# Set View

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Open a new viewport in Rhino that shows the parallel-projected view from the sun.

This is useful for understanding what parts of Rhino geometry are shaded at a particular hour of the day.

### Inputs

* **direction \[Required]**

A vector for the direction that the viewport camera faces.

* **position**

A point for the position of the vieport camera in 3D space. If no point is provided, the Rhino origin will be used (0, 0, 0).

* **look\_around**

Optional 2D point (aka. UV coordinates) to tilt the viewport camera off from from the input \_direction. Values for UV coordinates must be between 0 and 1 and these correspond to a tilt of 90 degrees in either direction (with 0.5, 0.5 being centered on the \_direction). Inputting a native Grasshopper Slider MD component will allow the most control of view offsetting.

* **width**

An optional interger for the width (in pixels) of the Rhino viewport that will be generated.

* **height**

An optional interger for the height (in pixels) of the Rhino viewport that will be generated.

* **lens\_len**

An optional number that sets the lens length of the viewport camera in mm. Typical values are around 20-50mm but wider angle views can be achieved by lowering this number to 10 or less. If unspecified, the lens length of the currently active Rhino viewport will be used.

* **mode**

An optional text input for the display mode of the Rhino viewport that will be generated. For example: Wireframe, Shaded, Rendered, etc. If unspecified, the mode of the currenlty active Rhino viewport will be used

### Outputs

* **report**

The name of the viewport that was opened.


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