I am designing a camera to be mounted on a structure to monitor the position of personnel and the cutting action of the tool.
Is it possible to set up a camera in Solidworks, (with the required focal length and aperture) and see what the camera would see?
Also, would it be possible to set up lighting and adjust that to give the required effect?
Thanks in anticipation.
Derek.
Any advice on setting it up? as usual help is not much help.
Derek.
SW publishes a Step by Step self study guide to Motion. It was of some help to me.
Where does one get these self study guides?
From the publisher or a retailler. Google the title.
To add a camera to a document:
In the FeatureManager design tree, right-click Lights, Cameras, and Scene 
and select Add Camera 
.
A Two-View - Vertical 
viewport opens, with the camera in the left viewport and the camera view in the right viewport in the orientation of the active view.
The composition rectangle in the camera view shows you what is visible to the camera.
You can specify properties in the Camera PropertyManager and drag the camera, target, and field of view in the graphics area.
Camera Type
Choose one:
Aimed at target. When you drag the camera or set other properties, the camera maintains the line of sight to the target point.
Floating. The camera is not locked onto the target point and can move anywhere.
Yes it is, with the proviso that a virtual camera is not a real camera so has no constraints relating to aperture. It sees everything and the view is never obscured by cutting oil splashing on the lens or by the operator's elbow.
Multiple lights are fully adjustable.