User`s guide

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6 QuadroView Toolbars
Viewer Toolbar
To access the Viewer Toolbar, right click from inside QuadroView or use the
menu sequence shown below.
Table 6.7
Viewer Toolbar Options
Option Description
Edit Mode Click the
button to toggle between Observer and Selection
modes. You can also use the ESC key to perform the same
function.
Selection mode: Use the arrow pointer to mark an object,
move Light Sources” on page 70, or change the direction of
Light Sources.
Observer mode: Use the hand pointer to move the object
around
Save Home Position Saves current camera settings as Home position. Click this
button to save the current view. You can only save one view at
a time. To retrieve the saved view, click the Restore Home
Position button.
Restore Home Position Saves camera to Home position. Click this button to retrieve
the last view that was stored using the Save Home Position
button.
View All Zooms out to see the entire scene. The model may lie (partially
or entirely) outside your camera view, or you may want to
quickly change from a close-up view to the total view. Click
this button to bring the object back to the center of the view.
Seek to Point Seeks object to define rotation point. You can re-orient any
desired surface of the object to be parallel to the viewing plane.
The selected point becomes the model’s new rotation point.
Up Vector Sets the Up Vector of the current scene. Use this tool to define
the “floor” when using the Fly or Walk Viewer.
Perspective Camera Toggles between the Perspective and Orthogonal display of
the scene.
Menu
View > Toolbars > Viewer (toggles toolbar on and off)
Toolbar
Key
ESC
[ALT + mouse]
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