Macro Align Working Plane to Camera

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Macro Align Working Plane to Camera

Description
This macro moves the current Draft Working Plane to the center of the current view

Macro version: 1.0
Last modified: 2017-05-10
FreeCAD version: All
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Author: yorik
Author
yorik
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Macro Version
1.0
Date last modified
2017-05-10
FreeCAD Version(s)
All
Default shortcut
None
See also
Macro Align Camera to Working Plane Macro Align Camera to Working Plane

Description

This macro moves the current Draft Working Plane to the center of the current view. It is useful when you are working quite far from the grid center.

Usage

  • Move the view to the zone where you want to look at.
  • Run the macro.

Script

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Macro_Align_Working_Plane_to_Camera.FCMacro

import FreeCAD,FreeCADGui
cam = FreeCAD.Vector(FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getCameraNode().position.getValue().getValue())
pos = FreeCAD.DraftWorkingPlane.projectPoint(cam)
FreeCAD.DraftWorkingPlane.position = pos
FreeCADGui.Snapper.setGrid()