Scale 2-Point Persepctive?
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Anyone have any thoughts or tips in bringing in a two-point perspective section cut scene from SU into LO, and have layout make it read at correct scale?
I know that being in perspective mode makes scaling not really work, but in theory, this could/should be done.
Meaning, the section cut itself, ignoring anything beyond, is technically in parallel projection, and really its a flat 2D cut and could/should be scale-able. But then the "beyond" portions are simply projected off of the cut, and obviously would not be to scale.
Any help or thoughts would be appreciated, thanks!
I've attached a quick image from SU of what i would like to show, just need to have LO produce the section cut to scale.
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Eneroth has a plugin for just that.
What I do is that I have 2 scenes. One with the perspective and a copy where I see only a section cut face group.
I place the section cut group viewport at the correct scale in layout, wich is easy as it's a 2D model, then you you copy that viewport and replace the scene in the model for the scene of the perspective.
This way I get double viewports and can manipulate the section face scene independently of the perspective scene (wich is exactly what I do on ortho sections too).
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It's not for layout and I never used it, but it's a plugin that enables you to scale your perspective view in relationship to your screen resolution so you can translate it to Layout with a give scale.
I understood what was the purpose but, again, I never used it, so it might work in another way...
Here it is:
SketchUp Extension Warehouse
Your library of custom third-party extensions created to optimize your SketchUp workflow.
(extensions.sketchup.com)
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Thanks! Eneroth is a genius!
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Thanks for the heads up! I should have known there was a plug-in by Eneroth, she has a plug-in for everything!
Was a little awkward to use at first, but once i got the gist of it, worked perfect. Was able to use scaled dimensions in LO and they read the exact heights they were suppose to!
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@jql said:
Eneroth has a plugin for just that.
What I do is that I have 2 scenes. One with the perspective and a copy where I see only a section cut face group.
I place the section cut group viewport at the correct scale in layout, wich is easy as it's a 2D model, then you you copy that viewport and replace the scene in the model for the scene of the perspective.
This way I get double viewports and can manipulate the section face scene independently of the perspective scene (wich is exactly what I do on ortho sections too).
The Eneroth plugin worked great, but i am curious about your 2-viewport method. Can you elaborate a little more on this process? Or potentially have files to share showing the scenes in SU and viewports in LO?
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You don't even need 2 viewports, I use them always though and I'm used to setting things up on sectioncutface viewport. So in LO you can:
- Insert a perspective viewport;
- Draw a line on the section through two points wich you know the dimension;
- Scale it so it fits the desired dimension;
- Write down the resulting scale factor;
- Scale your viewport to the same scale factor;
- Lock viewport scale;
- Stretch it's boundaries to focus or have a wider view of the model.
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@jql said:
You don't even need 2 viewports, I use them always though and I'm used to setting things up on sectioncutface viewport. So in LO you can:
- Insert a perspective viewport;
- Draw a line on the section through two points wich you know the dimension;
- Scale it so it fits the desired dimension;
- Write down the resulting scale factor;
- Scale your viewport to the same scale factor;
- Lock viewport scale;
- Stretch it's boundaries to focus or have a wider view of the model.
Awesome, thanks for the quick reply. In actuality, you are doing the exact same thing that the plugin you referred me to does, just a different path to get there.
Totally makes sense, thanks again!
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@mattw0711 said:
Awesome, thanks for the quick reply. In actuality, you are doing the exact same thing that the plugin you referred me to does, just a different path to get there.
Totally makes sense, thanks again!
Then I remember why I'm not using it... She won't mind, I use a couple of her plugins daily...
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