[Plugin] Zero Tilt Camera

odowhacker

maybe i shouldn't have posted this to plugins - it's rather simple and was meant ironic too.
a beginners try at coding ruby/SUapi...
the script is handy for me with walktrough animations where i would look around during setup (leave eye height and planar view) and also use different 'camera lens' settings.
the effect desired was that of a steady cam (with a weigth underneath and the camera set to 90° from that weight).
the two point perspective is kind of static and for me 'position camera' will often fail without a proper reference line or the axes.
i mainly use the shortcut for setting up scene views - sort of constructing a camera path. transitions look nicer this way (same eye heigth, 0tilt and you can do a rotational move along the way.)

..the diversion in the chair overlay would occur if you choose 0tilt coming from a 2point perspective view. this won't work - i hadn't thought of the possiblity - i never use 2point.
try with a house. inside. use the walk or move tool (hand) to navigate around once you've chosen 0tilt. you'll see.

attached a dennismethod output of some planar view of a few huts..
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honoluludesktop

@honoluludesktop said:

Hi Paul, I didn't download the plugin, but based on your description, how is it different from viewing SketchUp in parallel projection?

Oops, I meant 2 point perspective. Thanks for the explanation.

unclebim

Thanks, I find this useful, especially when a shortcut is assigned.

andre51

Thanks a lot!
Anybody that has battled with shift lenses in architectural photography will appreciated this.

clifdon

It can be a useful plug-in. Thanks all the plug-ins are appreciated

bjornkn

Just what I was looking for

It is very useful for rendering spherical/equirectangular panorama with Twilight.
If the camera is not level the panorama will be all wavy.

LanceCampeau

Thank you for posting this... this is exactly what I was looking for... Finally, no more "dutch angles" during my transitions.

sketchuh

Thanks!

TAYEBI

very good plugin .. very hsady
since some of render engines do not support Su's native '2 point perspective' ..

tridem

very useful plugin!

FlorinAp

Finally, i think i figured it out - the best description for this one is "perspective perpendicular center view", i used it a lot through the first button of Curic Align View, and now through Dezmo Dice "center (front, left, right, back) view".
Somebody please tell me if I'm wrong.!
It is very useful, and in SketchUp, there is no way that you can manually and precisely achieve this.