Calculation
can be carried out for IP cameras that generate up to
3 simultaneous video streams (Viewing, Recording, Alarm
recording) with different resolution, compression, frame rate
and recording time.
Calculation can be carried out for a single IP camera,
all cameras in the project, as well as for isolated
groups of IP cameras, that is useful to estimate the load of separate
network segments or equipment. Filtering and sorting are possible
in the Table. It is possible to group cameras by models, plans,
groups, scenes,templates or by any combination of parameters with
calculation of traffic values for each camera group.
It is possible to correct intermediate results of calculations
(frame size, traffic) if you know more accurate experimental data.
The Calculator can be a simple calculator for simplified calculation
only one stream from IP cameras, and a complex calculator, which
takes into account three independent streams, color, sound, scene
features, compression algorithm and hardware in use. The Calculator
can work with different sets of input data, depending on their
availability and required accuracy. Default values will be assigned
to unused fields. Unused columns in the table can be hidden and
excluded from the calculation. Created Table Views can be saved
and restored when needed.
Source list of IP cameras can be entered manually or imported
from VideoCAD working project, from VideoCAD project file or copied
from MS Excel table.
Table of results or its fragments can be printed or exported to
the formats: *. txt, *. csv, *. htm, *. rtf, *. xls, *. xlsl,
*. xml.
It is possible to include the table of calculation results in
the PDF report.
Using
calculation patterns, you can customize the calculator
taking into account any compression algorithms, processor features
of any camera model, various scenes and your practical experience.
Import
from other CAD programs
Locate cameras and cables on the prepared
layouts in *.bmp, *.jpg, *.emf, *.wmf, *.png, *.gif, *.tif,
*.pdf, AutoCAD *.dwg, *.dxf formats.
As
a background, you can paste raster files from the Windows clipboard,
for example, a copy of the Windows screen with a Google,
OSM, Yandex map. In VideoCAD, you can crop [PICTURE cropbackgroundbtn.png]
the desired part from the imported background. This handy method
of importing maps is suitable for any program, allows to get background
of several monitors size and does not depend on third-party services.
For
backgrounds in AutoCAD *.dwg, *.dxf formats you can choose Layout
in the background, control visibility of layers, hide texts. For
backgrounds in *.pdf format you can choose page and resolution
of the background.
Import
constructions
from a 2D background in AutoCAD formats to 3D VideoCAD constructions
automatically. Use of this tool allows to reduce efforts of outlining
background to convert it to 3D constructions.
You
can import ready 3D models of objects and territories from
files: *.3ds, *.ase (3D Studio max), *.dae, *.xml (Collada),
*.obj and more than twenty 3D formats. You can download
3D models in Collada format (*.dae) from free SketchUP
3D Warehouse library, use 3DS Max models from designer's libraries,
3D models from game model libraries, create 3D models in SketchUP,
save them in *.dae and import in VideoCAD.
Import image
files in bmp, jpg, png, gif, tif, emf, wmf, AutoCAD dxf, dwg,
pdf formats for free display in 2D and 3D.
Import
camera model parameters to the Table of camera models via copying
and pasting
from Excel.
Export
Export
the 2D drawing into any of the following formats:*.bmp, *.jpg,
*.emf, *.wmf, *.png, *.gif, *.tif, *.pdf (raster and vector),
AutoCAD *.dxf, AutoCAD *.dwg, PLT (HPGL/2), CGM (Computer Graphic
Metafile), SWF (Adobe Flash).
Advanced
export to AutoCAD *.dwg, *.dxf formats. At exporting to AutoCAD
*.dwg, *.dxf formats, cameras and illuminators are exported as
blocks. The most important parameters of cameras and illuminators
are recorded to the block attributes. VideoCAD layers, fonts and
line types are exported.
When
you export a drawing with a background in AutoCAD *.dwg, *.dxf
format, VideoCAD constructions can be added
to the background on separate layers or the background can
be added as an external links to the file of the background. In
both cases the structure of the background is saved.
Possible
scheme of the combining AutoCAD + VideoCAD:
1. Load
drawing in AutoCAD format as a background;
2. Import
AutoCAD lines to VideoCAD 3D constructions automatically;
3. Adding cameras and constructions on special layers;
4. Export
the obtained drawing to AutoCAD format to work with it in AutoCAD.
Export
of a 3D scene with cameras and objects to an open COLLADA
file (* .dae). COLLADA files can be imported by many
3D editors including SketchUP. VideoCAD can also
import COLLADA files. See more about COLLADA file https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COLLADA
Export
to DXF file 3D
view areas and camera coverage
taking into account lens distortion, pixel density, and shading.
