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It's now very clear, thank you Matt !

Matt, I followed the video step by step and indeed, both values you mentioned were set at this queer value. I created a new file on this basis, and can see the red and green axe in top/plan View. And I can see the red and green panel in the object. Great to see that it works now for any of my files. The only thing is that when I click on the "Set View to match" button, I still get a warning message. If I click on the right Button (cf. attached file), then finally everything's OK. But maybe this is because the size of my viewport is much smaller than the size of my picture (Object). I'll have to do some extra tries on that point. Here's the approximative translation of this message : "The form / cut-out of the viewport doesn't match the size or the position of the back ground photo". The right button is " Re-cut out to adjust to the background picture". Thank you again for the fast and efficient help you provided Matt ! This Camera Match function is something I really needed. Maria

Thanks Matt, this should save me extra time in the near future...

OK, thanks Matt. I'll try to do this and will, of course, let you know what I get. Maria

Thank YOU !

1. I'm localed in France, using a French Vectorworks version. 2 & 3. I created this from a blank file (I mentioned the n my previous message, but I used the term "model" for "template", because a template is called a "modèle" in French... Sorry for this confusion) Maria

Hi Matt, Thank you so much for this feed-back and fixed file, and for the time you took to treat my question. It works very well, now ! I thought maybe the problem came from the model I used to create my new landscape projet files, so I created a new file based on the standard VectorWorks model. The only thing I changed in the file preferences is the units, set to meters. And the problem I had initially is still there (same message about the size of the picture, same lack of red and green panels. So if trouble is not coming from my file nor from the model, then i suppose it's due to the software itself, and you'l be quickly fed up with my sending you every file of mine for fixing... Is there any parameter I can (safely...) change by myself ? Best regards, Maria Test Camera Match sans modèle.vwx

Hi Matt, Thank you for this quick answer. Actually, the image file I sent with my first message is the one I imported (I resized it before importing it, as I thought the very first original size might be the cause of the trouble). The import options I used were the standard ones (I left the luminosité set at 30%, selected the reference point). I just changed the style of the control lines. What bothers me also is that once the photo (Camera Match object) is imported, I do not see the "face panels" (red and green) but just a huge vertical red line accross the page (this line disapears when I deselect the option "Camera match preview object". And when I click on the reference point cursor on the photo it stays green (doesn't turn red as it should). This makes me think I am maybe not placing the reference point correctly on my design model as well. By the way, how do we delete reference points ? Are these details of any help to you, Matt ? Maria Pessin

Hi there, I just started to use the Camera Match function (VW 2018). I need to show a new fence in front of a house (part of a landscape project). Everything seems to go on well - placing a reference point in the design layer, choosing a photo as a Camera Match object (through the annotation panel of the viewport) and setting up the control lines and the reference on that photo, providing a field measure for one of the lines. But whatever the numerous tries, I always get the same message when clicking on the "Set View to match" button, warning that the size of the photo is too big for Vectorworks to calculate the perspective. I resized the photo (it fits in the page layout) but I keep having this message and I'm stuck there... Can anybody help, please ?Baumann_PRO_v1_v2018.vwx Baumann_PRO_v1_v2018.vwx