Std ViewIvIssueCamPos

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Std ViewIvIssueCamPos

Menu location
View → Stereo → Issue camera position
Workbenches
All
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Std FreezeViews

Description

The Std ViewIvIssueCamPos command prints the camera settings of the active 3D view in the Report view and the Python console.

OrthographicCamera {   viewportMapping ADJUST_CAMERA   position 57.73505 -57.73502 57.735027   orientation 0.74290609 0.30772209 0.59447283  1.2171158   nearDistance 81.588844   farDistance 109.60551   aspectRatio 1   focalDistance 100   height 100  }

Example output: camera settings after changing to isometric view in a new document

Usage

  1. Select the View → Stereo → Issue camera position option from the menu.

Notes

  • The camera settings can be used to add frozen views to a *.cam file. See Std FreezeViews.

Scripting

See also: FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

The getCamera method of the ActiveView object returns the same camera settings in a single string. This method is not available if FreeCAD is in console mode.

import FreeCADGui

FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getCamera()