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
Author: yorik
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yorik
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Macro Version
1.0
Date last modified
2017-05-10
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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.

How to use

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

Script

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()