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3D View
3D View
3D View of the 3D Debugger (the top left hand pane) can have two modes: View and Modify. To switch between them use
radio buttons on 3D page of the Form View or Views
> 3D submenu.
3D View shows the current model as an three dimensional object. In view mode one can look at the model from
different points of view. To rotate the mode use left mouse button.
To pan - hold shift key and use left mouse button. To zoom - use
right mouse button. Making circles with mouse while holding the left mouse button
causes the model to rotate around axis orthogonal to the screen.
Note that in View mode manipulations of the view does not change anything in
the geometry of the model. Only point of view is changing. These actions are
similar to movements of a TV camera around the scene, closing up or moving away
from the objects.
While viewing, the rotations are performed around origin of the local
frame associated with the current object. If there is no current object in the
model the rotation is performed around origin of global axes.
The "Modify" mode is used to change selection of current object,
translate or
rotate current object with the mouse or perform Join operation. Modify mode does
change relative positions of objects and position of the object in the global
system of coordinates (global frame).
Normally 3D view stays in View mode. Modify mode is used to switch current
object or perform other operations, after which we suggest to switch back to
view mode to avoid changing accidentally position of the local frame.
To modify or view properties of an object the object has to be selected as
current. The current object is highlighted in 3D View with a selection color. By
default it is reddish gray color. Selection color can be changed from Menu
>Current > Options > Color page dialog. See also
Model Modifications.
By default 3D view displays global axes with red, green and blue colors for
x, y and z axis correspondently. To hide the global axes clear "Global axes" check
box on 3D Page of the Form View. Each object also displays its local frame. To
hide those clear "Show local frame" check box on Current Object Page of the
Form.
To hide or show all local frames which are not current, use commands from Menu >
Sections > "Show Frames" submenu.
Global axes are drawn with conical pointers. Local axes are drawn with
flat triangle corners as pointers.
When a point is selected in the Cross Edit view correspondent 3D line is
highlighted in 3D with green color. "Selected line" check box on 3D
page allows disabling of this feature. "Selected Point" control on the
same page enables display of intersection point of the currently selected 3D
line with the cross-section plane.
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