Can't zoom in close on a point

SketchUp Pro
#1

Since the recent upgrade for Sketchup Pro 2020, I have not been able to zoom in close to a line or point in my model as I previously had. When I zoom in to get close to a line, the view seems to hit the “lens” of the camera and the lines cut out and disappear. Normally when this would happen, I would hit “zoom extents” and it would reset and I could zoom without issue again. Now after “zoom extents”, the issue still persists. This has always been a problem when in “perspective” camera view, but it is now also happening in “parallel projection”.

Anyone else having this problem or know how to fix this?

Thanks,

Joel

#2

You would switch to perspective, then zoom extents. There isn’t really anything different in 2020 in that regard, the same conditions should go wrong in SketchUp 8 or later.

#3

There is a change in either 2020 or 2020.1 that breaks the parallel projection camera and makes it impossible to zoom into geometry.

#4

I found that happening quite a lot recently too. I noticed that when geometry started disappearing, hitting the space bar to cancel out of my current tool would generally sort it in that instance so I could continue with what I was doing.

I’m using 2020.1 also :thinking:

#5

Continuing the discussion from Can't zoom in close on a point:

I have the same problem.
I’ve just changed from sketchUp pro 2019 to SketchUp pro 2020.
And this soom problem is driving me crazy.

Pleas can someone tell me how i can fix it?

Big thanks!

#6

Perhaps you can share the .skp file that is giving you problems so we can see what you are working with?

#7

Set the camera to perspective, then the Field of View(also under camera to something like 1-5)
[menu]Camera->Field of View
Type the angle, hit Enter

#8

Makes sense but what angle?

#9

Same issue
I believe I’ve run into this before and the solution had something to do with this camera and field of view thing . I’m also in 2020, I’ve attempted to adjust camera and haven’t found a way to do it. Mike’s instructions above didn’t get me there. (What us 1-5?) The vcb in field of view also didn’t want to be edited.
And my model is quite close to the drawing origin.

#10

Select the Zoom tool from the Camera menu or Toolbar. Then type a new FOV. Just as with other VCB entries, do not click in the box. If you type a number followed by mm you will get a focal length instead. I generally model with the camera set to 85mm because I find the default too wide.

#11

I hadn’t heard of that option. I tried it, and 85mm is a tiny amount under 24 degrees. So, 24 Enter would look much the same.