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Activates input from a joystick and specifies whether the joystick movement should use keypad-defined (discrete) or mouse-defined (relative) movement.

All three forms of dynamic motion control (joystick, keypad, and discrete) share the same basic speed/control settings. However, it is important to set the speed setting to the proper value for the model. The speed setting determines the base rate of movement (units per move) for dynamic motion, independent of update speed. Keypad and joystick discrete controls can vary the speed around this setting. You can set the proper speed values on the Rates tab of the Motion Settings dialog box.

Allow joystick input

Activates joystick input.

Discrete (keypad like)

Allows movement to respond incrementally to a given direction without a button press, much like movement using the keypad.

  • No buttons pushed: Forward, Backward, Left, Right mode

  • Button 1: Rotate mode.

  • Button 2: Pan mode.

Relative (mouse like)

Allows the joystick to respond relative to a point on the screen. This option works similarly to the mouse drag modes in that the joystick does not engage a motion mode until a button is pressed.

  • Button 1: Forward, Backward, Left, Right mode.

  • Button 2: Rotate mode.

  • Button 3: Pan mode.

Move threshold in percent

Describes the amount of joystick movement before the movement is registered.

This applies only to analog joysticks and does not apply to newer USB joysticks.

Button Mapping

Maps commands to joystick buttons.

  • By default, dynamic motion updates an entire view before moving to the next one. You cannot control motion effectively on some large models because the update time is too long. For these large models, the Clip far option on the Display tab of the Motion Settings dialog box can be very useful. When enabled, it sets the far clipping plane to the specified value (if this value is smaller than the current far clipping setting). By using this setting, you can reduce the amount of graphics being drawn. This will decrease update time while allowing you to see all graphics that are near the eye point.

  • For best performance, enable textures only on computers that have hardware texturing support. You can set the global settings for texture display on the Display tab of the View Settings dialog box. When enabled, this option allows textures to display during dynamics if Allow all texturing is already enabled on the Display tab of the Motion Settings dialog box.

  • Texturing is available in the full version of SmartPlant Review and the Photo-Realism module.

See Also

Motion Settings Dialog Box
Joystick Button Mapping Dialog Box