Datasheet

GETTING THE VIEW YOU WANT

Using Multiple Viewports

So far, you’ve done all your work in the Perspective viewport, but this isn’t the only view you have

available. You saw earlier how you can divide the VIZ window so that it displays four equal view-

ports, each representing a different view. Let’s go back to that viewport arrangement to explore the

uses of some of VIZ’s display tools. The first item you’ll look at is the way that the Field-of-View

tool changes when your active viewport changes.

1. Click the Maximize Viewport Toggle in the set of viewport navigation controls.

The VIZ window changes to display four viewports.

2. Right-click anywhere in the viewport labeled Top in the upper-left corner of the display.

Notice that the Field-of-View tool changes to a magnifying glass with a rectangle. This is the

Zoom Region tool.

Also notice that the Top viewport now shows a thick yellow border around it, indicating that

it is the current, active viewport.

3. Click the Zoom Region tool.

4. Click and drag the cursor on a point below and to the left of the chairs, as shown in Figure 1.28.

As you drag the cursor, you see a rectangle appear. Don’t release the cursor just yet.

5. Position the rectangle above and to the right of the bottom row of chairs, as shown in Figure 1.28,

and then release the mouse button. The view enlarges to the region you just indicated with the

Zoom Region tool.

The Zoom Region tool acts like the magnifying tools in many other graphics programs. Also, the

Zoom and Pan tools perform the same functions in orthogonal views in VIZ as they do in other pro-

grams, allowing you to zoom in and pan over the view.

Figure 1.28

Selecting a view to

enlarge with the Zoom

Region tool

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