And now for something completely different. I got my hands dirty at Python and a very first Blender addon. And with big big help at the Blenderartists Forum i managed to create something working.

It is  very simple, and is called Reset 3D View. As the name says, it resets all open 3D Views to a standard view. This helps with orientation in the workspace when you have navigated yourself away. And is very useful for me. I use the same tool in trueSpace since years very regularly. And now i can use it in Blender too.

The useage is simple. You can access the plugin by the 3D view menu item View. Or by the hotkey Numpad Asterisk (above the Numpad nine).

The Blender devs are unfortunately not really convinced of its usefulness. They refused to implement it into the trunk, and they refused to host the plugin at their page. So i host it at my own page.

It is available as a direct download: www.reinerstilesets.de/ext/blender/reset3dview.py

And you can find a detailled description and download it at the Blender Wiki too: wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/3D_interaction/Reset_3D_View

EDIT; i have meanwhile also added a new category for my Blender scripts. There is minimum one more coming. And then let’s have a look.

The new category is located in the Other section, Blender Addons. www.reinerstilesets.de/anderes/blender-addons/