It would be nice if Cura would have a navigation cube known from many other 3D applications.
probonopd
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Nice one, @probonopd!
And if you're at it, add a possibility to enable/disable perspective (orthographic) view. This would make layer-view much easier to over view.
foreachthing
on 18 Mar 2017
Unfortunately Autodesk has a patent on the navigation cube.
fieldOfView
on 19 Mar 2017
I'd be surprised if the general idea could be patented (might be wrong though, ianal). Do you have a link? Maybe we'd need to make it a bit different then, but still something in a similar spirit.
probonopd
on 19 Mar 2017
Use arrows and planes...
foreachthing
on 19 Mar 2017
Actually if we could have this existing UI element interact with the mouse like a navigation cube, then that'd do the job:
Simplify3D has this. There the whole workspace behaves like a navigation cube.
probonopd
on 19 Mar 2017
@probonopd Software patents. Which would mean we can't distribute to america anymore.
Even if a court would deem it invalid, it would still cost a whole lot of money, so I'd rather not take the risk.
nallath
on 20 Mar 2017
Let's consider the OP's last idea to circumvent the patent.
BagelOrb
on 21 Jul 2017
Caveat: for some printers, this is in the center of the buildplate.
fieldOfView
on 21 Jul 2017
It'd also be a bit weird for elliptical build plates to click on the sides.
Ghostkeeper
on 3 Aug 2017
This has been implemented with several buttons at the top of the screen in 3.1.
Ghostkeeper
on 25 Nov 2017
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Actually if we could have this existing UI element interact with the mouse like a navigation cube, then that'd do the job:
Simplify3D has this. There the whole workspace behaves like a navigation cube.