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Flags. MEL
examples.
viewPlace [-eyePoint linear linear linear]
[-fieldOfView angle]
[-lookAt linear linear linear]
[-ortho] [-perspective] [-upDirection linear linear linear]
[-viewDirection linear linear
linear] [camera]
viewPlace is undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT
editable.
This command positions the camera as specified. The lookAt and
viewDirection flags are mutually exclusive, as are the ortho and
perspective flags. If this command switches a camera from ortho to
perspective or the other way around without specifying a new field
of view, then one is calculated based on a heuristic involving the
selected objects. If the camera is not specified on the command
line, the command will check to see if there is a camera on the
active list. The user should be aware that some positions will be
unattainable. For example, using a new camera located at the origin
and specifying a lookAt of [0 0 -5] and an up of [1 1 1]. In these
cases, the camera will always aim at the lookAt, and the new up
direction will be determined by transforming the specified up into
camera space and then projecting this vector onto a plane defined
by the camera's up and right vectors. Using the example above, the
new up vector will be [1 1 0].
None
camera, cameraView, dolly,
listCameras, lookThru, orbit,
roll, track,
tumble, viewCamera, viewClipPlane, viewFit, viewHeadOn, viewLookAt, viewSet
eyePoint, fieldOfView, lookAt, ortho, perspective, upDirection, viewDirection
| Long name (short name) |
Argument types |
Properties |
-eyePoint(-eye) |
linear linear linear |
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The new eye point in world coordinates. |
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-lookAt(-la) |
linear linear linear |
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The new look-at point in world coordinates. |
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-viewDirection(-vd) |
linear linear linear |
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The new view direction vector. |
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-ortho(-o) |
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Sets the camera to be orthgraphic. |
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-perspective(-p) |
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Sets the camera to be perspective. |
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-fieldOfView(-fov) |
angle |
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The new field of view (in degrees, for perspective cameras, and
in world distance for ortho cameras) |
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-upDirection(-up) |
linear linear linear |
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The new up direction vector. |
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| Flag can appear in Create mode of
command |
 Flag can appear in Edit mode of command |
 Flag can appear in Query mode of command |
 Flag can be used more than once in a
command. |
// Create a new camera
string $cam[] = `camera`;
string $camShape = $cam[1];
viewPlace -p -fov 20 $camShape;
viewPlace -eye 0 0 20 $camShape;
viewPlace -la 0 0 0 $camShape;