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Navigating the Camera, and Viewer Modes

Rotate geometry by moving mouse inside viewer window and drag while left mouse button is pressed. Usually, rotation is the default mode in the viewer.

Press right mouse button to select major interaction mode from popup menu, or use keyboard keys to temporarily switch between different modes (just keep a button pressed to switch mode temporarily):

o Rotate surface (initial mode for perspective camera) similar to a space ball. Orbit mode.
s Scale surface, drag in vertical direction
t Translate surface in xy-plane (initial mode for orthogonal cameras)
z Translate surface in z-direction
r Reset camera and viewer, geometry returns to default position
a Add additional vertex to geometry
p Pick a vertex and drag it. To see picked vertex enable display of
vertices in menu Inspector->Object->Material of control panel,
picked vertices are magenta).
i Initial pick, e.g. used drag initial points on surfaces.
m Drag a rectangle to Mark all enclosed vertices.
u Drag a rectangle to Unmark all enclosed vertices.
c Center camera on object (object is centered and not scaled).
f Focus camera on object (object is centered and scaled).
x Drag a rectangle to be eXpanded to fill display. Or pick a new center without expanding.
q Stop animation in viewer.
w Start animation of last action in viewer (rotate, translate, scale).
Ctrl-pick Pick geometry with left mouse while holding control key to select geometry in display.
Ctrl-s or F1 Show control window to modify e.g. material and display settings
F2 Hide control window
Ctrl-d or F3 Show console window with Debug information
Ctrl-a or F4 Show Animation panel to steer animations
Ctrl-p Info panel of current Project
Ctrl-i Info panel of current geometry
Ctrl-m Material panel of current geometry
Ctrl-c Info panel of Camera
Ctrl-v Info panel of Viewer
Left Mouse Depending on mode, to drag, pick and select in viewer
Right Mouse Show popup menu to select major mode and others actions.

To modify appearance of the geometry press F1 or Ctrl-s to show the control window and select the material panel. Be sure to have the mouse focus inside the viewer, otherwise Windows help might appear. To hide the control window press F2.

Go to applet Viewer Demo for navigating the camera with a sample geometry.

 
© 2000 Last modified: 26.07.00  --- Konrad Polthier --- Technical University Berlin, Germany