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Sort Sorts the contents of the Saved Viewpoints window alphabetically.
Help Opens the Help system.
Viewpoint Animation
Save Viewpoint Saves the current viewpoint, and adds it as the last keyframe in the selected viewpoint animation.
New Folder Adds a folder as the last keyframe in the selected viewpoint animation.
Add Animation Adds a new empty viewpoint animation as the last keyframe in the selected viewpoint animation.
Add Cut Adds an animation cut to the end of viewpoint animation. Cuts are used as pauses in the viewpoint
animations, and are 1 second long by default. You can drag the created cut into a different position.
Add Copy Creates a copy of the selected viewpoint animation in the Saved Viewpoints window. The copy is
named the same as the selected viewpoint animation, but includes the version number in brackets. For example,
View1(1), View1(2) and so on.
Add Comment Adds a comment regarding the selected viewpoint animation. See
Comments, Redlines, and
Tags
on page 255 for more information on comments.
Edit Comment When available, opens the Edit Comment dialog box.
Edit Opens the Edit Animation dialog box, and enables you to set the duration of the selected viewpoint
animation, the type of smoothing, and whether it loops or not.
NOTE Clicking Edit over an animation keyframe, opens the Edit Viewpoint dialog box; and clicking Edit over an
animation cut, opens the Edit Animation Cut dialog box.
Update Updates all keyframes in the viewpoint animation with the current render style, lighting, and navigation
tool or mode.
NOTE Clicking Update over a single keyframe will only update that frame with the current modes.
Transform Opens the Transform dialog box. It enables you to transform the camera position.
Delete Deletes the selected viewpoint animation from the Saved Viewpoints window.
NOTE Clicking Delete over a keyframe or a cut, removes the keyframe or cut from the viewpoint animation.
Rename Enables you to rename the selected viewpoint animation, keyframe, or cut.
Copy Name Copies the name of the selected viewpoint animation, keyframe, or cut to the Clipboard.
Sort Sorts the contents of the Saved Viewpoints window alphabetically.
Help Opens the Help system.
Folder
Save Viewpoint Saves the current viewpoint, and adds it to the selected folder.
New Folder Adds a subfolder to the selected folder.
Add Animation Adds a new empty viewpoint animation to the selected folder.
Add Cut Adds an animation cut to the selected folder. Cuts are used as pauses in the viewpoint animations, and
are 1 second long by default. You can drag the created cut into a different position.
Add Copy Creates a copy of the selected folder in the Saved Viewpoints window. The copy is named the same
as the selected folder, but includes the version number in brackets. For example, Folder1(1), Folder1(2) and so
on.
Add Comment Adds a comment regarding the selected folder. See
Comments, Redlines, and Tags on page
255 for more information on comments.
Edit Comment When available, opens the Edit Comment dialog box.
Update Updates all viewpoints in the folder with the current render style, lighting and navigation tool or mode.
Choosing Update for a single viewpoint will only update that viewpoint with the current modes.
Transform Opens the Transform dialog box. It enables you to transform the camera position.
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