center of thrust marker

[LTDominator]

i read you overhaul the SPH so pls overhault the "center of thrust marker" maybee like this:

that would improve the workflow and design posibilities of unsymetric crafts a lot

so it's not needed anymore to analyse the thrust to mass vector in a third party program like photoshop in my case.

especially with a shuttle you have to readjust the vectors for each payload wich take a huge amount of time with the curent markers. take screenshot, load it, draw line, change vector and repeat, that can be very tedious...

[T-Bouw]

Try putting a ruler to the screen.

Works for me!

[LTDominator]

i don't want to ruin my monitor

[Bill Phil]

How do rulers ruin monitors?

[Alshain]

Doesn't have to be a ruler. Anything with a straight edge will work, a piece of paper would allow you to somewhat see behind it too.

[Superfluous J]

Doesn't the perspective stretch near the sides of the screen skew the accuracy of holding something near the screen? I know it would in flight, don't know if the VAB/SPH does similar.

I do think this should be a thing. I don't understand why this long line goes out the BACK of the COT marker, but nothing extends FORWARD into your rocket. It seems really strange.

And for the OP, if you'd like a mod to make this (and tons of stuff relating to getting thrusters of all kinds working in the VAB/SPH) easier to determine, try RCS Build Aid. Different system for telling you things than you're proposing, but it WILL always tell you when things aren't lined up.