jldaureil Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Hi Newbie in FZ 8... Is there a way to work in Z8 as with the "attention" script (Thanks Chris) in Z 6.7.3 ? Thanks Jean-Luc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Hi JL, If you Pick an Object and Fit it, the center of interest will then be centered on that object. Was there additional functionality that Attention offered that you wanted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jldaureil Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 Is this work with topological pick (IE point face or set of points or faces)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Yes (did you try it?) It will not work with a single point, but it will work with anything that has dimension... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jldaureil Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 Thanks you very much I will try this... this evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 I use the Maxwell plugin's 'Focus Camera' (shortcutted) to do something similar; the COI is moved to the average distance of the selected objects/faces/segments/points. After, when you tumble using set view interactive, the camera will orbit those entities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jldaureil Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Hi ben Hi Ztech Fit tool work but we need a shortcut for the option "selected entities only" (I just have to move the COI in the actual view from a shortcut) I use the attention script independently from the fit tool Thanks to Ben "The Focus Camera command focuses the camera on the plane of selected entities (individual or multiple objects, segments, points, etc.) Unlike form•Z's Fit All command, Focus Camera leaves the view cropping and orientation unchanged." I've tried the focus camera command. Perhaps I've missed something here but this command do not works as espected (I havn't maxwell installed.. only the plugin) Don't konw if this is the problem but when I launch the command on a set of point in example the COI is not moved;.. Ps I have my laptop with Z8 with me today.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Hi JL The view framing will not appear to have moved-- that's the idea. However, if you open the View Parameters palette and issue the command on different entities, you will see that the COI is changing. Also, the view will then tumble around that point. It is not exactly the same as the Attention script... but I found that what I needed with the Attention was the ability to tumble around selected objects, and this accomplishes the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jldaureil Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 Hi Ben Thank you for infos This not works with a single point as this command do not move the COI to a single point... IE: (units meters) With a given COI (-24.5;11;17) and Eye point at (-50;-90,70) the command applied to a specific point (8;-16;5) move the COI at (-28.856;1.667;121.897) (the eye point is not moved) and then I do not turn around the the chosen point as COI with the direct set view (or set view tool) Of course, I suppose this result is attempted as this command doesn't modify the framing... This command works much better with a face or average of points... Finally : 1-fit tool suppose option selection not shorcutted 2-fit tool move completely the view 3-focus camera command works correctly with "multi points geometry", not with single point and only for Maxwell users Suggestion I think it could be useful to get in Z8 default a shorcutted command to move the COI to a point or multi point geometry without fit (even if the camera framing is moved during the operation) In other words to the question "Was there additional functionality that Attention offered that you wanted?" The answer is : moving the COI to a geometry included single point with a direct shortcut JL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Hi JL, Ok, thanks for clarifying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I just tested 'Focus Camera' again, and it is working with single points for its intended purpose. (However, it does not change the camera framing, so it doesn't sound like it is exactly what you need.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jldaureil Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 I Ben I was surprised by the behavior with single point... This is why I've posted coordinates. I can (not now) post screen shot if this can helps... Can you return the coordinates from the View Parameters palette? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jldaureil Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 Well After further investigations 'focus camera' command works fine. But because the COI is not exactly moved on the geometry picked (particularly with single point) in some cases the rotation with the set view tool or direct set view doesn't do exactly what I want : the area I want to look carefully leave the field... So, in most cases the 'focus command' do the job and yes it's a good workaround. I will set it in place of my favorite script with the same shortcut. I do not understand why all old scripts are lost with new versions. What are the reasons? Thank JL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¢hris £und Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 JL, I Am waiting for the SDK to be released, should be fairly straight forward to modify the original script. The new SDK is different than the previous, hence breaking the compatibility. IMHO, this will be a good thing in the long run, and will be worth it. Cheers, Chris Lund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jldaureil Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 Hi Chris!Happy to hear you and thank you for the news!I use your wonderful old script each day...best regardsJean-Luc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jldaureil Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 Hi Chris!Happy to hear you and thank you for the news!I use your wonderful old script each day...best regardsJean-Luc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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