CAMERA command
Places camera glyphs in drawings that point at target points, and creates named views.
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Method
Specify the location of the camera and the location of the target (the point at which the camera looks).
A camera glyph displays in the drawing to indicate the position of the camera.
Note: A camera glyph displays in the drawing to indicate the
position of the camera.
Options
- ?
- Displays a list of existing cameras. Press Enter to list all existing
cameras.
Use wildcards (* or ?) to list a selection of cameras. For example, Cam* lists all cameras names that start with 'cam' and ?a* lists all camera names of which the second letter is 'a'
- Name
- Names the new camera.
- LOcation
- Positions the camera by picking a point in the drawing or typing the x, y, z coordinates in the Command line.
- Height
- Sets the height (z coordinate) of the camera.
- Target
- Positions the target, the point at which the camera looks by picking a point in the drawing or typing the x, y, z coordinates in the command line.
- LEns
- Defines the lens length. A smaller number, such as 20, provides a wider field of view, while a higher number, such as 200, provides a closer look, like a zoom lens on a camera.
- CLipping
- Defines the front and back clipping planes, which cut off the view.
- View
- Sets the camera as current view.
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Note: Properties of a camera view can be edited:
- in the dialog box displayed by the VIEW command.
- in the Properties panel after selecting the camera glyph in the drawing.
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- Grips Editing
- Cameras can be edited directly through grips:
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