Advanced Camera Tools in Pro 2025?

[RTCool]

I’ve tinkered with ACT, but can’t claim to be an expert, nor do I use it a lot. I have spent a lot of time looking into focal length, angle of view and how it’s reported with ACT, Safe Frames Tools, and with just native SketchUp. I showed that native SU has a bug with focal length, but found that when when using ACT and Safe Frames the focal length is correctly reported. That still appears to hold true for 2025. An example file created with an earlier version of SU seems to work with the ACT cameras set in it, but, as I said, I don’t use it frequently enough to see it break like you have.

Here’s a scene with native tools and my own hand made frustrum/viewfinder showing the bug:

Here’s what you get with the same scene set with ACT:

A longer explanation of the bug is posted here:

Some cool examples of my own

I have you to thank for learning this critical fact here on the forums. Once I got that, that set me on the path to figure out the rest. What you can rely on is this: If you type in an angle for the vertical angle of view, you get exactly what you asked, no problem. For example, if you type 37.8° with the Zoom tool, you get the view of a 35mm lens. You can resize the window and the vertical part of the image holds while the horizontal part floats showing you either more or (in the case of…

Given they haven’t fixed the bug, I wouldn’t think they changed anything about camera handling, but the switch to New Graphics Engine has had some unexpected effects. When does it seem to be breaking, if you can tell?