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To reorient the model to the Home view
■ Click the Home button (
) located near the ViewCube tool.
Examine Individual Objects with ViewCube
You can lock the ViewCube tool to a set of selected objects. Locking a selection of objects to the ViewCube tool
defines the center of the current view and the distance from center for the view based on the selected objects.
Selecting and deselecting objects after Lock to Selection is turned on has no effect on the center or distance from
the center of the view when a view orientation changes. You cannot zoom to the extents of a model when Lock
to Selection is on, even if the ViewCube tool is set to zoom to extents after each view orientation change.
To lock to the current selection
■ Right-click the ViewCube tool, and click Lock to Selection.
If Lock to Selection is checked when a view orientation change occurs, the selected objects are used to calculate
the center of the view and the view zooms to the extents of the selected objects. When cleared, the selected
objects are used to calculate the center of the view and the view zooms to the extents of the model.
To examine an individual object with ViewCube
1 In the model, select one or more objects to define the centerpoint of the view.
2 Click one of the preset locations on the ViewCube tool, or click and drag the ViewCube tool to reorient the
view of the model.
The ViewCube tool reorients the view of the model based on the centerpoint of the selected objects.
Navigation Aids
SpaceBall
NOTE The term SpaceBall is used as a generic term for all 3D motion controllers from 3Dconnexion
™
, including the
SpaceBall, SpaceMouse and SpaceTraveler.
A SpaceBall can be used as an alternative to the mouse to move around the Scene Area.
The behavior of the SpaceBall corresponds to the currently selected
navigation mode. This enables you to navigate
with the SpaceBall whilst performing other operations with the mouse.
If no mode is selected on the Navigation Mode toolbar or if the selected mode is not a valid mode for the SpaceBall,
then a default navigation mode will be used.
The speed of navigation is sensitive to the amount of force applied to the SpaceBall. You can adjust the SpaceBall
settings by using the Control Panel for the device which is supplied by the SpaceBall manufacturer with the
installation.
The default navigation mode and the speed of translation and rotation can be adjusted in the
Options Editor.
Thumbnail Views
Thumbnails are useful to get an overall view of where you are in the whole scene and to quickly move the camera
to a location in a large model.
There are two types of thumbnail views available in Autodesk Navisworks:
■ Section thumbnail
■ Plan thumbnail
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