etroxel Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I'd like to be able to have buttons that operate similarly to the global reference plane options where we can change the orientation of the plane by 90 degree increments, but starting with an arbitrary plane definition as the origin. There are many times when I'm working in an arbitrary orientation and would like to be able to simply flip the orientation of the reference plane quickly without having to build helper geometry to realign the reference plane to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonmoore Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Not sure I get your request entirely Evan, but that's probably just me being thick. Could you post a screen grab visualising the use case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsiggia Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Is this different then the plane projection sub menu in the view menu? I was thinking views not planes. Never mind Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Hi Evan, If you have an arbitrary plane, you can go to the View Menu: Plane Projection: Front or Side views, and that will both choose that projection view AND change the plane 90 degrees as Joe suggests. And you can easily set key shortcuts for that: However, if you only want to change the plane and not the view, you can easily do that via the Tool Options for the Edit Reference Plane tool: But currently there is not a key shortcut available for that. If that would save you a lot of time, we can consider adding that for the future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etroxel Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 Yes, I'm aware of the View > Plane Projection options. I was using those and this got me thinking that it would great to be able to switch to those while working in 3d without having to go into orthographic views. The way it is currently implemented is leftover from what I consider the old way of working in FormZ. Since v7 with openGL and almost working in 3d perspective entirely, this would be a welcome addition. In other words, I'd like to see this implemented so that you can switch it while staying in a 3d view, not an orthographic view. I'm not sure having buttons is the solution (like my initial request); perhaps keyboard shortcuts would be enough. Thanks for listening to me think out loud here. Hi Evan, If you have an arbitrary plane, you can go to the View Menu: Plane Projection: Front or Side views, and that will both choose that projection view AND change the plane 90 degrees as Joe suggests. And you can easily set key shortcuts for that: Screen Shot 2015-11-18 at 11.44.10 AM.jpg However, if you only want to change the plane and not the view, you can easily do that via the Tool Options for the Edit Reference Plane tool: Screen Shot 2015-11-18 at 11.45.52 AM.jpg But currently there is not a key shortcut available for that. If that would save you a lot of time, we can consider adding that for the future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etroxel Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 This is a great start - I had no idea this existed. I almost never modify the reference plane, so I wouldn't have really had the opportunity to stumble upon this. Thanks! However, if you only want to change the plane and not the view, you can easily do that via the Tool Options for the Edit Reference Plane tool: Screen Shot 2015-11-18 at 11.45.52 AM.jpg But currently there is not a key shortcut available for that. If that would save you a lot of time, we can consider adding that for the future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Ok, thanks for clarifying, we will consider this for the future. Glad we could help you find some of the existing options! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setz Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I think there may be new whirlwind of Method videos in the near future to showcase the many hidden helpful tools and workflows in FZ8. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cooper Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 It would be nice to very simply rotate current view by an angle, clockwise or anticlockwise. Suggest adding this to the drop down options from the view palette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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