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ViewCreate

PerspectiveCamera

Std View Menu

Menu location
Std OrthographicCamera
View → Orthographic view
Workbenches
All
Default shortcut
V O
Introduced in version
-
See also
Std PerspectiveCamera

Description

The Std OrthographicCamera command switches the camera in the active 3D view to orthographic view mode. In this mode, objects that are further from the camera do not appear smaller than those that are closer.

Two cubes with the same dimensions in orthographic view

Usage

There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Select the View → Orthographic view option from the menu.
- Select the Orthographic view option from the Mini-cube menu of the Navigation Cube.
- Use the keyboard shortcut: V then O.

Preferences

The camera type can be changed in the preferences: Edit → Preferences... → Display → 3D View → Camera type. The selected type will be used for all 3D views of all opened documents and also for new documents. See Preferences Editor.

Scripting

See also: FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

To change the view to orthographic use the setCameraType method of the ActiveView object. This method is not available if FreeCAD is in console mode.

import FreeCADGui

FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.setCameraType('Orthographic')
FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getCameraType()

ViewCreate

PerspectiveCamera

Std View Menu

Std Base

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- Visibility: Toggle visibility, Show selection, Hide selection, Select visible objects, Toggle all objects, Show all objects, Hide all objects, Toggle selectability, Toggle measurement, Clear measurement
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- Panels: Tree view, Property view, Selection view, Tasks, Python console, DAG view, Model, Report view
- Link navigation: Go to linked object, Go to the deepest linked object, Select all links
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+|Name=Std OrthographicCamera
+|MenuLocation=View → Orthographic view
+|Workbenches=All
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+|SeeAlso=[[Std_PerspectiveCamera|Std PerspectiveCamera]]
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 ==Description==
-Puts the camera in orthographic view mode.<br />
-Orthographic is (according to Wikipedia):<br />
-... a means of representing a three-dimensional object in two dimensions...
+The '''Std OrthographicCamera''' command switches the camera in the active [[3D_view|3D view]] to orthographic view mode. In this mode, objects that are further from the camera do not appear smaller than those that are closer.
-Bascially, Orthographic is a fixed depth. You can't zoom in or out. There is no distance from the camera.<br />
-Perspective has depth. You can zoom in and out. You can judge distances. Cameras can be distanced from the scene.<br />
-Simply put, orthographic is what would happen if you squished everything in the scene (along the cameras view axis)<br />
-and stuck it right against the camera.
-[[Image:Orthographic_Perspective.gif]]
+[[Image:Std_OrthographicCamera_example.svg]]
+{{Caption|Two cubes with the same dimensions in orthographic view}}
+==Usage==
-Perspective on the left, Orthographic on the right
+# There are several ways to invoke the command:
-ToDo
+#* Select the {{MenuCommand|View → [[Image:Std_OrthographicCamera.svg|16px]] Orthographic view}} option from the menu.
+#* Select the {{MenuCommand|[[Image:Std_OrthographicCamera.svg|16px]] Orthographic view}} option from the Mini-cube menu of the [[Navigation_Cube|Navigation Cube]].
+#* Use the keyboard shortcut: {{KEY|V}} then {{KEY|O}}.
+==Preferences==
-[[Category:UnfinishedDocu]]
+* The camera type can be changed in the preferences: {{MenuCommand|Edit → Preferences... → Display → 3D View → Camera type}}. The selected type will be used for all 3D views of all opened documents and also for new documents. See [[Preferences_Editor#3D_View|Preferences Editor]].
-==Notes==
-<br />
+==Scripting==
+{{Emphasis|See also:}} [[FreeCAD_Scripting_Basics|FreeCAD Scripting Basics]].
+To change the view to orthographic use the {{incode|setCameraType}} method of the ActiveView object. This method is not available if FreeCAD is in console mode.
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+import FreeCADGui
+FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.setCameraType('Orthographic')
+FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getCameraType()
+}}
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