Problem using camera tool - new usuer

[coffeeaddict]

I am tryng to complete an assignment that requires me to use use the camera tool to take a photo of my 3D model, then create a viewport of it onto a sheet layer. Sounds simple enough but after I set the photo up, then what? How do I take the shot, or is the veiwport the shot?

[Yoginathaswami]

Aloha, it will easier for others to help you, when you include your computer specs. and the version of VW you are using.

Go to the top of this window and click on "My Stuff."

[propstuff]

How do I take the shot, or is the veiwport the shot?

When you say "take a shot" do you mean to end up with an image file? eg jpg?

If so. make sure the view is rendered in the mode you want and go to File> export> export image file.

select from the various options.

N.

[Benson Shaw]

Or, maybe the question is more basic?

To make a camera view, switch to Top Plan view, click the camera tool, then click twice on the drawing - 1st click is camera location, second click is end point of direction of the view. Still in Top Plan view the drawing area shows a VW camera graphic. If needed, move the camera and change the view direction or view angle/width with mouse drags. OIP shows fields for camera height and "Look To" height, and a button for Show Camera View. Click this Show button and the drawing area view changes to a perspective window centered on the page (if needed, click the Fit to Page button in the Menu Bar). This perspective window is your "shot". If the perspective window is blank or showing wrong stuff, the camera height or Look To values in the OIP need adjusting. Once you get the stuff you want in the perspective view window, use the Menu>View>Create Viewport command to place a new viewport on a (new?) sheet layer. Render with the OIP Viewport render and update options. On the design layer, switch back to Top Plan view to see and edit the camera graphics again. In Top view, the camera looks like a locus.

Read all about it in VW Help

-B