Full Version: Images in the Object Library

Hi,

I think the Object Library feature in MoI is great.

However when creating items for there I have problems with the images.

When you move the mouse over an entry a square box appears around the image.

See Attached.

In one I had the mouse pointer over an image that was pretty well centered and another where the image was not well centered at all.

I have not figured out why some of my images are (more or less) centered and others are way off.

What is the trick to creating a centered image?

Thanks much.

Frederick

Image Attachments:
MOI Object Image Bad.png  MOI Object Image Good.png 

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I think that whatever view is on screen when you save your part is what comes up in the thumbnail - or is this 'Object Library' something else?

Martin.

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Hi Martin,

It is a nifty feature to make inserting models into your project.

Attached is a quick demo you can download and view.

Frederick

Attachments:
Object Library Demo.mp4

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Hi Frederick.

Is it a plugin? I have nothing like in my version of MoI.

Martin.

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Hi Martin,

It may well be.

I don't remember installing it.

Let me do a bit of research...

OK I got it from here:

https://moi3d.com/wiki/MaxScriptArchive

It's the item at the type: Custom UI

As you can see Max S has been a source of many good things.

The Object Library that is part of it came with a few demo items but you can add your own - it's quite simple.

The great thing is when you pick a part to use, it appears ready to adjust it's orientation to whatever surface you need, at whatever point you need it.

Frederick

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Hey Frederick,
Amateur answer for you here....

The "size" of your object seems to matter with how Max coded the image generation. So if a single object, small enough is the target, then you get a great image.

If its "larger"-"Offset"-"Multiple objects" in viewport, then it gets truncated like you show...

This part of the configuration code seems to control a "Zoom Factor" which controls how much can fit in a "centered view"

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vp.zoom(1.2);
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Look in the ObjLibrary.menu.htm file

So my amateur answer is you can set a larger value to "zoom out" and have it fit your larger object or scene

An "expert answer" could take a better look at the code and see if it could be a more "dynamic size" for all related scenarios...

Anyway.... Thats all i got.

Maybe someone else will jump on it....

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If you are a "code reader" and want to experiment with results, I would look at this line:

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moi.ui.mainWindow.viewpanel.getViewport('3D').render(400, 320).save(savepath+fileName+".png");
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And fool around with the render size of the screengrab in relation to the zoom value to get better results for the type of objects you use

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Hi BurrMan,

Thanks for the reply.

I wonder if the (400, 320) is the ideal size for the image I am supposed to create.

Maybe it's the proportions that are important.

Time to experiment.

Frederick

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I fooled around with it a bit....

Changing the resolution of the created png file didnt change the behavior you are after

Changing the zoom factor seems to control it better

I found a setting of "2.0" to work as you asked

The line:

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vp.zoom(2.0);
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With that said, I have no idea what that means

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Hey BurrMan,

You provided the solution.

Making sure the image ratio is 5:4 (400 divided by 320) and the image comes out nicely centered.

And Windows (I think it is part of Windows) happens to have a tool which allows adjusting an image to exactly 5:4.

Thanks.

Frederick

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Hi Frederick,

re:
> The great thing is when you pick a part to use, it appears ready to adjust it's orientation
> to whatever surface you need, at whatever point you need it.

That's using the ImportPart command, you can run it by right clicking on File > Import.

- Michael

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Hi Michael.

Good to know.

Before encountering that feature in the Object Library, I was importing parts and messing around with aligning them using move/rotate which was tedious.

Frederick

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