Using your SMART Document Camera with SMART Notebook

You can use your SMART Document Camera to display 3D objects and capture an image to a SMART Notebook page.

To open a SMART Document Camera window

Important  

Your document camera should be in Camera mode. SMART Notebook software also works with the camera in the Computer Pass-Through mode. See your document camera’s user guide for more information.

  1. Connect your SMART Document Camera to your computer and turn the document camera on.

  2. Tap SMART Document Camera.

    A SMART Document Camera window appears.

  3. Place the object or objects you want to display under the camera.

  4. Tap any of the following on the menu bar to adjust the image.

    Menu option

    Description

    Zoom out.

    Zoom in.

    Decrease brightness.

    Increase brightness.

    Focus automatically.

    Focus out manually.

    Focus in manually.

    Change the appearance of the image: rotate it 180º, define the image color (black and white or film negative). You can also start and stop Microscope mode and start Mixed Reality Tools for SMART Document Camera automatically.

    Start Mixed Reality.

    Insert a screen capture on the current page and then close the window.

    Capture an image and insert a screen capture on a new page and keep the current window open.

To take a series of screen captures

  1. Open a SMART Document Camera window.

  2. Tap Capture with Time-Lapse on the SMART Document Camera window menu bar, and then select an interval. (For example, if you want to take a screen capture every 15 seconds, select 15 Seconds.)

  3. When you’re done, pressStop to stop recording.

    Note 

    The display appears in the bottom left corner of your SMART Notebook page. It displays the time that has elapsed since the last screen capture and the number of screen captures taken.

To use a microscope

  1. Connect your document camera to a microscope. See your document camera’s user guide for more information.

  2. Open a SMART Document Camera window.

  3. Tap Additional Settings on the SMART Document Camera window menu bar, and then select Start Microscope Mode.

    Note 

    The Additional Settings button doesn’t appear if you’re using a SMART Document Camera 230 with SMART Notebook.

  4. Tap Additional Settings, and then select Stop Microscope Mode when you’re done.

3D models are available from the 3D Objects folder in Lesson Activity Examples and the SMART Exchange website (exchange.smarttech.com) as well as the Trimble 3D Warehouse. You can also insert your own 3D models in one of the following formats:

  • COLLADA (.dae)

  • 3D Object (.obj)

  • FBX (.fbx)

Note 

Textures and other information for some 3D models are stored in separate files and folders. When you insert these 3D models, ensure the 3D model file is located in the correct folder structure with the supporting files and folders.

To insert a 3D model

  1. Select Insert3D Object.

    The Insert 3D File dialog appears.

  2. Browse to and select the 3D model you want to insert.

  3. Tap Open.

    The 3D model appears on the page.

Trimble 3D Warehouse is an online repository of 3D models. The Gallery tab in SMART Notebook software includes a link to Trimble 3D Warehouse. Using this link, you can search for 3D models and download them to your computer. You can then insert the 3D models into your .notebook files.

To download 3D models from Trimble 3D Warehouse

  1. Tap the Gallery tab.

  2. Tap Trimble 3D Warehouse.

  3. Tap Click here to browse Trimble 3D Warehouse.

    Trimble 3D Warehouse appears in a new window.

    Search or browse for a 3D model that you want to download.

  4. Select the model.

  5. Tap Download, and then select the Collada (.zip) file.

    Notes 

    • When you first download a 3D model, Trimble 3D Warehouse could prompt you for a nickname.

    • If you’re using a macOS operating system and you cancel the download, the 3D model still saves to the Downloads folder.

  6. Save the .zip file to your computer.

  7. Extract the contents of the .zip file to a folder on your computer.