POLYGON
All-in-one customizable reporting tool for data and video
Reporting and presentation tools to communicate and share your data professionally
Vicon Polygon offers you reporting and presentation tools to communicate and share your data professionally. Polygon gives you the tools to communicate what matters most.
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features
Create and customise all your data in one application
Polygon’s easy to use interface and intuitive tool ribbons make it simple to review and edit your data in 3D, as a graph or as a table. Create a hyperlink to save your layout, which can then be restored on screen at any time.
Communicate what's important
Polygon allows you to view native video overlay in the 3D workspace, customize your key stats table, review and annotate quickly with data tags, and create graphs and visuals that represent your data clearly.
Present and share with confidence
Polygon can automatically export your on-screen data to six different formats including a self-contained report with its own Polygon Viewer. This allows you to access, customize and share your on-screen data with others in a way that fits your needs.
Fully integrated with nexus and bodybuilder
Vicon Polygon is fully integrated with Vicon Nexus and Vicon BodyBuilder through Eclipse data management which provides a standard user interface for data organization and access. Immediately view and access a hierarchy of all data files and reports.
Muscle modeling module
Visualize models, link muscle colors to EMG activity and plot key variables such as muscle lengths, moments and moment arms.
The most advanced tool for biofeedback visualization in real-time.
It can normalize the graphical data for repetitive movements so that the current movement cycle can be overlaid with historical data. Ideal for training, since you can suggest actual changes in the subject’s movement patterns and immediately view the results.
Movie and multimedia
Pan and zoom in the movie pane to focus in on, and hyperlink to, important findings that are occurring in a reference video. Calibrated reference video can be automatically imported along with trial data when captured simultaneously.
Display and compare multiple subjects
This powerful feature allows you to directly compare the movement patterns of a subject pre- and post- intervention or to compare the techniques of an expert and a novice athlete, side by side and fully synchronized.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
What is the minimum PC specification to run Vicon Polygon?
What operating system (OS) can I use with my Vicon Software?
| Current release version | Windows 10 | Windows 7* | Linux | OSX |
| Shōgun 1.2.1 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| Nexus 2.9.2 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| Tracker 3.7.0 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| Polygon 4.4.5 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| CaraLive 1.3.0 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| CaraPost 1.2.0 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| Pegasus 1.2.1 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| ProCalc 1.3.0 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| ProEclipse 1.3.1 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| DataStream SDK 1.8.0 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | 64 bit | 10.11 |
| Bodybuilder 3.6.4 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
Please do note:
- Recommended and fully supported in Windows 10 (64bit) — with .NET Framework 4.5 and above
- * Although Vicon Software may install and function under other Microsoft Windows operating systems
(Compatibility tested only Windows 7 (64bit) — with .NET Framework 4.5) , this is not officially supported or recommended by Vicon.
After January 14, 2020, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates and support for PCs with Windows 7. If you continue to use Windows 7 after support has ended, your PC will still work, but it may become more vulnerable to security risks. - For Legacy version please contact Vicon Support
How do I set up my network card?
1. Open the Network and Sharing Center and navigate to Change Adapter Settings. Vicon Vantage/Vero cameras are designated to one port. For each Vue (or Bonita Video) camera connected, there will be additional network port used.
2. Right click on the proper port and go into the Properties. The Local Area Connection Properties window will open. Make sure only Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) is selected.
3. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) from the list and select Properties to assign the proper IP address.
a .Vantage/Vero cameras will have the following IP Address: 192.168.10.1 and Subnet Mask of: 255.255.255.0
b. The first VUE camera will have the following IP Address: 192.168.10.2 and Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0
c. Any additional VUE cameras the last IP value is incrementally increased by one. For example, the second VUE camera will be 192.168.10.3.
Select OK to close out of the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties. And OK again to close out of the Local Area Connection Properties. This will make sure all changes have been saved.
4. Feel free to rename the network port so it is easily identifiable. Such as ViconMX, VUE1 or VUE2
For further assistance please refer to the Configuring Ports section of the PCSetupforViconSystems.pdf found in Downloads > Documentation
Polygon documentation
Visit the Polygon documentation pages, for information including:
- Getting started in Polygon
- Guides on installing, using and delving deeper into Polygon
- Release notes
- PDFs
Download Polygon
Polygon_4.4.6
File Name: Polygon_4.4.6.124541h.zip
Vicon Polygon offers you reporting and presentation tools to communicate and share your data professionally. Polygon gives you the tools to communicate what matters most.
