Using rigid bodies

Creating a rigid body definition in QTM allows the software to automatically identify the trajectories from an object and track it with six degrees of freedom (6DOF). This means that in addition to recording the exact position of the object in space, QTM will also track its orientation. QTM can track multiple rigid bodies at a time, and rigid bodies can be used along with AIM models.

The following chapters explain how to place markers on an object, define the rigid body in QTM, and view the 6DOF data.

For further details on using your Qualisys system to track rigid bodies, please refer to the QAcademy tutorials How to define the local coordinate system for rigid bodies and How to set up rigid body calculations.

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How to track rigid bodies

How to define the local coordinate system for rigid bodies

How to set up rigid body calculations