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Align Camera 453
Ifthebuttonisnotvisibleonthetoolbar,
choose it from the Align flyout.
4. Drag over the object to place the h ighlight.
When you place an omni, free spot, or
directional light, the software displays a face
normal for the face the mouse indicates.
When you place a target spotlight, the software
displays the light’s target and the base of its
cone.
5. Releasethemousewhenthenormalortarget
display indicates the face you want to highlight.
The light now has a new position and
orientation. You ca n see the highlight
illumination in shaded viewports that show
thefaceyouchose,andwhenyourenderthose
views.
Align Camera
Main toolbar > Alig n Camera button (on Align flyout)
Tools menu > Align Camera
Align Camer a, available from the
Align flyout
(page 1–446)
, lets you align a camera to a selected
face normal.
Align Camera works similarly to
Place Highlight
(page 1–452)
,exceptthatitoperatesonface
normals instead of the angle of incidence, and
occurs when you release the mouse button instead
of dynamically acting during the mouse drag. Its
purposeistoletyoualignaCameraviewportto
a sp e cified face normal.
OtheralignmenttoolsontheAlignflyoutare
Align (page 1–447)
,
Quick Align (page 1–450)
,
Normal Alig n (page 1–450)
,
Place Highlig ht (p age
1–452)
,and
Align to View (page 1–453)
.
Procedure
To use Align Camera:
1.
Select the camera used for the v iewport you
want to align.
2. Click Align Camera or choose Tools
menu > Align C amera.
3. In any viewport, drag the mouse over an object
surface to choose a face.
The chosen face normal appears as a blue arrow
beneath the cursor.
4. Releasethemousetoperformthealignment.
Thesoftwaremovesthecamerasoitfaces
and centers the selected normal in the c amera
view por t.
Align to View
Main toolba r > Align to View (on Align flyout)
Tools menu > Align to View
Align to View, available from the
Align flyout
(page 1–446)
,displaysthe
Align to View dialog
(page 1–454)
which lets you align the local axis of
an object or sub-object select ion w ith the current
view por t.
You can use Align to View with any selection that
can be transformed.
Other alignment tools on the Alig n flyout are
Align (page 1–447)
,
Quick Align (page 1–450)
,
Normal Alig n (page 1–450)
,
Place Highlig ht (page
1–452)
,and
Align to Camera (page 1–453)
.