Polygon 4.4.6 is a patch release of Vicon Polygon 4 that addresses issues reported since the release of Polygon 4.4.5.
New features:
- Polygon normative data. Normative gait data, which is represented as a PXD, is available in the latest Polygon update. The normative data was obtained from Schwartz et al. (2008), The effect of walking speed on the gait of typically developing children. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.03.015
- Polygon report templates: sport and functional movement examples. Five additional report templates have been included in the Polygon installer. These examples include bike-fitting, strength and conditioning, pre- and post-rehab, Plug-in Gait drop jump, and Advanced Gait Workflow drop jump. Custom calculations have been generated in ProCalc for the bike-fitting and drop jump report template examples. These schemes can be downloaded from https://vicon.com/software/models-and-scripts/
- Invert the force plate origin when a force plate has an origin offset that is not at the center of the plate, but is on the edge.
Addressed:
- Average Node displays trials in the node.
- Force plate vector and butterfly alignment display. A new option enables you to invert the origin when the origin offset is not at the center of the plate so force data is correctly aligned and matches Vicon Nexus.
- Associates force plate contexts correctly upon data import.
- Gait event contexts are correctly displayed within the Timebar.
- Word Export may be permitted to overwrite an existing file.
- Average and standard deviation uses the context colors when using the Average Traces button.
- The mesh file is displayed when the skeleton segments are individually selected in the display workspace.
Polygon _4.4.5
File Name: Polygon_4.4.5.118357h.zip
Vicon Polygon offers you reporting and presentation tools to communicate and share your data professionally. Polygon gives you the tools to communicate what matters most.
Polygon 4.4.5 is a patch release of Vicon Polygon 4 that addresses issues reported since the release of Polygon 4.4.4.
Addressed issues:
- Improvements to video display in playback-optimized mode.
- Camera calibrations, MKR files and video load when the trial path contains a dot.
- Hyperlinks correctly hold the imported video.
- The 3D overlay video alignment improved near the edge of the field of view.
- Improvements to export AVI with codecs.
- The vertical graph axis display fixed in empty template reports.
- Trials with more than 32 gait cycles nominate kinematics and kinetics on load.
- Averaging data and altering parameters no longer hangs the application.
- Importing data from a different location to the Report correctly imports video overlay.
- Improvements to the sync optimized video offsets for windowed Vue cameras.
- Standard Deviation (Stddev) region in Context Appearance mode displays the correct color.
- Exporting 3D as an AVI correctly exports the lab axis.
- Graphing the force plate moments using all components displays a single graph.
- Fixed duplicate Mark Node entry in context menu.
Requirements:
Polygon 4.x SafeNet license.
Recommended and fully supported – Windows 10 (64bit) — with .NET Framework 4.5 and above.
Polygon _4.4.4
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File Name: Polygon_4.4.4.116061h.zip
Vicon Polygon offers you reporting and presentation tools to communicate and share your data professionally. Polygon gives you the tools to communicate what matters most.
Polygon 4.4.4 is a patch release of Vicon Polygon 4 that addresses issues reported since the release of Polygon 4.4.3.
Addressed issues:
- You can now add a segment which has already been added to the Workspace View.
- Polygon now correctly cycles through Graph tab selections when holding down the right mouse button and repeatedly left-clicking.
- When adding Data Tags to a Graph tab, Data Tag boxes do not now relocate onto another Graph tab.
- 3D overlay from Show Objects now aligns correctly with video.
- Reports created in earlier versions of Polygon now retain correct graph layout.
- The Ignore Stdev option on an Analysis node is now retained and Stdevs are not printed.
- Phase plot graphs now display correct scale and do not re-scale after using right-click > Replace Link in a Text pane.
- When adding thumbnail plots with multiple gait cycles, if the Context – Display Mode is set to Side by side, all plots are now correctly displayed.
- Load Subject Model button now becomes active as expected.
- Within Trial Average now computes the average and standard deviation for each context.
- Normalized Ground Reaction Forces are now displayed as % BW.
- Importing trials with same name from different sessions into a template no longer causes issues.
