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[Visualpython-users] Multiple windows into a scene

[Hans-Joachim G. <gu...@gm...>]

Hi,

I want several windows for viewing the same scene, e.g. 
* 1) zoomed out for overview, and 2) for zooming in, or
* multiple views e.g. from above/front/right/zoomed.

The stereo-option for display does essentially that,
but those views cannot be controlled independent
from each other.

Is it possible to create multiple windows onto a scene,
other than for sterescopic viewing ?

A workaround, e.g. a separate scene for each view, and 
copy each object into all of them, seems rather clumsy...


By(t)e,
 HaJo Gurt
-- 
Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.

Re: [Visualpython-users] Multiple windows into a scene

[Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...>]

That's an interesting suggestion, and it might not be very difficult to 
implement. Thanks!

Bruce Sherwood

Hans-Joachim Gurt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want several windows for viewing the same scene, e.g. 
> * 1) zoomed out for overview, and 2) for zooming in, or
> * multiple views e.g. from above/front/right/zoomed.
> 
> The stereo-option for display does essentially that,
> but those views cannot be controlled independent
> from each other.
> 
> Is it possible to create multiple windows onto a scene,
> other than for sterescopic viewing ?
> 
> A workaround, e.g. a separate scene for each view, and 
> copy each object into all of them, seems rather clumsy...
> 
> 
> By(t)e,
>  HaJo Gurt

Re: [Visualpython-users] Multiple windows into a scene

[<jer...@in...>]

> Hans-Joachim Gurt wrote:

>> I want several windows for viewing the same scene, e.g. 
>> * 1) zoomed out for overview, and 2) for zooming in, or
>> * multiple views e.g. from above/front/right/zoomed.

Bruce Sherwood replies: 

> That's an interesting suggestion, and it might not be very difficult to 
> implement. Thanks!

Actually, when I had my first date with VPython, I told myself, how nice
to have *objects*, permitting to do high-level animation, etc., you change
the attributes, and the visual avatar modifies itself. And then I got a
nasty surprise: why cameras/viewports do not follow this protocol? Well,
why? Especially, if - as myself, but our name is Legion, and Bruce S. is
therein - for people interested in the simulation of physical systems,
having a coherent, uniform approach to entities present within a program
is a blessing. 

Of course, there are priorities of the developers... But perhaps the user
community may help. 

Jerzy Karczmarczuk
Caen, France