When modeling I’m primarily using a perspective camera, but to check symmetry or sometimes to reference another entity I’m needing a parallel camera. It’d be great to have a small window that lets me see the parallel perspective of the standard views from my current position so I can keep an eye on things.
Probably not what you’re looking for, but have you tried a keyboard shortcut for switching between perspective and parallel?
It’s conceivable. V-Ray has a floating render window that updates as you navigate the main model window. I’m not a programmer, but I would think multi-threading could help render two windows simultaneously? A GPU with multiple cores? Otherwise it would be another hit on performance, no?
I use f5 for that, as it’s already the universal “reload” key. there are parts of my 3d modelling where I feel more comfortable in parallel, and as you say, it’s jut a keystroke away.
The keyboard shortcut is okay, its just fun to sometimes have an additional view when modeling though.
The same here. For us, “y” has become the company-wide standard. (“z” on US layout)
A separate window would be a great feature.