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How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

maxyweb — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:40:01 GMT

How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?
I can hide-show Time Slider or hide-show Ribbon and this will restore the viewports, but this is bad option. Is there a command that restores viewports?

Thanks!

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

denisT.MaxDoctor — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 22:09:37 GMT

How did this happen? What did you do to shift (scale) it like that?

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

MartinBeh — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 06:31:29 GMT

@denisT.MaxDoctor schrieb:

How did this happen? What did you do to shift (scale) it like that?

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

denisT.MaxDoctor — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 07:23:17 GMT

This is the main panel as I see it... something needs to be done to screw it like that.

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

maxyweb — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:03:35 GMT

Yes, I reduce the base viewport to the required size of 800x600, take a screenshot and it works fine, there is a problem that the viewport does not always return to the original size. The question was: is there a maxscript command that updates the size of viewports as does changing the UI configuration. For example, turning on or off the Time Slider restores the viewport size, but writing macros.run "Customize User Interface" "UI_TimeSlider_Toggle" into the script is a clumsy solution

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

denisT.MaxDoctor — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:38:29 GMT

@maxyweb wrote:
Yes, I reduce the base viewport to the required size of 800x600, take a screenshot and it works fine, there is a problem that the viewport does not always return to the original size.

Yeah, I was expecting something like that...

- How do you fix a TV?
- What's wrong with it?
- The sound's gone.
- What do you mean, it's gone?
- I was watching TV, picking at my ear with a screwdriver, and the sound's gone...

"
😁

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

maxyweb — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:24:43 GMT

ok, let's chalk it up to translation difficulties
I suspect the joke is funny)

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

denisT.MaxDoctor — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:47:46 GMT

I still don't understand why you try to scale the viewport to take a snapshot of a given size... take a DIB with the current or larger size and scale the image.

src=gw.getViewportDib() trg = bitmap 800 600 copy src trg display trg

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

maxyweb — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:21:29 GMT

Because if the viewport does not have a 4x3 aspect ratio, and most often this is the case, then the screenshot turns out to be stretched vertically.
like in this example:
src=gw.getViewportDib()
trg = bitmap 800 600
copy src trg
display trg

In order to get the correct screenshot, I first need to make the viewport aspect ratio 4x3 (800x600)

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

denisT.MaxDoctor — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 18:03:35 GMT

@maxyweb wrote:

In order to get the correct screenshot, I first need to make the viewport aspect ratio 4x3 (800x600)

so what? just do it:

( size = [800, 600] ratio = size.x / size.y src=gw.getViewportDib() if (1.0 * src.width / src.height) != ratio do ( if (src.width > src.height) then ( h = src.height w = int (h * ratio) bb = box2 ((src.width - w)/2) 0 w h ) else ( w = src.width h = int (w / ratio) bb = box2 0 ((src.height - h)/2) 0 w h ) tmp = bitmap w h pastebitmap src tmp bb [0,0] src=tmp ) trg = bitmap size.x size.y copy src trg display trg )

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

maxyweb — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:03:11 GMT

In this case, some of the information is cut off and it is not clear from which camera the screenshot was taken

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

denisT.MaxDoctor — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:30:31 GMT

That's it! You're too picky! You're on your own from here...

😎

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

maxyweb — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:40:26 GMT

Yes, there is such a thing)
That's why I didn't ask a complex question, I asked a simple one.
I'm sure there is a simple solution to restore the viewport size, but I haven't found it, and since not everyone needs it, not everyone knows.
There was hope)

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

denisT.MaxDoctor — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:00:00 GMT

@maxyweb wrote:
Yes, there is such a thing)
That's why I didn't ask a complex question, I asked a simple one.
I'm sure there is a simple solution to restore the viewport size, but I haven't found it, and since not everyone needs it, not everyone knows.

I wrote dozens of tools similar to that in my practice...

your problem is that you went in the wrong direction from the beginning, but I couldn't convince you. So ... you're on your own now.

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

maxyweb — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:10:31 GMT

I have been watching you for a long time, starting with CGtalk, and I admit that you are the most experienced expert on this topic, I especially appreciate your desire to share your knowledge. But no one can know absolutely everything. Perhaps I chose the wrong path, but it works, although not exactly as I would like. In any case, thank you for being there, respect! )

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

denisT.MaxDoctor — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:04:12 GMT

@maxyweb wrote:
But no one can know absolutely everything.

at least how to update the view panel with a single command, I know for sure....

Re: How to restore viewport size with maxscript command?

maxyweb — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:47:57 GMT

Let it remain a secret, otherwise it will be boring )