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Charnwood Dynamics Ltd. Coda cx1 User Guide – Reference IV-5
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The configuration of all these items can be stored in a Setup file (e.g. GAIT.STP) at any time
by selecting Setup: Save Setup... which opens a File Save dialogue.
Thus, you may assemble a number of standard Setups for different Codamotion Analysis
projects, for when you use a fixed set of Markers in a fixed configuration.
Normally, you should save the Setup only when a datafile is open and there are Graph and
Stick-figure Views displayed - otherwise the Graph and Stick-figure View settings will be
deleted from the Setup.
A Setup configuration may be restored at any time with the Setup: Load Setup... command.
However, since a Movement Data File stores data only for the marker numbers specified in
the Data Acquisition setup, some items may not be restored when you open a new data file if
the marker numbers recorded in the Setup are not available in the data file. (Markers are
identified internally by their ID number, not their name.)
After a Setup has been restored from a Setup file, its name is displayed on the main window
title bar; but any changes are not automatically saved - you must use the Setup: Save
Setup... command.
The Setup is saved automatically as “autosave.stp” whenever a datafile is closed, so if you
make changes to the Setup and forget to do a Save Setup... before closing your datafile(s),
re-open a datafile and Load Setup... ‘autosave.stp’.
The Setup configuration is also saved automatically when you close the Codamotion
Analysis application. In this case the settings are saved to the MAxxxx.INI file in your
WINDOWS or WINNT directory.
When you start Codamotion Analysis, the configuration is automatically restored to that
recorded in the MAxxxx.INI file - i.e. the configuration as it was in your last Codamotion
Analysis session.
The Setup configuration files are ASCII text; you may find it useful to print your standard
Setups for reference.
It is possible to edit Setup files manually, but care must be taken not to invalidate any entries.