Scale 3D Object based on camera zoom

@adcox wrote:

I have a few ofSpherePrimitive objects in a 3D scene with a set radius. These spheres are placemarkers, so their size isn't particularly important. How can I go about dynamically scaling the spheres so their size on screen remains approximately the same regardless of zoom level?

I've tried to get a metric describing the screen to world zoom ratio by transforming screen points into world points:

	ofVec3f screenLeft(cameraViewport.x + 0.475*cameraViewport.width, cameraViewport.y + 0.5*cameraViewport.height, z);
	ofVec3f screenRight(screenLeft.x + 0.2*cameraViewport.width, screenLeft.y, z);
	ofVec3f left = activeCam->screenToWorld(screenLeft, cameraViewport);
	ofVec3f right = activeCam->screenToWorld(screenRight, cameraViewport);
	ofVec3f diff = right - left;

I set z to be 0.5 (halfway between the near and far clip planes), but the length of the diff vector remains mostly constant and doesn't provide any useful information. Any thoughts?

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