topic Re: generic perspective empty in Modeling

generic perspective empty

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:12:25 GMT

what did i do wrong if all of the sudden i switch to a generic perspective view and there is nothing there, even after zooming all. everything is fine in axonometric, but nothing in perspective...

Re: generic perspective empty

TomWaltz — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:29:26 GMT

Is the camera pointed at anything? Or away into space?

Re: generic perspective empty

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:34:25 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
Is the camera pointed at anything? Or away into space?

i dont think there is a camera, its just the standard generic perspective tab

Re: generic perspective empty

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:42:22 GMT

now in all my sections it only shows broken portions of everything...its as if only half of my data for each object is there...here is my screen....i have a finished model but is only shows this here...as well as nothing in perspective

Re: generic perspective empty

TomWaltz — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:42:26 GMT

aggie463 wrote:
TomWaltz wrote:
Is the camera pointed at anything? Or away into space?
i dont think there is a camera, its just the standard generic perspective tab

It may not be a defined camera in your navigator, but a perspective view is always based on a camera, even a "generic" one. Turn on your Navigator Preview Palette and you will be able to see where it is pointing.

Re: generic perspective empty

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:44:05 GMT

With regard to perspective issues:

From the Plan view of your model (with model visible on screen) got to View> 3D view mode> 3D projection settings. If it comes up with parellel projection settings, click on Perspective Settings button. In the plan view on the left - Shift-click to place camera, Alt-click to place target. This places a virtual camera, not an actual camera as you would with the Camera tool. Make sure Camera Z and Target Z are similar (or even make them the same) or you may be looking up or down without seeing your model. Click OK and go to 3D view (if not set to do that automatically). Ta Da.

As for section view, I would suggest checking layers, and "rebuild from model".

Re: generic perspective empty

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:21:58 GMT

that did it...thanks...had to play around with the rebuilding for the ection a little bit...must be some glitch...didnt work the first two times but the third time was a charm