# orthographic-registration

Registers front, side, back and top orthographic references into one Blender coordinate contract. Useful when the front reads fine but side and back silhouettes drift.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 786 installs · ★ 125
- Author: RobLe3
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/RobLe3/cc-blender-skill/tree/HEAD/plugin/skills/orthographic-registration/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-12
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/orthographic-registration

## What it does

The skill fixes a coordinate contract: front defines the `X/Z` silhouette, side gives the `Y/Z` depth envelope, top sets `X/Y` spread, and back only refines the rear shape without rewriting the front. The workflow follows that split. Run `scripts/register_views.py` over the view images, build orthographic reference planes at a single shared scale, align the centerline and bbox centers before modeling, lock the front `X/Z` boundary vertices, then add `Y` depth from the side and top envelopes with modifiers, displacement or vertex groups. All four cameras get validated before export.

One rotation rule trips people up. The front camera looks along `Y` and the silhouette sits in `X/Z`, so a 2D rotation inside the front view is a rotation around `Y`: `rotation_euler = (0, angle, 0)`. Rotating around `Z` spins those meshes out of screen space.

When views disagree, the front brand read wins and the conflict goes into `registration_report.json`. You need a Blender MCP server for this to do anything: the skill calls it for code execution, object summaries, viewport renders and API doc search. Before the first Blender call, read `../text-to-blender/references/mcp-backends.md` and stay on the backend you picked for the whole task.

## Requirements
- Works with: Blender

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill orthographic-registration -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/orthographic-registration/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/orthographic-registration/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill orthographic-registration -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/orthographic-registration/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill orthographic-registration -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/orthographic-registration/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install RobLe3/cc-blender-skill orthographic-registration
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/orthographic-registration/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill orthographic-registration -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --path plugin/skills/orthographic-registration
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/orthographic-registration/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill orthographic-registration -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/RobLe3/cc-blender-skill/tree/HEAD/plugin/skills/orthographic-registration/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- bring four orthographic views onto one scale and center
- repair side and back silhouettes that disagree with the front
- add `Y` depth to a front-locked contour model
- align reference planes and cameras before modeling starts
- log a view conflict in the report instead of editing the front

## Example prompts
- Run `scripts/register_views.py` on my view images and build the reference planes at one shared scale
- Align the centerline and bbox centers first, then lock the front boundary vertices
- Add `Y` depth from the side and top envelopes and validate all four cameras before export

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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description: Register front, side, back, and top orthographic reference views into a shared Blender coordinate contract. Use when a 3D model must match multi-view wireframes/templates, when side/back/top silhouettes are off, or before adding depth to a front-locked contour model.
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## MCP backend

Use when: Multi-view mascot/object reconstruction, depth fitting from side/back/top views, orthographic blueprint alignment, reference planes/cameras with shared scale and centerline.

Before the first Blender call, read [../text-to-blender/references/mcp-backends.md](../text-to-blender/references/mcp-backends.md). Prefer official MCP for shared capabilities; preserve the selected backend for the whole task. Tool names in recipes are client/legacy examples: map them through that reference and its agent-host guide.
# Orthographic Registration

This skill prevents the common failure where the front view looks plausible but the side/back/top views are wrong.

## Coordinate contract

- Front view defines `X/Z` silhouette.
- Side view defines `Y/Z` depth envelope.
- Top view defines `X/Y` spread.
- Back view defines rear silhouette/material only; it must not rewrite the front silhouette.

## Workflow

1. Run `scripts/register_views.py` on the available view images.
2. Create orthographic reference planes/image empties with a single shared scale.
3. Align centerline and bbox centers before modeling.
4. Lock front X/Z boundary vertices.
5. Add Y depth from side/top envelopes using modifiers/displacement or vertex groups.
6. Validate all four cameras before export.

## Failure policy
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