Camera Placement Planner

Lay out camera and inspection zone in 3D — check spatial coverage, alignment, and mounting distances. Size the lens first in Camera FOV Calculator.

Machine vision workflow

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Continue to Depth of Field Calculator — 25 mm · 800 mm subject distance

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3D layout

Orbit with the mouse, pan with WASD, and drag the camera and inspection zone.

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Camera & lens

Sensor preset, focal length, and mount geometry.

Sensor preset

Focal length

Mount height

800 mm

Look-down angle

90°

Camera yaw (pan)

0°

Inspection zone

Size and drag position of the region you need to cover.

Inspection width

Inspection length

Layout & coverage

Does the inspection zone fit, and is it aligned with the FOV footprint?

Inspection coverage

FOV center offset

Pixel size at belt

mm/px

Setup distances

Mount height plus these offsets — use for bracket and floor marks.

Planar distance

Distance to inspection

Offset ΔX

Offset ΔY

Full FOV & lens specs → Camera FOV Calculator

Workflow: After lens sizing, drag the camera and inspection zone to verify coverage. Use setup distances for floor marks. For full FOV, magnification, and slant-range breakdown, open Camera FOV Calculator.