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Double click sets center of rotation

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Carsten Fuchs
Wed, Mar 3, 2021 9:05 AM

Dear group,

still being new to OpenSCAD, using version 2021.02.17 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, I just found by accident a feature that it highly useful to me: a double click in the 3D sets the camera's center of rotation.

I've not found this anywhere mentioned. Should this be added to https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/The_OpenSCAD_User_Interface#View_navigation ?

Best regards,
Carsten

Dear group, still being new to OpenSCAD, using version 2021.02.17 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, I just found by accident a feature that it highly useful to me: a double click in the 3D sets the camera's center of rotation. I've not found this anywhere mentioned. Should this be added to https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/The_OpenSCAD_User_Interface#View_navigation ? Best regards, Carsten
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Revar Desmera
Thu, Mar 4, 2021 1:23 AM

I should mention that double-clicking does NOT re-center the center of rotation on MacOS.  I think the last version I’ve used where that worked on MacOS was 2015.03.

  • Revar

On Mar 3, 2021, at 1:05 AM, Carsten Fuchs carsten.fuchs@cafu.de wrote:

Dear group,

still being new to OpenSCAD, using version 2021.02.17 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, I just found by accident a feature that it highly useful to me: a double click in the 3D sets the camera's center of rotation.

I've not found this anywhere mentioned. Should this be added to https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/The_OpenSCAD_User_Interface#View_navigation ?

Best regards,
Carsten


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I should mention that double-clicking does NOT re-center the center of rotation on MacOS. I think the last version I’ve used where that worked on MacOS was 2015.03. - Revar > On Mar 3, 2021, at 1:05 AM, Carsten Fuchs <carsten.fuchs@cafu.de> wrote: > > Dear group, > > still being new to OpenSCAD, using version 2021.02.17 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, I just found by accident a feature that it highly useful to me: a double click in the 3D sets the camera's center of rotation. > > I've not found this anywhere mentioned. Should this be added to https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/The_OpenSCAD_User_Interface#View_navigation ? > > Best regards, > Carsten > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org
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Torsten Paul
Thu, Mar 4, 2021 4:21 PM

On 03.03.21 10:05, Carsten Fuchs wrote:

I've not found this anywhere mentioned. Should this be added> to https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/The_OpenSCAD_User_Interface#View_navigation ?

That would be great. There's now a couple of nice smaller
convenience features that are not well document yet.

For example try placing the cursor in the middle of a
number and use ALT + Cursor UP/DOWN or ALT + mouse wheel
to change it with automatic preview refresh.

ciao,
Torsten.

On 03.03.21 10:05, Carsten Fuchs wrote: > I've not found this anywhere mentioned. Should this be added> to https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/The_OpenSCAD_User_Interface#View_navigation ? That would be great. There's now a couple of nice smaller convenience features that are not well document yet. For example try placing the cursor in the middle of a number and use ALT + Cursor UP/DOWN or ALT + mouse wheel to change it with automatic preview refresh. ciao, Torsten.