Using orthographic cameras

[d000hg]

Is there an example/wiki entry on how to use orthographic projection... how to control scaling/zooming when you don't have a view angle and moving the camera forwards doesn't make things get bigger? Are there special methods to control how the world is projected onto the viewport in orthographic mode?

Thanks.

[xadhoom]

Did you search the forum? E.g. http://www.ogre3d.org/forums/viewtopic. ... 44&start=0

[d000hg]

I found that thread but it didn't seem helpful, a one-line answer. Also, how can you set a field of view on an orthagraphic camera which by definition has no view angle?

I'm sure a 2-line code example would be all I need, my forum search found the link you suggested and another thread which linked to it - neither helped me.

[xadhoom]

Ok I see, sorry!

I digged through the code and it seems that the values you provide with these methods in Ogre::Frustum should do the trick:

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   /** Sets the orthographic window settings, for use with orthographic rendering only. 
		@note Calling this method will recalculate the aspect ratio, use 
			setOrthoWindowHeight or setOrthoWindowWidth alone if you wish to 
			preserve the aspect ratio but just fit one or other dimension to a 
			particular size.
		@param w, h The dimensions of the view window in world units
		*/
		virtual void setOrthoWindow(Real w, Real h);

		/** Sets the orthographic window height, for use with orthographic rendering only. 
		@note The width of the window will be calculated from the aspect ratio. 
		@param h The height of the view window in world units
		*/
		virtual void setOrthoWindowHeight(Real h);

		/** Sets the orthographic window width, for use with orthographic rendering only. 
		@note The height of the window will be calculated from the aspect ratio. 
		@param w The width of the view window in world units
		*/
		virtual void setOrthoWindowWidth(Real w);

[d000hg]

That looks perfect, thanks very much!