Flight Route and Stop Management

Usage

After opening or creating a flight route, you can manage flight routes and flight stops through the flight route or stop context menu in the Flight Stop Management panel.

Function Entry

  • Flight Management tab -> Flight Route group -> Stop Management/Open/New button -> Flight Stop Management panel

Operation Steps

  1. After opening or creating a flight route, right-click the flight route node in the Flight Management panel. The context menu window pops up, and flight route management can be performed.
  2. Flight: After selecting the Flight button in the context menu of a flight route node, flight will be executed according to the set flight route. After selecting the Flight button in the context menu of a stop node, it will fly from the current stop to the last stop.
  3. Locate To: After selecting the Locate To button in the context menu of a stop node, it will locate from the current position to the currently selected flight stop.
  4. Select All: The Select All button is available only when the flight route is in a stopped state, and is used to select all stops under the current flight route.
  5. Invert Selection: The Invert Selection button is available only when the flight route is in a stopped state, and is used to set the currently selected observation stops to a non-selected state.
  6. Rename: After selecting the Rename button in the context menu of a flight route node, the flight route name can be renamed; after selecting the Rename button in the context menu of a stop node, the name of the selected stop can be renamed. Press Enter after input to complete the operation.
  7. Delete: After selecting the Delete button in the context menu of a flight route node, in the pop-up prompt box "The operation is irreversible. Are you sure you want to delete?", click OK to delete the currently selected flight route. After selecting the Delete button in the context menu of a stop node, in the pop-up prompt box "The operation is irreversible. Are you sure you want to delete?", click OK to delete the currently selected stop.
  8. Stop Flight Settings: After selecting a stop other than the last stop in the flight route, select the Stop Flight Settings command in the stop context menu, or click the Stop Flight Settings button in the panel, and the "Stop Flight Settings" dialog box pops up to set the selected stop.
    • Stop List: The left side of the panel is the stop list, listing stops in the current flight route except the last stop.
    • Pre-turn Duration for Next Stop (seconds): Referred to as turn duration, it means starting to turn within the specified turn duration before flying from the current stop to the next stop. If the set turn duration is longer than the flight time from the current stop to the next stop, turning will start immediately after flying from the current stop. Users can directly enter the "turn duration" or click the button on the right to fine-tune it. The unit is seconds, and the default is 1.5 seconds.
    • Pause: When the stop action is selected as Pause, it will pause when flying to this stop and continue for the specified pause duration.
      • Pause Duration (seconds): Sets the pause duration at the current stop, in seconds. The default value is 0.
    • Rotate: When the stop action is selected as Rotate, it will rotate 360 degrees around the stop itself according to the specified camera posture, rotation direction, and rotation speed when flying to this stop. Specific rotation parameters need to be set in the rotation settings area:
      • Add/Delete: Click the corresponding button on the panel to add or delete rotation settings for observation stops.
      • Height, Azimuth, and Tilt Angle: Double-click the corresponding parameter values to set the height, azimuth, and tilt angle when the camera rotates around the stop.
      • Rotation Direction: Set the rotation direction around the stop through the drop-down menu. Options are clockwise and counterclockwise. The default is clockwise.
      • Horizontal Angular Velocity: Set the horizontal angular velocity during rotation, that is, how many degrees the horizontal angle changes per second,in degrees/second. The default value is 20, meaning 20 degrees per second.
    • Rotate Around Specified Point: When the stop action is selected as Rotate Around Specified Point, it will rotate around the specified point according to the specified rotation angle, rotation direction, and rotation speed when flying to this stop. Specific parameters need to be set in the rotation fixed point settings area:
      • Rotation Center: Set the coordinate value of the rotation center point. It can be set by directly entering coordinate values or by picking a position in the scene with the mouse. The default value is (0,0,0). In a spherical scene, X/Y/Z are longitude, latitude, and height respectively, with units of degrees and meters; in a planar scene, the units of X/Y are meters.
      • Direction: Set the rotation direction. Options are clockwise or counterclockwise. The default is clockwise.
      • Smooth Orientation Duration (seconds): After arriving at the stop, the time required for the camera to smoothly turn from the current orientation to the rotation center. When set to 0, it means turning directly.
      • Rotation Angle (degrees): Set the angle of rotation around the rotation point, in degrees. The default value is 360.
      • Horizontal Angular Velocity (degrees/second): Set the horizontal angular velocity of rotation around the rotation center, that is, how many degrees the horizontal angle changes per second, in degrees/second. The default value is 1, meaning 1 degree per second.

Related Topics

Flight Management