Using Arch Vis tools inside a blueprint

[TechRB1]

Hi! I have been using the Arch Vis tools for years now. An essential tool for this kind of work. So thank you!

I do, however, have a question. I am trying to use a plugin by William Faucher called EasyToolbag (from FAB). He has created a widget that allows you to click one button and create a sequencer with a traditional cine camera inside. I would like to edit this plugin and have it create an ArchVis camera inside instead.

Looking at his blueprint, it is using a "Create Cinecamera" node which appears to be a custom c++ function that is calling to a cinecamera. Do you have any sense if it is possible to similarly create an ArchVis camera from within a blueprint and have it spawn in your level?

[Voulz]

Hi @TechRB1, I am not really familiar with the Sequencer API, but indeed there does not seem to be a built-in way to do this.

At first look, it seems possible to create your own utility function if you know C++: you would need to copy ULevelSequenceEditorSubsystem::CreateCamera and FSequencerUtilities::CreateCamera, replacing World->SpawnActor<ACineCameraActor>(SpawnParams); with an ArchVisCineCameraActor. Some minor changes might be necessary.

Using only BP, I would check if it is possible to replace the created CineCameraActor with an ArchVisCineCameraActor. You should be able to spawn an ArchVisCineCameraActor into the current world, and change its position and rotation from the one generated by the Level Sequence Editor Subsystem. Then there seem to be a node called Replace Binding with Actors which I would think should allow you to replace the binding from the generated CineCameraActor with the manually created ArchVisCineCameraActor.