LarryO Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Is there any reason that Vectorscript control points would only be visible in Top/Plan view and not Front or any of the other ortho views? Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 In the Plug-in definition, Properties Tab set the Projection to be 2D or 3D. Quote Link to comment
LarryO Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 Thanks Michael for the suggestion, that didn't make a difference. I suspect that the control point parameter is only functional in Top/Plan view. Too bad really. That seems to be the only interactive input with the object when using Vectorscipt beyond the pre-defined end points in the case of a linear object. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 I'm probably not understanding the question. 🙂 Are you making a linear plug-in? I use control points in 3D all the time with linear plug-ins. If you're making a path plug-in you need to use the reshape tool to get the handles after creation. Quote Link to comment
MullinRJ Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 @LarryO, To the best of my knowledge, there is no implementation of 3D Control Points in Plug-Ins. I have heard many requests for them in the past. Assuming you could even see a CP in a Front or Side view you would be looking at it edge-on on its working plane. Grabbing a CP in a 3D view would not allow you to move it in the Z-Direction. I don't have an example to test here, so I'm speaking from faded memory. Sorry, this is not what you wanted to hear. I think the only exception to the rule would be a 2D Plug-in placed on a 3D Working Plane. The CP would be visible in 3D views, but it would still be limited to only moving in the Working Plane. Raymond Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Hi Raymon! @LarryO is asking why the control points disappear when not in Top/Plan. My understanding is that with linear plug-ins the handles stay visible and useable in any view. He must mean additional control point parameters - those go away in 3D. Quote Link to comment
LarryO Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 Yes additional control point parameters only seem to appear when the plug-in is viewed top/plan. I was hoping that in any ortho view they would appear. I was going to reset the y-axis to zero internally each time so that it would only move in an x-axis direction for sliding elements along a linear plugin. There being no Z adjustment was conceptually helpful. Quote Link to comment
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