thats pretty much exactly what I wanted. nice! :)
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:12 AM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is hardcoded to set the persp camera, but is it the effect you're
> looking for?
>
> global proc setCameraTumblePivot()
> {
> string $sel[] = `ls -sl`;
> if (0 == `size $sel`)
> return;
>
> float $bbox[] = `xform -q -ws -boundingBox $sel`;
> float $cp[];
> $cp[2] = $bbox[2] + 0.5*($bbox[5] - $bbox[2]);
> $cp[1] = $bbox[1] + 0.5*($bbox[4] - $bbox[1]);
> $cp[0] = $bbox[0] + 0.5*($bbox[3] - $bbox[0]);
>
> setAttr perspShape.tumblePivot $cp[0] $cp[1] $cp[2];
>
> tumbleCtx -e -localTumble 0 tumbleContext;
> }
> scriptJob -e "SelectionChanged" "setCameraTumblePivot";
>
> I think it's the combination of setting the camera's tumble pivot, and
> telling the tumbleCtx to use that pivot (-localTumble 0)
> that you want?
>
>
> On Jun 30, 2:49 am, Sebastian Schoellhammer
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I would love to get the focus point of the camera to stay on the
> selection
> > so that I can avoid hitting "f" all the time during modeling..
> > (like "local focus" in mudbox, zbrush or 3dsmax)
> >
> > I tried doing it on a scriptjob with MFnCamera::centerOfInterestPoint (I
> > tried the mel version too)
> > but both seem to move the position of the camera as well - or there is a
> pop
> > anyway which is annoying.
> >
> > Has anybody seen/made a script like this?
> >
> > Thanks!!
> > seb
>
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