Adjusting the view

Use the Camera tools to adjust the view.

Flying over

The Flyover tool simulates movement over and around a real-world scene. The center of rotation is the Looked At point.

To fly over a scene:

1.      Click the tool.

2.Within the viewport, click and drag in the direction of movement while holding down the mouse button.

The viewport label displays “User,” since the view is a custom view and not one of the preset views.

The Flyover tool can be used in boomerang mode if you have a center mouse button. Hold down Ctrl+center mouse button (Windows) or Cmd+center mouse button (Mac) to temporarily pause the current tool and switch to the Flyover tool. Release the buttons to return to the previous tool.

Zooming

The Zoom tool controls how close or far away objects appear in the viewport. Zoom in to get a close-up view of a detail, and zoom out to get a broader view of the scene.

Zooming is based on the Looked At point, not the mouse location. The speed of zooming depends on the Push Looked At Distance specified on the Vision preferences: Interactive tab.

To zoom in or out of a viewport:

1.      Click the tool.

2.Within the viewport, click and drag while holding down the mouse button. Move the cursor up to zoom in on the viewport, or move the cursor down to zoom out of the viewport.

On a wheel-mouse, roll the mouse wheel forward to zoom in on the viewport (the Zoom tool does not need to be selected). Roll the mouse wheel backward to zoom out from the viewport.

This feature will not work properly if standard scrolling is disabled in the mouse setup. For example, if the mouse’s scrolling size is set to “none,” mouse zooming in Vision is disabled. (The specific settings required for this feature depend on the type of mouse.)

Panning

The Pan tool moves the scene around in the viewport, changing the area of display.

To pan within the viewport:

1.      Click the tool.

Alternatively, depending on the type of mouse being used, press and hold the center mouse button to pan.

2.Within the viewport, click and hold the mouse button, and drag to move the scene.

The Pan tool can be used in boomerang mode. Hold down the Space bar or the center mouse button, if you have one, to temporarily pause the current tool and switch to the Pan tool. Release the Space bar or the mouse button to return to the previous tool.

Fitting the view to objects

The Fit To Objects tool changes the view to zoom to the selected objects. When the Scene window displays four viewports, this tool applies only to the bottom right viewport.

To fit the view to objects:

1.      Select one or more objects.

To fit the zoom level to all objects in the Scene window, select ROOT from the Scene Graph palette.

2.Click the tool.

The zoom level adjusts to the selected objects.

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The Scene window

Editing the scene

Setting the DMX provider

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