Nudge orbit

steel.monkee · 7 Apr 2010, 09:40

Is there a plugin that lets you orbit around the scene in increments (say 5 degrees) as opposed to SketchUps 'dynamic' orbiting? This could easily be done in Blender (Numpad2 = nudge orbit up; Numpad8 = nudge orbit down; Numpad4 = nudge orbit left; Numpad6 = nudge orbit right). Wouldn't this be handy when orbiting poly-heavy models? If I am not mistaken it is also a way of navigation inside Piranesi's Vedute studio.

steel.monkee · 8 Apr 2010, 06:03

this is how it should look like.

steel.monkee · 8 Apr 2010, 06:06

any feedback would be appreciated

TIG · 8 Apr 2010, 08:34

http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/Newest_scripts.html
Orbit on Target ?
Might be a starting point ??

steel.monkee · 9 Apr 2010, 02:54

Thanks for the reply, TIG.

In Blender it seems to orbit around the origin. I was just playing around with Blender when I wondered if this is possible in SketchUp too. I can't seem to find a ruby for it that's why I asked here.

TIG · 9 Apr 2010, 08:54

Can I recap the type of tool you want...
First you set a view looking at something.
You run the tool 'nudgeOrbit' and it each 'nudge' it moves your view point 15 degrees clockwise around the origin, or perhaps the camera's 'target', or perhaps the center of the bounds of anything that was selected ? How do you want the 'target' got ??
It keeps the same camera eye-level but moves the camera around this target-point...

TIG · 9 Apr 2010, 10:57

Here's a go... http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=238647#p238647

Gaieus · 9 Apr 2010, 10:59

steel.monkee · 10 Apr 2010, 01:52

Couldn't thank you enough, TIG.