And now for something completely different. I got my hands dirty at Python and a very first Blender addon. And with big big help at the Blenderartists Forum i managed to create something working.
It is very simple, and is called Reset 3D View. As the name says, it resets all open 3D Views to a standard view. This helps with orientation in the workspace when you have navigated yourself away. And is very useful for me. I use the same tool in trueSpace since years very regularly. And now i can use it in Blender too.
The useage is simple. You can access the plugin by the 3D view menu item View. Or by the hotkey Numpad Asterisk (above the Numpad nine).
The Blender devs are unfortunately not really convinced of its usefulness. They refused to implement it into the trunk, and they refused to host the plugin at their page. So i host it at my own page.
It is available as a direct download: www.reinerstilesets.de/ext/blender/reset3dview.py
And you can find a detailled description and download it at the Blender Wiki too: wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/3D_interaction/Reset_3D_View
EDIT; i have meanwhile also added a new category for my Blender scripts. There is minimum one more coming. And then let’s have a look.
The new category is located in the Other section, Blender Addons. www.reinerstilesets.de/anderes/blender-addons/
Unfortunately I use 3ds max, not blender, but it sure is a huge time saver!
I don’t understand why the didn’t want to host it…
Me neither. But that’s the way it is. I don’t really mind, the plugin is available now, and everybody who wants it can download and use it 🙂
Just curious, Max does have such functionality too, does it?
I’m not really sure,
I don’t use 3ds max so often and for minor 3d models only, so I don’t know every hot key or shorcut!
This looks cool. It works fine, and once I changed the key input (I have a laptop with no numpad), it worked great!
I’d like to see what else you do..
-Cash
And about your 3ds Max question, I did a quick Google search and found that it can do that.
forums.cgsociety.org/archive/index.php/t-703929.html
Thanks for the research Cash. Now the resistance of the Blender devs is even funnier ^^
And glad you like it. Don’t expect anything fancy in the nearer future though. I just scratch at the surface at the moment. Not sure how deep i will dive into making Blender Addons. It’s fun. But Python alone is already strange, and i miss my brackets, heh. And Blender Python is a very special thing …