Extending "reset view" with more defaults. about curv

[doug-moen]

I'm not sure about multi-key combinations, or repeated presses of the same key to toggle through states. That sounds a little complicated. However, I would endorse a simple interface that maps single keys onto some of the more useful viewer options in OpenSCAD. For example,

• T -> top
• B -> bottom
• L -> left
• R -> right
• SHIFT+F -> front
• SHIFT+B -> back
• O -> orthogonal
• P -> perspective

(Or propose a better key mapping.)

I think that TBLRFB could probably be implemented simply by changing the existing 3D camera variables, same as how the HOME key (reset) works.

The O/P keys would, I think, require somebody who understands the difference between a "perspective projection" and an "orthographic projection". I think changes are required to the 3D rendering code, and possibly the addition of a new uniform variable. There are lots of tutorials on the web that explain these concepts, in the context of OpenGL. Look at the fragment shader generated by -o foo.frag on the command line: the code is in libcurv/geom/frag.cc.

I am not sure what you want the "Zoom Extents" command to do. Isn't that just a command that makes all objects visible? Doesn't the HOME key already do that?