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| | | Author: | FastBuildinFred  | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2022 19:30 | | Subject: | Studio 2.0 Zoom and Rotation unlike other CAD | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| I'm pretty new to Studio 2.0 and its been years since I used LDD, but as
an Engineering Student I've gotten very used to the PTZR (Pan Tilt Zoom Rotate)
system that normal CAD programs such as SOLIDWORKS use. I added a GIF of me moving
around a SOLIDWORKS assembly.
I think there are two main differences between Studio and SOLIDWORKS. In SOLIDWORKS
you can zoom to the cursor (like Google Maps). You can see me zoom on each triangle
in the GIF just by moving the cursor (then using the scroll wheel to zoom).
You can also rotate the viewpoint around an object instead of the point in space
by beginning your dragging on the point you want to use as your center. You can
see the second one in SOLIDWORKS in the GIF I attached where I am rotating around
the pink point (which is where I began my drag (SOLIDWORKS uses the scroll for
the rotate tool, but which button does what isn't a big deal).
This has made it problematic and extremely annoying to use the PTZR system that
Studio uses (and iirc the PTZR system that LDD used). I have only seen one other
post on this topic, I'm assuming because many people are used to LDD's
PTZR and don't encounter this issue.
Am I alone in hating the PTZR of Studio? Would the Studio devs be interested
in adding an optional PTZR system like SOLIDWORKS? PLEASE? I BEG IM GOING INSANE.
Alternatively if you're not a dev, any suggestions like a hotkey to swap
the center of rotation to a certain part (I think LDD had this).
Best,
Fred
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| | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2022 19:47 | | Subject: | Re: Studio 2.0 Zoom and Rotation unlike other CAD | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| | | This has made it problematic and extremely annoying to use the PTZR system that
Studio uses (and iirc the PTZR system that LDD used). I have only seen one other
post on this topic, I'm assuming because many people are used to LDD's
PTZR and don't encounter this issue.
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I guess it's one of the major points, a continuity with LDD.
Much more and personnaly I love this system - so I guess it's just a question
of learning/habit, and what most NON-CAD users prefer.
Because this is CAD for kids, or casual LEGO users, not pros on AutoCAD 360 or
Autodesk 
Ah, and the proper forum (see the red button "Studio" on your screen) is:
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/my_studio.page
Sylvain
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| | | | | Author: | jbroman | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2022 02:11 | | Subject: | Re: Studio 2.0 Zoom and Rotation unlike other CAD | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| In Designer Program, FastBuildinFred writes:
| | Am I alone in hating the PTZR of Studio? Would the Studio devs be interested
in adding an optional PTZR system like SOLIDWORKS? PLEASE? I BEG IM GOING INSANE.
Alternatively if you're not a dev, any suggestions like a hotkey to swap
the center of rotation to a certain part (I think LDD had this).
Best,
Fred
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You can check the hotkeys and reassign them here:
Edit - Preferences - Shortcuts
Set as Origin (Center of Rotation) is under View, and I believe preset to X.
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| | | | | | | Author: | FastBuildinFred | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2022 11:16 | | Subject: | Re: Studio 2.0 Zoom and Rotation unlike other CAD | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| In Designer Program, jbroman writes:
| | In Designer Program, FastBuildinFred writes:
| | Am I alone in hating the PTZR of Studio? Would the Studio devs be interested
in adding an optional PTZR system like SOLIDWORKS? PLEASE? I BEG IM GOING INSANE.
Alternatively if you're not a dev, any suggestions like a hotkey to swap
the center of rotation to a certain part (I think LDD had this).
Best,
Fred
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You can check the hotkeys and reassign them here:
Edit - Preferences - Shortcuts
Set as Origin (Center of Rotation) is under View, and I believe preset to X.
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Thank you! This should make LDD a little easier to use.
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| | | | | Author: | Mr_Rofl | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2022 03:15 | | Subject: | Re: Studio 2.0 Zoom and Rotation unlike other CAD | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| If studio will go the professionalization side they probably will need to support
3d mice as well. I never got used to the zoom settings of solidworks (or any
drawing program), so I switched to the 3d mouse early.
For the connecting large assemblies they probably need a function to connect
by surface and axles.
In the beginning when studio got launched (I never used LDD), I sticked to drawing
lego in Solidworks, since it was also my profecion. I was way faster using solidworks.
But now many years down the line I completely switched to studio for lego creations
(although I still like building it from scratch out of a pile of lego). That`s
mainly because the community with a large fanbase adds parts faster than I can
draw them.
Thanks community!
In Designer Program, FastBuildinFred writes:
| | I'm pretty new to Studio 2.0 and its been years since I used LDD, but as
an Engineering Student I've gotten very used to the PTZR (Pan Tilt Zoom Rotate)
system that normal CAD programs such as SOLIDWORKS use. I added a GIF of me moving
around a SOLIDWORKS assembly.
I think there are two main differences between Studio and SOLIDWORKS. In SOLIDWORKS
you can zoom to the cursor (like Google Maps). You can see me zoom on each triangle
in the GIF just by moving the cursor (then using the scroll wheel to zoom).
You can also rotate the viewpoint around an object instead of the point in space
by beginning your dragging on the point you want to use as your center. You can
see the second one in SOLIDWORKS in the GIF I attached where I am rotating around
the pink point (which is where I began my drag (SOLIDWORKS uses the scroll for
the rotate tool, but which button does what isn't a big deal).
This has made it problematic and extremely annoying to use the PTZR system that
Studio uses (and iirc the PTZR system that LDD used). I have only seen one other
post on this topic, I'm assuming because many people are used to LDD's
PTZR and don't encounter this issue.
Am I alone in hating the PTZR of Studio? Would the Studio devs be interested
in adding an optional PTZR system like SOLIDWORKS? PLEASE? I BEG IM GOING INSANE.
Alternatively if you're not a dev, any suggestions like a hotkey to swap
the center of rotation to a certain part (I think LDD had this).
Best,
Fred
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