in the suggestion for X 15. You rock, Gene

[Michael_Gia]

I use the lazy man's approach of a screen recording of me spinning the model.

 

low effort

[ClintonM]

On 12/13/2022 at 2:38 PM, glennw said:

(you don't get this option in a plan view)

In plan view, the Create Orbital Walkthrough Path tool is available in Perspective Full Overview's edit menu.

The same steps @glennwenumerated should work for all perspective camera views, including the Perspective Full Overview, Perspective Floor Overview, and Perspective Framing Overview.

[glennw]

9 minutes ago, ClintonM said:

In plan view, the Create Orbital Walkthrough Path tool is available in Perspective Full Overview's edit menu.

Clinton,

I don't understand what you are saying?

[ClintonM]

@glennw

Sorry for the confusion.  Like you noted, accessing the Create Orbital Walkthrough Path via 3D>Walkthroughs>Create Orbital Walkthrough Path is unavailable in plan view.
However, you can also access the tool for a given camera by selecting the camera in a plan view.  The tool is available in the camera's edit menu.

 

[robdyck]

@ClintonM The OP was asking about a walkthrough path for Floor Cameras. Just to avoid confusion, we are correct when telling @GeneDavis that he cannot use that tool, right?

[glennw]

27 minutes ago, robdyck said:

 The OP was asking about a walkthrough path for Floor Cameras. Just to avoid confusion, we are correct when telling @GeneDavis that he cannot use that tool, right?

Rob,

No, not quite right.

You can create an Orbital Path with a Perspective Floor overview, but it will include the roofs, ceilings, etc., if you click Yes on the dbx you show.

So...you can overcome this short coming by using a layer set (or editing the layer set that the orbital camera uses - probably the Camera View Layer Set) that has the layers for those particular items set to not display. 

[robdyck]

16 minutes ago, glennw said:

So...you can overcome this short coming by using a layer set (or editing the layer set that the orbital camera uses - probably the Camera View Layer Set) that has the layers for those particular items set to not display.

Layers do not turn off floor levels:)