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Top View Zoom Speed

JazzyBearJazzyBear Posts: 805
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I often use the Top View for item placement or at least rough placement of items as I work on an area. I Zoom Out with my center Mouse Scroll Wheel. In really large scenes to zoom all the way out or quite a ways out, it can take a LOT of scrolling. Is there an Accelerate Key for the Zoom? Or a Zoom/Show All?

 

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,805

    There's ctrl-F to frame, or use the [ ]  frame icon at top-right of the viewport. You might also want to look at the change log http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/change_log#4_11_0_159

  • JazzyBearJazzyBear Posts: 805
    edited July 2018

    Thanks!!!

    Somehow selecting the whole set and using FRAME never popped into my head. Probably because I use it the opposite way to focus on things like hands and fingers, LoL!

    Looks like the next version has the variable Zoom. Will be fun to play with.

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  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 11,694

    Read through it again... via the (scripting) API, not the UI.

  • JazzyBearJazzyBear Posts: 805
    Cris Palomino said:

    Read through it again... via the (scripting) API, not the UI.

    Well I will wait for a set of utilities then. No time to delve into scripting at this point, LoL!

    I use Frame all the time so now picking a whole scene or usually the base/scene layer can pop me out to see everything in 1 click.

     

  • Syrus_DanteSyrus_Dante Posts: 983

    Is there an Accelerate Key for the Zoom?

    There is one for shure. I don't know the default shortcut but you can have a look at your settings by opening the Window > Workspace > Customize dialogue (or press F3). At the bottom you will see the View Controls and a dropdown menu with the Dolly and Zoom (Dolly) controls - the shortcuts in use will show up right behind and can be changed by double clicking the shortcuts and pressing the new key combination.

    My shortcut for Dolly is Alt+MiddleMouseButton once I hold that I can zoom in-out by moving the mouse forward-back and pan sideways by moving the mouse left-right the same time. For me its better than just zoom because while doing you can correct the point its zooming at, by default it's zooming towards the screen center I guess. Also its stepless (you can zoom closer to tiny objects without clipping trough) and can be faster compared to the default Mouse Wheel zoom.

    Have a look at my thread How to Customize Daz Studio

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