Model origin

[pperisin]

Hi

Is there a way to show origin in model window (coordinate [0, 0, 0]).

This is kinda necessary for me.

Regards,
Petar Perisin

[wmayer]

Is it this what you need?

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from pivy import coin
type=coin.SoType.fromName("SoAxisCrossKit")
axis=type.createInstance()
Gui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getSceneGraph().addChild(axis)

[pperisin]

Yes. Thank you very much

[pperisin]

Hi,

I see that this origin has 3 arrows that are 10cm long.
Is there a way to make origin arrows bigger or smaller, based on the zoom level

Regards
Petar Perisin

[wmayer]

I guess what you mean is a axis cross of fix size independent of the zoom level. So try out this:

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from pivy import coin
axisCross=coin.SoType.fromName("SoShapeScale").createInstance()
axisCross.setPart("shape", coin.SoType.fromName("SoAxisCrossKit").createInstance())
axisCross.scaleFactor.setValue(1.0)
Gui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getSceneGraph().addChild(axisCross)

You can play with the scaleFactor.

[pperisin]

Yes.

That's it. Thank you very much

[pperisin]

Hi,

Sorry for asking a lot, but I have scaled entire cursor to scale 0.4, and size is good, only the lines of arrows are too thin.
So, my final question is - is it possible to make arrows a bit wider?

Regards
Petar Perisin

[yorik]

Just as a note, you can create quite complex widgets with pivy/coin... I think this cross widget is a default one Werner or Jürgen did for FreeCAD and I'm not sure how far it is customizable, but you can easily build a totally custom one. Have a look here:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/f ... title=Pivy

[wmayer]

So, my final question is - is it possible to make arrows a bit wider?

The SoAxisCrossKit is a node kit and there you can usually access each component of it and may customize it. In this case you should be able to access the arrow with

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axis=axisCross.getPart("shape",0)
cone=axis.getPart("xHead.shape",0)
cone.bottomRadius.setValue(10)

[pperisin]

Hi,

Thank you guys for help, but radius of an arrow is not what I wanted. I wanted a bit bigger radius of a line that connects arrow and the origin.

This is what I have now:
------------------->

I would like to have this:
=============>

You probably figured out which radius now.

Since I'm new to python (and generally to object oriented programming) I still have one final question:

When I'm writing down final line in python console:
cone.bottomRadius.setValue(10)

when I write 'cone.' a list appears. Why is 'bottomRadius' not listed in this list? and where in documentation can I find 'bottomRadius'

Regards,
Petar Perisin