This feature allows the convenient scheme of work with combination
of 3D BIM Software (SketchUP) + VideoCAD.
1. Export layout as a 3D model-territory through SketchUP and
loading it into VideoCAD.
2. Adding cameras with 3D view areas in VideoCAD.
3. Export 3D view areas in COLLADA or DXF format, loading them
into 3D BIM Software and combining with the original layout in
3D.
Export
images from the 3D
World window to any of the following formats: *.bmp, *.jpg,*.gif,*.tif,*.png.
Size in pixels of the exported file can exceed
the Windows screen size.
Export 3D
images from cameras to any of the following formats: *.bmp,
*.jpg,*.gif,*.tif,*.png. Size in pixels of the exported file can
exceed the Windows screen size.
Export animated
image models with moving 3D models to animated gif. See
an example of animated monitor (file size about 4 Mb).
Export images
from monitors to *.bmp, *.jpg,*.gif,*.tif,*.png.
Export images from monitors to animated
monitor models as html files, with moving 3D models, taking
into account frame rate of each camera.
Obtain the text
report with full description of all cameras in the project,
view areas and cables to be pasted into a project explanatory
note or used as instruction for installation.
Obtain the Cable
report.
Get a report in PDF
format, with full description of all cameras in the project,
view areas and cables. The PDF Report can include images from
the cameras, fragments of layouts with camera placed, a cover
with logo. Report parameters and the structure of information
in the report is configurable.
See
examples of VideoCAD PDF reports:
Copy the Camera
list with most important parameters to MS Excel, MS Word and
other software.
Get
detailed adjustable table
of all initial and calculated parameters of cameras in project.
Print the table or export it to *.txt, *.csv,*.rtf, *.xls, *.htm
formats.
Printing
Printing
the obtained 2D drawing in raster or vector mode on one or several
pages for pasting together. You can use prepared frames with standard
title-block and logo. Sizes, colors styles of fonts and lines,
weights of lines can be adjusted.
Printing image models from cameras
and monitors.
Printing 3D images from the 3D
World window.
Printing the Table
of cameras and the Table
of camera models as a whole or by selected fragments.
Database
of real camera models
Maintain
database
of camera models, assign different models for cameras in project,
compare models with each other.
VideoCAD
distribution kit includes a database of modern cameras from well-known
manufacturers. VideoCAD can model all modern types of
camera models in accordance with their specifications.
It
is possible to download new databases of camera
models from the site cctvcad.com.
You
can add any camera models to the database yourself.
It is possible to independently replenish the database directly
from manufacturer specifications using Artificial
Intelligence.
You
can order
special Camera model database add-on file, including
parameters of user-defined models, entered according to their
specifications.
Inclusion
of any equipment and cables in the project. Specification and
Cable Log
Equipment
tables contain parameters of any equipment models. The Tables
may also include materials and labor. The window has three tabs:
- Equipment
Database;
-
Specification;
-
Cable Log.
And
also a separately called Equipment Types library.
The
Equipment Types library includes the types of
equipment for use in projects, without identifying specific models.
Each type has an associated symbol, alphanumeric designation,
and color for display on the layout. This library
is designed to ensure standardization and consistency of symbols
and alphanumeric designations for equipment of the same type.
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The
Equipment database is a local, editable table of models
of devices, cables and other items for use in projects. The database
contains many parameters common to various equipment. You can
use only the parameters needed for the project and hide the rest.
Specification
(Bill of Materials) is a table of equipment and materials used
in the current project. It can be filled automatically, supplemented,
and edited manually. The specification can also include camera
models used in the project and represent a flexible, customizable
list of all equipment and materials of the project. A specification
can include cost calculation for equipment and materials, as well
as labor costs.
The
specification view can be quickly switched. By setting View you
can get any standard form of Specification.
Cable
log is a table of all cable sections in the current project,
indicating the cable type, length, reserves, lists of cameras
and devices connected to each section. It may include a calculation
of the voltage drop along the section. In the case of multiple
consumers connected to a cable section at different distances
from the source, it may include calculation of the voltage at
each consumer. The cable log can be filled automatically, supplemented,
and edited manually.
By
setting View you can get any standard form of Cable Log.
Devices
and cables from the Equipment Database and Specification can be
selected and placed on the layout; they will be displayed in 2D
and 3D.
In
the Graphics window, devices are displayed as
a rectangle with actual dimensions and a symbol. In 3D windows,
devices are displayed as boxes with actual dimensions and images
of the devices stretched over them. If an image is not assigned
to a device, device symbol is drawn instead of image. An alphanumeric
designation is displayed over the boxes, which is visible through
other constructions.
