How to constraint orbit in sketchup?

[randyc]

How to orbit 360 degree of my model in sketchup? when I orbit or control-orbit, the view shifts all over the place, I do not have a steady hand.

Trying to animate a model 360 degrees, but I want to show the top of the model more so cannot use the stand view as shown in the below video…

sketchup easy 360° rotation and animation

[mihai.s]

Thanks to @jimhami42

Camera: 360° rotation

I have a simple Ruby script that can be pasted into the Ruby console. It starts with whatever view you have and creates 360 scenes at 1 degree intervals around the origin. Works in either isometric or perspective views: c = Sketchup.active_model.active_view.camera p = Sketchup.active_model.pages e = c.eye r = Geom::Transformation.rotation([0,0,0],[0,0,1],Math:I / 180.0) for i in 0...360 c.set(e,[0,0,0],[0,0,1]) p.add("Scene " + (i+1).to_s) e.transform!(r) end Two examples: [image] …

[randyc]

Thanks, interesting. would this work with Vray rendering?

[Box]

The standard method is to use the Position Camera tool to create the scenes you want.
Here is a quickie, I use the tool to aim from the corners of the square to the endpoint of the edge. Then make a scene, repeating from each corner to make four scenes. Once you have created the scenes you can drop anything into the view and delete or hide the construction geometry.