Requirements
- Polygon 4.x Safenet license
- Recommended and fully supported – Windows 10 (64bit) — with .NET Framework 4.5 and above.
PC Recommendation
Polygon 4 has introduced new visual improvements aimed at making your reports look more visually realistic. This means that the PC recommended for a report building machine is slightly higher than what was required for Polygon version 3.
Vicon recommends a PC with minimum spec of:
- CPU: Dual Core 2GHz or better
- Graphics: Discrete NVidia card with 256Mb or better. The graphics card must fully support Open GL
- RAM: 2Gb (4Gb preferred)
The new updated visuals within Polygon 4 means that having an up to date graphic card driver are essential. Please ensure that you update your graphics driver to the most currently available driver offered by your graphics card manufacture.
Polygon Viewer on Laptops with an Integrated Intel Graphics Chip
Some onboard Intel based graphics chips do not fully support all aspects of Open GL required for viewing Polygon 4 reports. These graphic chips are not discrete video card solutions.
Polygon _4.4.2
Abstract
File Name: File Name: Polygon_4.4.2.112477h.zip
Vicon Polygon offers you reporting and presentation tools to communicate and share your data professionally. Polygon gives you the tools to communicate what matters most.
Polygon 4.4.2 is a patch release of Vicon Polygon 4 that addresses issues reported since the release of Polygon 4.4.1.
Addressed issues:
- Resolved Export Report to Word behavior.
- Changing context when using a Template will correctly contextualise.
- Overlayed context mode will correctly display graphs.
- Power plots display when using Templates.
- Bottom labels are correctly displayed to all thumbnails.
Requirements
- Polygon 4.x Safenet license
- Recommended and fully supported – Windows 10 (64bit) — with .NET Framework 4.5 and above.
PC Recommendation
Polygon 4 has introduced new visual improvements aimed at making your reports look more visually realistic. This means that the PC recommended for a report building machine is slightly higher than what was required for Polygon version 3.
Vicon recommends a PC with minimum spec of:
- CPU: Dual Core 2GHz or better
- Graphics: Discrete NVidia card with 256Mb or better. The graphics card must fully support Open GL
- RAM: 2Gb (4Gb preferred)
The new updated visuals within Polygon 4 means that having an up to date graphic card driver are essential. Please ensure that you update your graphics driver to the most currently available driver offered by your graphics card manufacture.
Polygon Viewer on Laptops with an Integrated Intel Graphics Chip
Some onboard Intel based graphics chips do not fully support all aspects of Open GL required for viewing Polygon 4 reports. These graphic chips are not discrete video card solutions.
Polygon _4.4.1
Abstract
File Name: Polygon_4.4.1.111973h.zip
Vicon Polygon offers you reporting and presentation tools to communicate and share your data professionally. Polygon gives you the tools to communicate what matters most.
Polygon 4.4.1 is a patch release of Vicon Polygon 4 that addresses issues reported since the release of Polygon 4.4.
Issues Addressed:
- Key Stats will display for the stance and the swing phase when calculating the average
- Polygon Viewer will correctly open hyperlinks when an exported report is saved in a non-ASCII characters folder
- The 3D workspace Export to AVI function operates correctly
- Remove Traces function behaves correctly when large numbers of data views are defined
Requirements
- Polygon 4.x Safenet license
- Recommended and fully supported – Windows 10 (64bit) — with .NET Framework 4.5 and above.
PC Recommendation
Polygon 4 has introduced new visual improvements aimed at making your reports look more visually realistic. This means that the PC recommended for a report building machine is slightly higher than what was required for Polygon version 3.
Vicon recommends a PC with minimum spec of:
- CPU: Dual Core 2GHz or better
- Graphics: Discrete NVidia card with 256Mb or better. The graphics card must fully support Open GL
- RAM: 2Gb (4Gb preferred)
The new updated visuals within Polygon 4 means that having an up to date graphic card driver are essential. Please ensure that you update your graphics driver to the most currently available driver offered by your graphics card manufacture.
Polygon Viewer on Laptops with an Integrated Intel Graphics Chip
Some onboard Intel based graphics chips do not fully support all aspects of Open GL required for viewing Polygon 4 reports. These graphic chips are not discrete video card solutions.
