[Plugin] Camera OrbitOnTarget v1

MarcioAB

i tried it on my macbook and it did not work. the tool bar is there and after i clicked twice on an object a dot appeared on it but other than that nothing happened.

Humm ... I do not have a Mac to check but, just to see if the sequence is the expected one:

Select the tool (on the bottom text bar there should appear short instructions). This is just to see if the tool was correctly loaded.
You will also see the Inference-point around. Just move the mouse to see if the Inference-point move around the elements.
Then double-click. The screen must re-center. (try a point that in not too close the center, but even with a minimal distance it's easy to see something happened with the screen)

Could you double-check that please ?

Also, there is a variation of this plugin for change the position of Components (in draft).
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=14193#p107373

Abracos
Marcio

Edson

@unknownuser said:

Select the tool (on the bottom text bar there should appear short instructions). This is just to see if the tool was correctly loaded.
You will also see the Inference-point around. Just move the mouse to see if the Inference-point move around the elements.

no inference point to be seen. could you post a picture of what it looks like in windows?

@unknownuser said:

Then double-click. The screen must re-center. (try a point that in not too close the center, but even with a minimal distance it's easy to see something happened with the screen)

re-centering works but nothing else besides that. no rotate, no zoom, no pan.

MarcioAB

Well, this is how it works here:
[flash=425,350:1ajsikpg]http://www.youtube.com/v/IWx026cl23s[/flash:1ajsikpg]

But I also tried to capture the video-screen with MS Windows Media 9 Encoder and the behavior became more or less like you mention. But I do not know how to fix this.

xrok1

so ,any further dev.
any luck with the MMB?

xrok1

hey! the MMB double click works for me.

MarcioAB

@xrok1 said:

hey! the MMB double click works for me.

Humm ... my initial expectation regard the Middle Mouse Button was to replace the default tool currently associated with the MMB - that is the standard SketchUP Orbit tool - by this one. But its not possible yet.
So I think in this case it is pointless to connect any function to MMB if I can only use it when the OrbitOnTarget tool is activated.

Regard any further development: I used that code in JointSU plugin with minor changes - When you are assembling components I find useful to have "OrbitOnTarget" with the target automatically set on the origin of the component axis you are working on. So, I think the idea now is to embed this "OrbitOnTarget" code into more specific plugins.

What else could be improved in a tool like this ?

Regards
Marcio

xrok1

@xrok1 said:

hey! the MMB double click works for me.

oops i guess you made me find an SK feature thats already in place. if i MMB double click SK centers on that point (i didn't know that before now )and since SK orbit the center of the screen anyway; please explain the purpose of your plugin?

MarcioAB

@xrok1 said:

please explain the purpose of your plugin?

Make a simple cube. Center it (using the double-click you mention) targeting any specific point over the cube and Orbit.

You will find it will not always orbit around that expected point.

The OrbitOnTarget plugin makes it orbit on the selected point (and by the way, the selection is made using the Inference Engine).

Regards
Marcio

Ross Macintosh

Thanks Marcio for developing the plugin. I'm finding your approach to the controls very good. I have the feeling they will become very intuitive for me with a bit more use. I'm happy.

Regards, Ross

MarcioAB

Great. Let me know if we can improve the interface or anything else.

Regards
Marcio

xrok1

O.K, thanks for the explaination, even if i never use your script thank you for making me discover the MMB function of SK without you i would have never discovered that which is a very valuable function.

jprokos

I really wish this worked on a Mac. The Double Click feature is all that works nothing else.

2009 iMac
OS 10.6
SU 7.1

majid

@marcioab said:

Great. Let me know if we can improve the interface or anything else.

Regards
Marcio

dear Marcio, would you plz add a function for exact movement of camera? i.e 35cm to right? up dn ....?

fullyfledgeded

hey once you've define the target, can you say for example rotate exactly 180degrees around it?

smiggyuk

this is a pluggin i have been looking for cant believe it was so hard to find but I am not familiar with loading PNG . i have just loaded ruby plug ins before . what do i do (learner)

many thanks

caddia

please help not working on sketchup 2018 i need it so much.

Dave R

@caddia, The author hasn't visited Sketchucation in more than six years. It's likely that he's no longer supporting this plugin. Might be a good idea to look for an alternative.

juju

quick off-the-cuff alternatives you might want to look into, there may be more:

Camera Tools
Curic Spin Camera
Animate Rotation
Camera Circle
Camera Spiral