Script to Switch viewport to Default Camera?

Sasqwach

I frequently like to switch between the top, back and perspective views in Daz while working on my main camera angle, tho while it is handy to have shortcuts for views I would like to make a small script that would find the "Default Camera" in scene and switch to it immediately.

Have tried tinkering with Mcj's scripts to "find and select a camera" but not switch view to that camera

var vmgr = MainWindow.getViewportMgr();

var vport = vmgr.getActiveViewport().get3DViewport();

var cam = vport.getCamera();

if( Scene.findNode( cam.name ) ) //must be in the scene

{

Scene.selectAllNodes( false );

cam.select( true ); //selects but doesnt switch

cam......Switch to selected cam in viewport HERE!?

}

 

Sorry incredibly amatuer question but been looking thru the Api and can seem to find means to "switch" viewport to the selected camera via script.

 

Any ideas ?

Richard Haseltine

vport.setCamera( cam );

Sasqwach

Thanks!  tho doesnt seem to do quite what I was expecting, selects the camera but still wont switch to the Default Camera if I am in any other viewpoert mode ie Perspective, Front, etc

Richard Haseltine

hmm, not sure why
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Richard Haseltine

This works, except for the UV view (which I suspect is because it isn't a 3d view no, it doesn't fail at getting the 3D Viewport so I'm not quite sure what it is tripping on):

// try to get the Default Cameravar cam = Scene.findNodeByLabel( "Default Camera" );if ( cam ) {	// work our way down to the 3D viewport	var vwmgr = MainWindow.getViewportMgr();	if ( vwmgr ) {		var vwport = vwmgr.getActiveViewport();		if ( vwport ) {			var tdvwport = vwport.get3DViewport();			if ( tdvwport ) {				// make the Default Camera active				tdvwport.setCamera( cam );			}		}	}}

 

Sasqwach

You Sir, are a hero!

That works perfectly I can bind to a shortcut and have my own icon for quick flipping now !

Many, Many Thanks !

PS Are there any other good daz scripting resources / texts other than the API guide ? It's quite cumbersome to work thru

Richard Haseltine

Have you looked at Rob's samples? They are release under the CC Attribution Unported license. http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/samples/start

Sasqwach

Thanks I had a look at that area already; was more the actual API docs I found to be a bit tricky to find what I was looking for - Guess it's time to study !

bluejaunte

Is there a way to switch viewport to one of the view cameras like "Perspective View"? Couldn't find out how to do that.