topic Re: Script to Set Current View to Home (Fit to View)? in Fusion API and Scripts Forum

Script to Set Current View to Home (Fit to View)?

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:11:19 GMT

I haven't found any way, with the api, to "Set Current View to Home (Fit to View)"

Does anyone know if this is currently possible?

Re: Script to Set Current View to Home (Fit to View)?

ThilaknathRao — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 17:43:52 GMT

Nick,

I expected it to be present on ActiveViewport but didn't find it there or anywhere else. So I am guessing this isn't supported yet.

Thanks,

-Thilak

Re: Script to Set Current View to Home (Fit to View)?

promm — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 18:42:25 GMT

Nick,

Right click on the house to the left of the view cube. Next select set current view as home. You can pick "fix distance" or "fit to view". If this answers you question please select accept as solution.

Cheers,

Mike Prom

Re: Script to Set Current View to Home (Fit to View)?

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 18:54:42 GMT

Thanks, but (as the title implies 🙂 I am looking for a scripted API call that would accomplish the same thing.

It is part of a larger script, so it will actually be saving time and mouse clicks!

Re: Script to Set Current View to Home (Fit to View)?

david_reaume — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 19:17:33 GMT

Nick,

Try the 'isFitView' (bool) property on the Camera class.

/// <summary>
/// If this property is true, when this camera is applied to a viewport it
/// will modify the camera such that the entire model is displayed in the viewport.
/// When getting a camera from a viewport this property is always initialized to false.
/// </summary>

DaVeR

Re: Script to Set Current View to Home (Fit to View)?

ekinsb — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 19:56:40 GMT

The assumption is right. This is not currently exposed through the API. It is possible to use the API to change the current view but it's not currently possible to set it to the home view or find out the camera settings for the home view. This is something we need to support in the future.

Re: Script to Set Current View to Home (Fit to View)?

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:18:50 GMT

Thanks!

Re: Script to Set Current View to Home (Fit to View)?

wh6Q9NU — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:14:20 GMT

I just wonder. Any update on this?
Can we already set the view home position via a API call?

Re: Script to Set Current View to Home (Fit to View)?

RogerInHawaii — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:25:51 GMT

Here's some C++ code for, sort of, accomplishing the fit to view. It's not exactly the same as the Fit To View operation that's available in that little Box in the upper right corner of the window, but it's pretty close.

bool CenterAndShowInWindowAllVisibleObjects()
{
	Ptr<Viewport> viewPort = theFusion360Application->activeViewport();
	if (!viewPort)
		return false;
	Ptr<Camera> TheCamera = viewPort->camera();
	if (!TheCamera)
		return false;
	
	TheCamera->isFitView(true);
	viewPort->camera(TheCamera);

	return TRUE;
}

Re: Script to Set Current View to Home (Fit to View)?

wh6Q9NU — Sat, 01 Feb 2020 23:02:44 GMT

Thank you!

And for ease of use, a Python version of this function:

import adsk.core
import math

def CenterAndShowInWindowAllVisibleObjects(app :adsk.core.Application) -> bool:
    viewPort :adsk.core.Viewport = app.activeViewport

    if (not viewPort):
        return False

    camera :adsk.core.Camera = viewPort.camera

    if (not camera):
        return False
    
    camera.isFitView =  True
    viewPort.camera = camera

    return True

Re: Script to Set Current View to Home (Fit to View)?

dan-anders — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 22:47:51 GMT

Don't know if there is a method for this nowadays, but this worked in my case:

app.executeTextCommand(u'NamedView.RestoreCamera HOME')

Re: Script to Set Current View to Home (Fit to View)?

dan-anders — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 22:55:58 GMT

...and two minutes later I stumbled across this 😀

app.activeViewport.goHome()