Polygon _4.4.0
Abstract
File Name: Polygon_4.4.0.106466h_x86.zip
Vicon Polygon offers you reporting and presentation tools to communicate and share your data professionally. Polygon gives you the tools to communicate what matters most.
Polygon 4.4 is a patch release of Vicon Polygon 4 that adds new functionality and also addresses issues reported since the release of Polygon 4.3.
Polygon 4.4 New Features
- Polygon can read and display information stored in the Analysis section of a C3D file. This is includes parameter written from Vicon ProCalc.
Issues Addressed:
- Fixed an issue where missing key stats could prevent switching a graph between thumbnail and tab view
- Resolved an issue where multiple traces in a graph could prevent switching a graph between thumbnail and tab view
- The Timebar now displays events for the currently selected trace
- New graphs now properly respect the “Automatically Normalize New Graphs” option
- Improved loading speeds of large template files
Requirements
- Polygon 4.x Safenet license
- Recommended and fully supported – Windows 10 (64bit) — with .NET Framework 4.5 and above.
PC Recommendation
Polygon 4 has introduced new visual improvements aimed at making your reports look more visually realistic. This means that the PC recommended for a report building machine is slightly higher than what was required for Polygon version 3.
Vicon recommends a PC with minimum spec of:
- CPU: Dual Core 2GHz or better
- Graphics: Discrete NVidia card with 256Mb or better. The graphics card must fully support Open GL
- RAM: 2Gb (4Gb preferred)
The new updated visuals within Polygon 4 means that having an up to date graphic card driver are essential. Please ensure that you update your graphics driver to the most currently available driver offered by your graphics card manufacture.
Polygon Viewer on Laptops with an Integrated Intel Graphics Chip
Some onboard Intel based graphics chips do not fully support all aspects of Open GL required for viewing Polygon 4 reports. These graphic chips are not discrete video card solutions.
Polygon _4.3.3
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File Name: Polygon_4.3.3.101431h_x86.zip
Following the release of Polygon 4.3.2 an issue was reported that prevented the import of some legacy movie file types. This update for Polygon corrects that issue.
Requirements
A Polygon 4.x license
Window 10 recommended
PC Recommendation
Polygon 4 has introduced new visual improvements aimed at making your reports look more visually realistic. This means that the PC recommended for a report building machine is slightly higher than what was required for Polygon version 3.
Vicon recommends a PC with minimum spec of:
- CPU: Dual Core 2GHz or better
- Graphics: Discrete NVidia card with 256Mb or better. The graphics card must fully support Open GL
- RAM: 2Gb (4Gb preferred)
The new updated visuals within Polygon 4 means that having an up to date graphic card driver are essential. Please ensure that you update your graphics driver to the most currently available driver offered by your graphics card manufacture.
Polygon Viewer on Laptops with an Integrated Intel Graphics Chip
Some onboard Intel based graphics chips do not fully support all aspects of Open GL required for viewing Polygon 4 reports. These graphic chips are not discrete video card solutions.
Polygon _4.3.2
Abstract
File Name: Polygon_4.3.2.100700h_x86.zip
Polygon 4.3.2 is a patch release for Vicon Polygon. This update improves the behavior of some existing features and addresses a series of issues reported following the release of Polygon 4.3.1.
Features or Feature Updates:
- PDF files can now be correctly imported into a report.
- Adding a PGemg bar no longer affects the view of existing gait cycles.
- C3D files can now be loaded without their associated video files being imported.
- The timebar only refreshes after you select a different trial in the data bar.
- Video overlay is now correctly displayed in Workspace view.
- The COM marker is now displayed correctly in Workspace view.
- Placeholder comments are now correctly removed when a trial is updated/refreshed.
- Updating or refreshing a trial now updates the model outputs.
- Special characters (example: é) in a subject name no longer prevent a trial from loading.
- Butterfly diagram no longer appears to ‘float’ above FP visually.
- Force vectors for AMTI plates arranged in a “stair” configuration are now displayed correctly.
- Adding graphs while in thumbnail view no longer results in a crash.
- Double-clicking to move between single graph and thumbnail graph view now works reliably.
- The Average Trace button now toggles correctly when groups of traces are added to a graph.
- Extra spaces are no longer added to a report when links are set to Do Not Export.
- When a template is saved in a new location, you no longer need to close and reopen Polygon.
