Anybody help with rotate the viewport, please!

Submitted by libory on Fri, 2010-02-05 13:06

Hi all, I am trying to make a script to rotate the viewport to the left (like pressing Alt+MiddleButton+mouse movement).

I am testing this and I linked the script to one key like "left arrow":

(
theAxis = (viewport.setTM()).row3
(
viewport.rotate (quat -4 theAxis)
completeredraw()
)
)

Like in the MAX reference it works but, is there any way to make it rotate from the selection instead from the world coordinates?

I am trying to do an "Orbit sub-object" but instead of using the mouse I would like to use a key, in this case "left arrow".

I am experimenting with a joystick to manipulate the views and it is fine, it works using Autohotkeys to send keystrokes from a joystick but I wonder how devices like "3dconnecxion" communicate with MAX to make the viewport rotate as I can't see anywhere another method of controlling MAX apart from mouse.

Thanks a lot for your help!!

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Submitted by kilad on Thu, 2010-02-11 01:53.

( theAxis =

(
theAxis = (viewport.GetTM()).row3
(
viewport.rotate (quat -4 theAxis) CENTER:[120,060,0]
completeredraw()
)
)

but does it work? odd results here

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