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bembem
02-08-2003, 10:04 AM
Hello everyone,

Is it possible to rotate a user or perspective view so that it faces perpendicularly a given face?

A rather basic thing i think -- any help would be greatly appreciated.
jadedchron
02-08-2003, 07:30 PM
not sure what you mean really. there are some view align cmds in the custom ui you can hotkey and check out.
Aaron Moore
02-08-2003, 10:22 PM
err I think its pretty clear what hes asking for jadedchron...

bembem, your best bet it to do the opposite and align an object to the view... There isn't anything built into max that I am aware of which will allow you to go the other way... especially to a face...

Depending on your needs... you might also look at normal align..
proteus2002
02-08-2003, 11:31 PM
try a script from bobo called "AlignView2Face v0.33"

http://www.scriptspot.com/bobo/mxs4/

proteus2002
bembem
02-09-2003, 10:06 AM
Thanks for the script, although in v.5 it doesn't seem to work.
Strange that such a useful thing isn't built in though.
jadedchron
02-09-2003, 10:59 AM
not clear enough to me :rolleyes:
bembem
02-10-2003, 02:14 PM
Align view to face means: don't move the face; instead, make the viewing-plane parallel to the face.
jadedchron
02-10-2003, 03:09 PM
yeah i gotcha now. i just read it after one of those normal 40 hour days. the script didn't work for me either.
Lentil
02-11-2003, 12:13 AM
There is an 'align camera' button in the align button set it lets you align a camera to normal (face direction)

you could then make the camera orthographic or keep it perspective.
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