- Exporting to Word no longer results in a crash.
- Polygon no longer shows incorrect context(s) when loading a c3d that contains non-standard contexts.
- Events updated in Nexus are now correctly updated in Polygon when the trial is refreshed.
Requirements
A Polygon 4.x license
Window 10 recommended
Polygon _4.3.1
Abstract
File Name: Polygon_4.3.1.94913h_x86.zip
Polygon 4.3.1 is a patch release for Vicon Polygon. This update adds a number of new features, updates the behavior of some existing features and addresses a series of issues reported following the release of Polygon 4.3
Features or Feature Updates:
- Trial name for the currently selected trial is visible on the timebar
- A video file title is now displayed at the top of the video pane
- Trace line thickness can now be customized in the Normalization Scheme settings
- Context Appearance is now automatically Disable when a new trace colour is selected
- The data bar area can now be resized
Highlighted Addressed Issues: • The way videos file are loaded into memory has been improved to remove a limit on the number of videos that could be loaded • Having a segment trace displayed when closing Polygon no longer results in a crash • The trace thickness attribute now works correctly for average traces • Context color attribute no longer overrides a custom trace colour • Using the ProEclipse name search box inside Polygon now allows the use of a space in a name • Ctrl-C on graphs with only one context no longer causes error • Playback buttons were previously not available until you graph a variable i.e kinematic • Video devices captured with 90 degree rotations now retain calibrated overlay when you Show Object
Requirements
A Polygon 4.x license
Window 7 recommended The Polygon installer will now allow installation on Window 10
Polygon _3.5.2
Abstract
File Name: Polygon_3.5.2_65151_x86.zip
Vicon Polygon is a report writing tool designed expressly for Life Sciences applications.
Clinical and research laboratories, sports performance centers, universities, and other institutions can take advantage of the user-friendly interface to create data reports and data report templates.
Highlighted issue addressed:
• Polygon 3.5.2 corrects the issue of Polygon’s inability to automatically import video/movie file exported from the most recent versions of Vicon Nexus. This issue is due to a new naming convention that added a date and time stamp to these movie files (AVIs).
Requirements
Polygon major version 3 license (HASP dongle).
FAQs
Where can I find the latest Software documentation?
You can find the latest documentation for all current versions of software here:
Vicon Core Software will also install documentation/help guide when you install the software.
Once installed, launch the software and select Help > View Installed Help
The following software will install Help:
Nexus 2, Shōgun, Tracker 3, Blade 3, Pegasus, CaraLive, CaraPost, Polygon 4
How does Nexus (Plug-in Gait) and Polygon calculate Gait Cycle Parameters (Spatial and Temporal)?
In Nexus the Generate Gait Cycle Parameters Pipeline Operation can be used in conjunction with the Gait events to calculate standard Gait Cycle Spatial and Temporal Parameters.
In Nexus, the parameters are based on the first cycle for each side where all the necessary events are found.
Polygon can re-calculate the parameters and define them using the first cycle (default) or the average of all defined cycles. [To use the average of all defined cycles in Polygon, right click on the trial subject’s Analysis node, select Properties, and check the box labeled Use Average of Nominated Cycles.]
These Parameters and available units (the units can be change in the Generate Gait Cycle Parameters Options box) are:
Cadence – 1/s; 1/min; steps/s; steps/min; strides/s; strides/min
Walking speed – m/s; cm/s; mm/s; in/s
Step Time – s; %
Foot Off/Contact events – s; %
Single/Double Support – s; %
Stride/Step Length – m; cm; mm; in
The Distance Parameters are based in the marker position at the time, by default the toe marker (LTOE for left and RTOE for right) is used for the calculation. This can be changed in the Options box of the Generate Gait Cycle Parameters Pipeline Operation.
Cadence: number of strides per unit time (usually per minute). The left and right cadence are first calculated separately based on either a single stride or an average of the defined gait cycles. The overall cadence is the average of the left and the right.
Stride time: time between successive ipsilateral foot strikes.
Step time: time between contralateral and the following ipsilateral foot contact, expressed in seconds or %GC.
Foot contact/off events are all expressed relative to the ipsilateral gait cycle, either as absolute time from ipsilateral foot contact or as %GC, as per the Polygon preference. Single and double support calculations are only valid for walking, i.e. when the contralateral foot off/contact events happen within the ipsilateral stance phase.
