Datasheet

GETTING THE VIEW YOU WANT

Before you conclude your tour of the VIZ interface, let’s see how the Move tool acts in the non-

Perspective viewports. The following exercise will give you a feel for the ways that you can use

multiple viewports.

1. Click the Select and Move tool.

2. In the Top viewport, click and drag the cursor from a point below and to the left of the

bottom row of chairs.

3. Drag the selection region above and to the right of the two chairs in the lower row, as shown

in Figure 1.42, so that they are enclosed in the rectangle. The two chairs are selected.

Figure 1.42

Drag a selection

region around the

lower chairs.

4. Right-click in the Right viewport.

1. In the Right viewport, click and drag the green Y arrow up. Notice how the chairs move in

the front and perspective views as you do this.

2. Position the chairs so they are higher by about one-half the height of a chair.

3. Click and drag the red X axis of the chairs to the right of the screen, so they merge with the

chair to the right, as shown in Figure 1.43.

4. You can save or discard this file. You won’t need it anymore.

In this exercise, you’ve seen a number of methods in action. First, the Select and Move tool can

be used to select objects as well as move them. This can help you move objects quickly by reducing

the number of clicks. But be careful, or you might select and move the wrong object when you’re

in a hurry.

You also saw how you can right-click in a viewport to make it active. Had you simply clicked

in the Right viewport in step 4, you would have lost the selection set you created in step 3.

Right-Clicking Retains the Selection Set

By right-clicking in a viewport, you can make it active without disrupting any selections you may have

active at the time.

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