geotrupede

if you have more than a 3d model and would like to import them separately as separate files, how to you get them to be visible in the view? For example the models are located far from the origin.

I know I can normalise, but if they are normalised they may not located correctly relative to each other.

Supposing that if they are not normalised they are too big to be seen or far away from the origin, is there a ‘fit all’ function or key combination?

Question:
if you have more than a 3d model and would like to import them separately as separate files, how to you get them to be visible in the view? For example the models are located far from the origin.
I know I can normalise, but if they are normalised they may not located correctly relative to each other.
Supposing that if they are not normalised they are too big to be seen or far away from the origin, is there a ‘fit all’ function or key combination?
Thanks,
G


ogl-and-fit-all-function

it's generally more useful to export models centered at the origin, and then position them using their position attribute.

you can do this manually using the @normalize attribute.

it depends on your specific modeling software and export settings, as to whether the meshes are exported with transforms "baked" into the vertex positions or not.

otherwise, you should be able to manually change the @scale attribute of the gl.model, to bring objects into view.

or you can simply use a gl.camera and position it far enough back to see the objects. you may need to adjust your @far_clip to a much higher value than the default of 100.

eg, here is a patch with the duck model non-normalized:

OGL and "fit all" function