Foot off: time of ipsilateral foot off.
Opposite foot contact: time of contralateral foot contact.
Opposite foot off: time of contralateral foot off.
Single support: time from contralateral foot off to contralateral foot contact.
Double support: time from ipsilateral foot contact to contralateral foot off plus time from contralateral foot contact to ipsilateral foot off.
Limp index: the foot contact to foot off time of the ipsilateral foot is divided by the foot off to foot contact time plus the double support time. In other words, the limp index calculates the time the ipsilateral foot is on the ground and divides it by the time the contralateral foot is on the ground during the ipsilateral GC.
All distance and speed measurements use a reference marker on each foot, by default the LTOE/RTOE markers, but this can be changed in the preferences. The marker’s position is evaluated in 3D at the time of the events.
Four 3D points are defined:
IP1 is the ipsilateral marker’s position at the first ipsilateral foot contact.
IP2 is the ipsilateral marker’s position at the second ipsilateral foot contact.
CP is the contralateral marker’s position at the contralateral foot contact.
CPP is CP projected onto the IP1 to IP2 vector.
Stride length: is the distance from IP1 to IP2.
Step length: is the distance from CPP to IP2.
Step width: is the distance from CP to CPP.
Walking speed: is stride length divided by stride time.
How does Polygon display Plug-in Gait Lower Body Force and Moments?
The Forces calculated by Plug-in Gait and displayed by Polygon are in the local co-ordinate frame of the distal segment in the hierarchical Kinetic Chain. This means that the Ankle joint forces are recorded in the foot segment axis system. Therefore Ground Reaction force Z will look similar to Ankle Force X, Ground Reaction Force Y will look similar to Ankle Force Z and Ground Reaction Force X will look similar to Ankle Force Y.
For the tibia this will change as the axis orientation now changes. Z force is therefore compression or tension at the joint, Y force is mediolateral forces at the joint while X force is Anteroposterior forces at the joint.
The positive force acts in the positive direction of the axis in the distal segment on which it acts and a negative force acts in the negative direction along the axis.
In Plug-in Gait we use an external moment and force description. That means that a negative force is compression and a positive force, tension, for the Z axis. A positive force for the right side is medial and negative lateral for the Y axis and a positive force is anterior and negative posterior for the X axis.
How does Polygon store reports? Are whole folders required?
The report uses a whole folder because there are potentially quite a few files that are associated with a single report. For example, there is one Rich Text Format file per text pane, one data file, one report file, any number of movie (*.avi) files, marker set files (*.mkr) and so on.
To avoid the files being spread around and to keep everything nicely in one place, Polygon copies everything to the report folder. This means that you could end up with more than one copy of your movie files, for example, which may seem unnecessary to you. However, in this day and age when hard disk storage comes in dozens of gigabytes and is cheaper than ever before, the decision was made to copy all the files to keep the report tidy rather than to try and optimize for storage.
What does the EMG envelope algorithm in Polygon do?
The envelope algorithm in Polygon is intended to produce a curve which gives an idea of the shape of the underlying raw EMG. It is based on a running average algorithm, but has been modified to give better response to the peaks in the raw EMG data (a simple running average will produce an envelope curve which fits nowhere near the peaks of the raw data).
The envelope algorithm takes a single parameter which is the width of the envelope as it passes through the raw data. What this means is that if you have entered, say, 10 ms for the envelope width parameter, any given sample in the time series will be affected by the sample within a 10ms envelope either side of it. If this sounds too technical suffice to say that the lower the value the more “tight fitting” the envelope will be.
Furthermore, increasing the value will “smooth” the curve. There’s no way to determine a “perfect” value, so the best strategy is to experiment a bit – try to overlay the enveloped EMG using different parameter values (for example 10,20,30,40 and 50) and the raw EMG to get an idea of what the algorithm produces given different parameter values.
The default value is 25
How do I create a New Polygon Report?
You can create a new Polygon Report as a blank report or as a report based on a template. There are several ways to create a new blank report:
Create a Report from Data Management (Eclipse)
On the Home ribbon, click the Data Manager Button or press F2.
In the Data Manager, double-click the trial you want to add to the report.
