is the perspective projection correct?

On April 24, 2020 at 02:38:12, nop head ([hidden email]) wrote:

Actually I think it is related to how big it is shown on the screen. Changing the zoom level of the browser changes it from looking too big at the back to too big at the front with the same image. I think it just means we need a field of view parameter which is set relative to how far we are from our screens and how big the image is.

On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 09:24, nop head <[hidden email]> wrote:

Looking at this image  https://github.com/nophead/NopSCADlib/blob/master/libtest.png

It looks like the large box at the back is wider at the back than the front. If I measure it on screen it is actually narrower at the back as it should be. However all the lines seem to be converging towards a point below and to the right of the camera.

That image is produced on a very large canvas with the command line:

openscad --colorscheme=Nature --projection=p --imgsize=4096,4096 --camera=0,0,0,50,0,340,500 --autocenter --viewall -o libtest.png libtest.scad

If I view it in the GUI from the same angle I get this:

This seems to be wrong the opposite way. I.e.it  seem to diverge towards the front. So it seems the canvas size affects the perspective but neither seem quite right. Obviously things nearer the camera should be bigger, and they are, but they should look to be the same size if the perspective is correct.

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OpenSCAD version 2019.12.20 (git 2a943a57) For MacOS X.

This piece of code is used, as is, in another design, with different dimensions and it works well. I've treated to change the dimensions on this one but seems that here do not affect the result.

This is the result when I press F5 (Preview)

And this is the result when I press F6 (Render)

The blue walls on the left and Right hand of the inner of the cube disappear.

Next is the code:

module MainBox(Sunshade = false){    union(){       difference(){          union(){             difference(){                //cube to be emptied by another little one                cuboid([BoxX, BoxY, BoxZ],                        fillet = 2, edges = EDGE_TOP_BK + EDGE_TOP_FR + EDGE_TOP_RT + EDGE_TOP_LF+                                            EDGE_FR_LF  + EDGE_FR_RT  + EDGE_BK_LF  + EDGE_BK_RT,                       center = false, $fn=36);                //inner cube to subsctract                translate([wall, wall, -mgn])                cube([BoxX - wall + mgn, BoxY-(wall-mgn)-(wall-mgn), BoxZ - wall + dblmgn]);             }             // prism to hold the screw of the cover.             translate([BoxX - wall - wall, BoxY/2, BoxZ - wall + dblmgn]) rotate([180, 0, 0])                prismoid(size1 = [5, 8], size2 = [0, 8], shift=[2.5, 0], h = 5); 

            //THIS TWO FIGURES ARE WHO CAUSES THE PROBLEM

            // Right hand PCB separator             color("blue", 1)             translate([wall, BoxY - wall - 1.90, BoxZ - wall - PCB_Gap + mgn]) cube([PCB_X, 2, PCB_Gap]);             // Left hand PCB separator             color("blue", 1)             translate([wall, wall-mgn          , BoxZ - wall - PCB_Gap + mgn]) cube([PCB_X, 2, PCB_Gap]);             

            // Sunshade for the leds             if (Sunshade){                translate([0, 50, BoxZ+30])                rotate([-70, 0, 0])                cuboid([BoxX, BoxY-31, 4],                        fillet = 2, edges = EDGE_TOP_BK + EDGE_TOP_FR + EDGE_TOP_RT + EDGE_TOP_LF+                                            EDGE_FR_LF  + EDGE_FR_RT  + EDGE_BK_LF  + EDGE_BK_RT,                       center = false, $fn=36);               }          }          //holes on the top          union(){             //switch hole             translate([BoxX - 25, BoxY-56-wall, BoxZ - wall-10]) rotate([90, 0 ,0]) cylinder(h = 8, d = 7);             // embedded anagram             color("Yellow", 1.0)             translate([BoxX - 40, BoxY-55-wall, BoxZ - mgn-1]) rotate([0, 0, 45]) logoSenCille();                         //rail hole right             translate([wall, BoxY-wall, 2]) cube([BoxX - wall + mgn, 1.7, 2.7]);             //rail hole left             translate([wall, wall-1.7, 2]) cube([BoxX - wall + mgn, 1.7, 2.7]);             // Front rail             color("Gray", 1)             translate([wall-1.7, wall-1.7, 2]) cube([1.7, BoxY-wall-wall + 1.7 + 1.7, 2.7]);                         //Balls of Table tennis             translate([LED_X_RED   + wall, LED_Y + wall, PCB_Gap+19.6]) sphere(d = 39.5, $fn = 100);             translate([LED_X_YELLOW+ wall, LED_Y + wall, PCB_Gap+19.6]) sphere(d = 39.5, $fn = 100);             translate([LED_X_GREEN + wall, LED_Y + wall, PCB_Gap+19.6]) sphere(d = 39.5, $fn = 100);                               // Right hand PCB separator             color("blue", 1)             translate([wall, BoxY - wall - 1.90, BoxZ - wall - PCB_Gap + mgn]) cube([PCB_X, 2, PCB_Gap]);             // Left hand PCB separator             color("blue", 1)             translate([wall, wall-mgn          , BoxZ - wall - PCB_Gap + mgn]) cube([PCB_X, 2, PCB_Gap]);          }       }    } }