"Zoom to fit" option in Mechanical?

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

Can "zoom to fit" option be activated through scripting?

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

The following code can be used:

ExtAPI.Graphics.Camera.SetFit()

Further information on SetFit() method:

cobonz

Hey, I try to use the command when updating the project from Workbench. I export images from Van Mies Stresses and want them to set Camera.SetFit(). If i do my code from within Mechanical it works fine, but it does not work when updating from outside. Is there an workaround

Mike.Thompson

@cobonz , what version are you using?

cobonz

Hi Mike,

i am using 23R2

Thats part of the code

for view in views:
                if m % 3 == 0:
                        html_content += '  <tr>\n'
                m = m+1
                Graphics.Camera.SetSpecificViewOrientation(view)
                ExtAPI.Graphics.Camera.SetFit()
                a= StressResult.AddFigure()
                a.Name = a.Parent.Parent.Name+' '+name+' '+str(view)
                output_image_path = r"R:\delete_tmp\{0} {1} {2}.png".format(a.Parent.Parent.Name,name,str(view))
                Graphics.ExportImage(output_image_path, GraphicsImageExportFormat.PNG, image_settings)
                html_content += '<td><img src="{}" alt="Image"></td>\n'.format(output_image_path)
                FigureList.append(a)

If you want to rebuilt this: It happens when one model dimension is far larger then the others

Landon Mitchell Kanner

Troubleshooting discussion can be found here:
https://discuss.ansys.com/discussion/2771/graphics-camera-setfit?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=ExtAPI.Graphics.Camera.SetFit()