User's Manual

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MVN User Manual
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Figure 45: Contact point
Table 5: Potential contact points in MVN Studio
Contact point
Description
HeelFoot
Heel of the foot
FirstMetatarsal
Inside ball of foot
FifthMetatarsal
Outside ball of foot
PivotFoot
Center ball of foot
TibialTub
Bony elevation on upper part of the shinbone (tibia)
GreaterTrochanter
Eminence on the upper part of the femur
IschialTub
Buttock (left and right)
Sacrum
Base of the Spinal Column
Central Buttock
Buttock
PX
Bottom of sternum
T4SpinalProcess
Vertebra between shoulders
Acromion
Shoulder
Olecranon
Elbow
BallOfHand
Ball of hand
TopOfHead
Top of head
When clicking on a body segment with the left mouse button, the selected mesh will light up in red. The
selected body segment shows spheres with external points of that segment. The time bar will zoom in
and expand to show the detected contact points of the selected segment per frame. The colors of the
spheres correspond with the coloring and labeling in the contact bar. For example, on the foot, there are
four possible contact points: the heel (blue), first metatarsal (green), fifth metatarsal (red) and the pivot
point on the ball of the foot (pink).
When an external point is defined as a contact, the related sphere will enlarge for the currently displayed
frame. Clicking on a second segment will show the contacts of both selected segments.