---
title: setCameraSettings
slug: viewer-3d/methods/setCameraSettings
docTags: 
createdAt: 2024-03-01T14:17:48.684Z
---

Sets the simulated camera settings.

:::hint{type="warning"}
This method supersedes the deprecated methods `fieldOfView` and `setFieldOfView`.
:::

## Example

::codepen{url="https://codepen.io/Catenda/embed/GRbegLp"}

## Usage

```javascript
const cameraSettings = {
  far: 5000,
  fov: 60,
  near: 0.1
};

viewer3d.setCameraSettings(cameraSettings);
```

## Parameters

### cameraSettings

Simulated camera settings.

| **Type** | **Required** |
| -------- | ------------ |
| Object   | Yes          |

**Properties**

| **Name** | **Type** | **Required** | **Description**                                  |
| -------- | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `far`    | Number   | No           | Camera frustum far plane distance in meters      |
| `fov`    | Number   | No           | Camera frustum vertical field of view in degrees |
| `near`   | Number   | No           | Camera frustum near plane distance in meters     |