Viewpoint Object

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Description

A viewpoint specifies the camera position and orientation in 3D space, the field of view angle, and view mode. You can assign Viewpoint objects using the = operator.

 

Inheritance Hierarchy: ObjectàViewpoint

 

Available In Editions:

Engineer

Mission

 

Timing Precision Mode

This page describes functionality in nanosecond timing precision mode.

 

Properties

 

Name

Description

BlockageView

Options for the blockage view mode.

CelestialSphereView

Options for the celestial sphere view mode.

DeclaredName

The name of the object as declared.

DisplayName

The name displayed for this object in output windows such as views, plots, and reports.

MapView

Options for the map view mode.

ObjectId

The unique identifier for the object.

ObjectType

The type of the object.

RotatingPulsatingView

Options for the Rotating Pulsating view mode.

SensorView

Options for the sensor view mode.

StarMapView

Options for the star map view mode.

ThreeDView

Options for the 3D view mode.

ViewpointName

The title of the viewpoint.

ViewpointType

The Mission View view mode of the viewpoint.

 
Methods

 

Name

Description

ClearSavedStates

Clears previous saved states for this object.

GetFromFile

Load the object state from the specified FreeFlyer object file.

GetFromString

Load the object state from the specified string.

PutToFile

Convert the object state to FreeFlyer object xml and write to a file.

PutToString

Convert the object state to FreeFlyer object xml and return as a string.

ReferenceEquals

Returns 1 if the argument refers to the calling object and 0 otherwise.

Restore

Restore an object's state from a previously saved state.

Save

Save the object's state so that it can be restored later.

 

 

See also

Viewpoints Guide