Introduction

This manual is designed to guide new users through each step of setting up and using a Qualisys motion capture system.

Initial setup process

• THE QUALISYS USER EXPERIENCE shows you how to access the online customer resources you’ll need.

• SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM teaches how to connect your cameras and get them ready to record.

• CUSTOMIZING QTM introduces how to organize and personalize your workspace.

Data collection workflow

• RUNNING YOUR QUALISYS SYSTEM shows how to calibrate your cameras and capture data.

• IDENTIFYING TRAJECTORIES explains how trajectories are used in QTM and how to label them.

• PROCESSING YOUR DATA describes how to reprocess files and edit trajectories.

Application-specific topics

• GETTING STARTED WITH MARKERLESS explains how to set up and use a Qualisys system for markerless motion capture.

• GETTING STARTED WITH EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT teaches how to use the Qualisys camera sync unit and set up various types of synchronization.

• GETTING STARTED WITH ANIMATION shows how to use the QTM skeleton solver and stream skeleton data.

• GETTING STARTED WITH BIOMECHANICS covers how to set up a subject with marker sets, record biomechanical trials, and process the data.