The following presentations have been produced by North West Technical Services Ltd to act as Aide Memoires for UK and Eire users. The aim is to produce short videos explaining how to do various tasks, with particular emphasis on routine tasks followed by more complex examples.
It is important to stress that these videos are for users who have obtained a Certificate of Competence or are preparing to attend one of NWTS’s training courses. The software should not be used or relied on as the basis of a Road Traffic Accident Reconstruction Report unless the user is registered with NWTS Ltd or another body nominated by DSD Linz – Austria as being certified as a trained and competent user.
Section 1 - GETTING STARTED *
- Setting up the Program Link
Setting up 64 bit version, Change to Manual Update, Change to Right Hand Drive - Setting Up the Working Environment Link
Default settings, UCS, Saving - Loading a Bitmap Link
Import, Scale and Move, Second Bitmaps, Aligning and Locking - Customising the Toolbar Link
Quick Access Toolbar, Keystrokes, Saving - Loading an Agisoft Point Cloud Link
Camera Settings, Import Align and Scale, Layering and Gradient - Interrogating a Laser Scan in Cloud Compare Link
What is Cloud Compare, converting Text Files, Removing Embedded Photos - Loading a Laser Scan Link
Import, Draw Set-up, Rotate and Move, Filtering, Layering
Section 2 - REVIEW OF THE RIBBON STRUCTURE *
Section 3 - THE DRAW PROGRAM *
- Drawing Properties Link
Setting up Options, Snap and Grid. Object Snap and Object Properties - The Draw Tools Link
Lines, Object Properties, Group, Line Styles, Polylines, Offset, Measure, Polygon, Arc and Circle, Rectangle, Point and Blocks - Modifying Draw Elements Link
Copy, Mirror, Offset, Move/Rotate, Scale, Arrays, Chamfer-Fillet-Trim, Shift, Extrude, Group-Un-Group and DXF Save - Road Elements, 3 and 4 Point Grid and 3D Objects Link
Using Road Elements, 3 and 4 Point Measurement grids, and 3D Fan - Symbols Library
- Viewports
- 2D Drawings from Laser Scan Model
- Templates and Printing Link
Print Preview, Print Setup, Pint Comments/Templates, Customising Templates, Print to PDF - Lines of Sight from a Truck Cab Link
Import Laser Scan, Filter, Add Sight Lines, Clean up Truck Model, Save as DXF, Load to Simulation, Synchronise t=0
Section 4 - CCTV AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY
Work in progress
Section 5 - SIMPLE KINETIC MODELLING (POST IMPACT RECONSTRUCTION) *
- Loading Vehicles Link
Vehicle Specifications, adding 2D outlines, adding 3D outlines, resizing models - Deformation Lines and EES Link
Adding Deformation Lines, Positioning at Impact, EES by Crash 3, and EES from Database - Explanation of the Impact Model
- Application of Kinetics to a Real Case Link
Case described, plan imported, vehicles setup, impact modelling, sequence tables, fine tuning the model. - Optimisation Link
Section 7 - INTRODUCTION TO MULTIBODIES
Work in progress
Section 8 - SECTION 8 MORE COMPLEX MULTIBODIES
Work in progress
Section 9 - MORE COMPLEX KINETICS
- Multiple Kinetic collisions
Section 10 - JACK KNIFE AND ROLL OVER
Work in progress
Section 11 - 3D VIEW, SIMULATIONS AND VIDEO
Work in progress
* Indicates that video’s are available. Please note this is an ongoing project and new videos will be added as time goes by.
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