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Toolbar Flyouts
You may have noticed that some of the tools in the main toolbar show a small arrow in the
lower-right corner of the tool’s icon (Figure 1.11).
That arrow indicates that the tool is one of several offered in a flyout. A flyout is like a graphi-
cal version of options in a menu bar. If you click and hold a tool that’s part of a flyout, you see a
set of additional, similar tools appear. For example, if you click and hold the Select and Uniform
Scale tool, two additional tools appear, as shown in Figure 1.12.
Once you select an option from a flyout, it becomes the default button that you see in the toolbar.
The Viewports
At the center of the window are the viewports (see Figure 1.13). You’ll be doing most of your
modeling work in a viewport. In a blank file, the viewports show a grid that you can use as a
reference for orientation and size.
If you look in the lower-left corner of the viewport, you will see the World Axis Tripod that
indicates the orientation of the X-, Y-, and Z-axes. The World Axis Tripod helps you get your
bearings when you are looking at camera and perspective views.
Figure 1.11
Flyout arrow
Figure 1.12
The Scale flyout
menu
Figure 1.13
A typical viewport
configuration
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