Cone camera

[jojo9]

Hi
I search a ruby to spin the view around an object but with a given high from the floor, with one or two radius parameters (path=circle or ellipse) and… important: a certain angle to the floor (always perpendicular to the path, but with a certain degree)
Exists such a simple and nice toy? maybe working with curves too?

Doing the same manually is a bit tedious…

[brodie]

Perhaps Flightpath?

(www.smustard.com)

[jojo9]

@unknownuser said:

Perhaps Flightpath?

(www.smustard.com)

Oh.. with curves is it easier?
The only problem i have is that i need a fixed, adjustable camera angle, looking respectively upwards or downwards, its a necessary feature i search...

[jojo9]

Grumble…somebody other stumbling over my post?
maybe the title i've chosen isn't really clear, Huh
I meant not camera focal angle (wide-eye-tele) but the direction, the vector in witch the of ray of my camera points…

The concept i want is to guide my camera along a path, (circle or curvilinear and 3D path) but -
here comes the difference- animating things from a bird or frog -view in parallel projection. (not perspective)

Till now i wasn't able to find a script, to realize my idea.

See the attached images to understand what i mean:

[TIG]

Perhaps my NudgeOrbit tool ? http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=238647#p238647

[jojo9]

@tig said:

Perhaps my NudgeOrbit tool ? http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=238647#p238647

Hi TIG!
As far as i know, NudgeOrbit permits to spin over/under the global axis only, keeping the actual camera viewpoint into account. But i want to set a certain viewpoint angle to the focused object, like in frog-or bird-view; sometimes the isometric projection isn't clear enough to inspect sliced buildings/rooms. I prefer the parallel projection, because the perspective view distorts everything.

[TIG]

Look at the script's code and see if changing the camera's fov helps?