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Cybergooch
02-28-2004, 12:10 AM
I have a scene where I'm getting very close to an object. Although it's rendering ok, the camera is clipping in the viewport, so I can't see the elements closest to me. Is there a way to adjust the clipping planes?

Thanks..

dfaris
02-28-2004, 03:41 AM
Make sure you are in perspective and not parallel mode. I find that if I'm in paralle it gets clipped for me too.

Per-Anders
02-28-2004, 06:16 AM
in parallel mode all you ahve to do is move the camera back... after all it's parallel, the viewport manipulators only change the zoom factor.

in perspective then yes, again try to zoom in rather than moving the camera in. if that fails then simply scale up your scene/objects. there is no reason to model at the same size as the real life objects in 3d, just make sure you're proportionally correct. and change the units you're using in the preferences to a smaller unit type (you can always scale down after you've done).

Cybergooch
02-28-2004, 05:16 PM
Thanks..

I parented everything in the scene to a null and scaled up the null. All is well.:thumbsup:

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