Each
equipment model can be assigned a symbol, color, line type, actual
device dimensions, and image. These parameters can be reassigned
for any individual device or cable on the layout using the Current
Construction Parameters Panel or the Selection editing panel.
Cables
are considered equipment too, and cable models are included in
the Equipment Tables. Cable models can be selected in tables and
routed on the layout. Cable routing is three-dimensional. Each
cable node has two coordinates on the layout and height above
ground. Cable nodes can be selected and edited individually, as
selected groups of nodes, as entire cables, or as groups of selected
cables. This horizontal, vertical, and inclined cable sections
are set accurately, while maintaining the ease of routing and
editing traditionally horizontal cables. The cable designation,
node height, and cable model name, in any combination, can be
displayed next to defined cable nodes.
Multiple
devices and cameras in different locations can be connected to
a single cable. A cable is considered connected to a device if
its node is within the device's 3D box. A cable is considered
connected to a camera if its node is no more than 2 cm from the
camera lens, in three coordinates. Snaps make connections simple.
Cable routing can be monitored in 3D. Selected cables and devices
are visible through other structures, allowing for a complete
view of complex cable routing across multiple rooms and floors
in 3D windows.
Among
the device model parameters, you can set a cable reserve for connection
to this device model. This reserve will be added to the calculated
cable length each time you connect to devices of that model. The
program accurately calculates all cable sections in 3D, takes
into account reserves for connections to cameras and equipment,
additional reserve for installation, and generates the Cable Log.
The total cable length for each cable model calculated from the
Cable Log is entered into the Specification.
The
Cable Control box tool automatically detects
and displays a list of cables passing through a virtual 3D box,
along with extension line and height. This tool is convenient
for displaying lists of cables laid in bundles.
The
Equipment
model card is used not only for camera models, but also for
displaying photos and parameters of devices and cables from the
Equipment Database and Specifications. The box dynamically displays
photos and parameters of camera models, devices and cables: active,
editing, located under the cursor on the layout, or selected in
tables and lists.
The
Numbering on layouts tool can be used to automatically
number/rename cameras, devices, and cables on layouts. Numbering
can be done in ascending index order, top-to-bottom, and left-to-right
by location on the layout, on selecting and Along Cables.
Import
camera models, equipment and cables from manufacturers' datasheets
using AI
Automatic
datasheet parsing with detection of camera type, all possible
camera modes, lenses and resolutions.
Import
over a hundred parameters from many camera types, including complex
ones such as:
- cameras
with resolution-dependent size of the active area of the image
sensor and lens distortion
- cameras
with a set of conventional and fisheye lenses,
- fisheye
cameras with a limited field of view
- multi-sensor
cameras (including matrix cameras) with a continuous view area
and an arbitrary position in space composite cameras (multi-sensor+PTZ,
thermal imager+PTZ, etc.).
Calculation
of missing important parameters (image sensor format, lens focal
length, view angles, active area of the image sensor, resolution, crop)
from the information in the datasheet.
Verification
of the obtained parameters. Error detection. Handler message log.
Automatic
import of a list of models without human intervention.
VideoCAD 16 does not require incomplete, inaccurate, and rapidly outdated additional databases of camera parameters. The laws of physics and powerful mathematics embedded in algorithms, combined with the capabilities of neural networks, make it possible to simulate any camera based on all information contained in original manufacturers' datasheets, but without need for deep understanding of them.
Import any models of equipment and cables directly from manufacturers' datasheets into the Equipment Database using Artificial Intelligence. You can add any security equipment, computer
hardware and cables, include it in project, specification, report,
place it in 2D and 3D, connect it to cameras and to each other
using cables, and take it into account in calculations
Load
capacity
Starting
from VideoCAD14, VideoCAD became possible to work with the simultaneous
display on the screen of several thousand of 3D models and hundreds
of cameras with the most complex types of projections of view
areas.*
Accurate
modeling of lens distortion, complex multi-color, gradient and
two-level projections do not slow down the program and can be
used constantly for all cameras in the project.
*To
speed up complex graphics, VideoCAD14 loads generated objects
into the video card memory and uses the graphics processor, so
the maximum number of objects in a project depends on the capabilities
of the video card. It takes some time to load objects into the
video card, so with many objects there may be a temporary slowdown
immediately after opening the Graphics window, 3D World window
and 3D Video. After all the objects appear on the screen, these
objects begin to update from the video card memory and the graphics
reach maximum speed.