Click the New Report button on the toolbar. A new report is added below the trial you selected.
Type a name for the report.
Double-click the report and click No when asked if you want to base the report on a template. A blank report is created.
Import data into the report.
Create a Report from within Polygon
On the Home ribbon, click the down arrow on the New button.
Or
From the Quick Access Bar above the Ribbon, click the down arrow on the New button.
Select Blank from the drop-down menu.
In the New Report dialog, browse to the location where you want to save the report.
In Report Name, enter a name for the report. Then click OK.
If you are creating the report in a new directory, click Yes to the prompt, Directory not found. Create? A blank report is created.
Creating a Report from a Template
Note: You will require a Polygon Template (.tpl file) available.
Use one of the above mentioned methods to create a blank report (when using the New button select template from the drop-down menu).
When asked if you want to base the report on a template click Yes.
In the window that opens, browse to the location of the template you want to use.
How do I import Data into a Polygon Report?
The Data Bar is empty until you import trial data (*.c3d files) that were processed in Vicon Nexus. Data can be imported from either the Data Manager (Eclipse) or the Home Ribbon. You can import a variety of files into Polygon reports, including web pages, videos, and more. Most files become panes within Polygon for which you can create hyperlinks. Files that you can import:
| Vicon (*.c3d) | Polygon External Data (*.pxd) |
| VCM Report (*.gcd) | 3D Mesh (*.obj) |
| Marker Set (*.mkr) | Adobe Acrobat (*.pdf) |
| Video (*.mpg, *.avi) | PowerPoint (*.ppt, *.pptx) |
| Web Page | HTM |
Import Data from Data Manager (Eclipse)
Open the report for which you want to import data or create a new report.
On the Home ribbon, click the Data Manager button or press F2.
With Data Manager still open, double-click on the trial name you want to add to the report.
The Trial will appear in the Data Bar
When you are finished, close the Data Manager.
Import Data from the Home Ribbon
Import File:
Open the report for which you want to import data or create a new report.
On the Home ribbon, click Import File.
In the Import File dialog, browse to the location of the c3d file you want to import.
Double click on the c3d file (In the drop-down you can filter the file types – optional).
The Trial will appear in the Data Bar.
Import Video:
Open the report for which you want to import data or create a new report.
On the Home ribbon, click Import Video.
In the Import File dialog, browse to the location of the .avi or .mpg file you want to import.
Double click on the file.
The Video will appear in the Data Bar.
Import Web Page:
Click the Home button on the Ribbon.
Click the Import Web Page button.
In the window that opens, enter the web page URL.
Click OK.
The web page opens in an HTML window in the Report Workspace. Web pages can be accessed by clicking Multimedia Files in the upper portion of the Data Bar. Then double-click the web page in the lower portion of the Data Bar
How do I activate a hyperlink in Polygon 4 to Export to Word?
To activate a hyperlink in Polygon:
1. Right Click on the Hyperlink.
2. Select Export Options…
3. A pop-up window, Hyperlink Export Options, will appear.
4. In the Top Left hand corner of the Pop-up Window will be a small Tick Box labelled Export this Hyperlink, ensure that this Box is ticked to enable the export of the Link to Word.
4. In the Top Left hand corner of the Pop-up Window will be a small Tick Box labelled Export this Hyperlink, ensure that this Box is ticked to enable the export of the Link to Word.
How can I apply a trial’s Analysis Outputs to a Polygon 4 report?
By default, Polygon 4 will generate Gait Cycle Parameters and write them to the subject’s Analysis node. Perform the following steps to apply a trial’s Analysis Outputs to a Polygon 4 report.
- Load the trial within a Polygon 4 report.
- Go to the Data tab within the Data Bar.
- Expand the Subject.
- Right-click the Analysis node and click Properties.
- Un-check Automatically Generate Parameters and click OK.
- Right-click on the Trial node and click Update.
- Expand the Subject node and click on the Analysis node.
The contents of the trial’s Analysis Outputs will be available now to include in the report. The settings will be saved within the report as well as a template created from the report. The trial’s Analysis Outputs will override the parameters generated by Polygon so combine the Gait Cycle Parameters, Gait Deviation Index, etc., run the Compute Gait Cycle Parameters operation within a Nexus pipeline to write them to the trial’s Analysis Outputs group.
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