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Set numerical value for camera zoom

Set numerical value for camera zoom

As a technical illustrator who generates training manuals and specification documents, I constantly capture screen images (using SnagIt) to copy-and-paste them into an illustration program.  I need to be able to capture multiple images of any particular model from a variety of viewing angles, but I need to be able to do so using the exact same "screen zoom value" for each one.

I have used other CAD programs that have a feature such that if I click on the "magnifying glass" tool in order to change my screen zoom, a data field appears when that tool is active and I can see the current camera zoom and I can modify the value to set a particular desired value. This let's me generate repeatable zoom values for the screen so that my captured objects are of a consistent size, especially from one work session to the next.

Yes, I can define new "Named Views", but because I cannot set the camera zoom, I have no way to ensure identical camera zoom (and thus identical object size) from one Named View to the next.

The inability to set a numerical value for camera zoom, and thus the inability to obtain repeatable images, ends up being a show-stopper with regard to utilizing Fusion 360 as the basis for my technical illustration.

(Or am I missing something?  - Entirely possible.)

2 Comments
speedfreakgarage
Enthusiast

I think this is possible in the "render" environment, just add a camera, then you can jump inside that camera and take your screenshot.  ???

Anonymous
Not applicable

Thanks for the suggestion.  I tried the RENDER environment again at your suggestion, but alas, there are no additional settings available for the camera that would provide a solution.  There still is no "zoom scale" or "magnification" data field available.  If I could truly "get inside the camera" then I'd want to establish a coordinate location for that camera and a line-of-sight vector.  But those settings are not available.

I think a possible implementation would be that when one picks the ZOOM tool, one "drags" the mouse up and down to change the zoom amount.  While doing so, a data field could appear showing the resulting "magnification" value and one could type in a desired value to get a repeatable magnification setting.

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