View toolbar

View Toolbar

Use the View toolbar (or the options on the View | Viewpoint menu) to set Vizex display characteristics, manipulate and navigate the display.

To quickly open or close a toolbar, right-click in an empty space below the menu bar, then select a toolbar from the right-click menu. A check box is shown alongside those toolbars that are currently open.

The width of the application window, and the selections you make when customising the toolbar, will determine which tools are visible.

	Use the Select tool to select an object in the display. To select multiple objects, hold down the CTRL key as you select them with the mouse. Alternatively, use the drop-down menu to choose a Lasso or Polygon selection mode. See: Selection Mode
	Using SHIFT + Selection to restrict the current selection to the active layer, will only work for single-click selections. To restrict multiple selections to the active layer, use the Restrict to Active Layer option on the View \| Select menu, or right-click Selection menu. Strings can be selected using a number of Selection Restrictions on the right-click menu.
	Use the Zoom tool (View \| Viewpoint \| Zoom Tool) to click and drag to define a zoom box, or click once to zoom in with the cursor location as the new centre.
	Holding down the CTRL key allows the user to zoom out. If a zoom box is used, the display zooms to fit the current display into the zoom box. There are also Undo and Redo zoom buttons.
	Click the Pan tool (View \| Viewpoint \| Pan Tool) and then click and drag the mouse to pan the view in the direction you move the cursor. If you hold down the CTRL key, you can use the Pan tool to zoom in and out. Drag the cursor down to zoom in, or up to zoom out. If you hold the Shift key down, you can use the Pan tool to rotate display objects in 3D.
	A check box on the Tools \| Options \| Vizex \| General tab allows you to enable or disable Pan animation. If Pan animation is enabled, and you release the mouse button while moving the mouse and panning the display, the display will continue to pan until you interrupt it.
	Pan animation can be interrupted at any time, by clicking the mouse in the display, or by pressing the Esc key.
	Use the Rotate tool (View \| Viewpoint \| Rotate Tool) to rotate display objects in 3D. The axis rotation for the Rotate tool (and the Middle Mouse rotate mode) can be restricted to a single axis. See: Rotate Tool
	If you have a touch-enabled device, you can also use Touch Gestures to manipulate the display.
	Use the Seek tool (View \| Viewpoint \| Seek Tool) to activate Seek mode. There are three modes of operation:
	When you then click on a point, the camera automatically moves to view the selected point and makes it the new centre for the rotation axes. When you hold down the CTRL key and click on a triangle or a closed polygon, the current working plane is adjusted to be the same as the triangle or polygon, so any newly added points will be on that plane or, if the points of a polygon are not coplanar, on the plane of best fit. This is a useful feature when you want to extrapolate beyond an existing surface. When you hold down the CTRL key and click on a block model, the camera is oriented to view the 2D slice or the block face (in 3D mode).
	Use the Measure tool to measure the distance between two or more points digitised on screen. Optionally, select a (point, line, grid, intersection) snap mode option from the View toolbar. See: Measure tool
	Use the Select By Condition tool to select display objects based on one or more conditions defined in the Select By Condition form. You can also choose an option to zoom in on the objects you have selected.
	Use the Perspective mode button to toggle between the two types of camera that are available when viewing objects in 3D: Perspective and Orthogonal.
	Use the Display Limits button to set the limits of the graphic display.You can define Orthogonal, Transform, or 3D display settings in the Display Limits form.
	Use the View All tool to zoom to the full extents of the displayed objects. (Alternatively, select the View \| Viewpoint \| View All menu option).
	Click the Previous View button to undo the last zoom or section.
	Following a Previous View operation, you can click the Next View button to re-apply the last zoom operation.
	Select from the Plan, Looking Up, Looking East , Looking West, Looking North and Looking South buttons to define an orthogonal view of your data. To define a non-orthogonal view of your data, use the tools on the Sections Toolbar.

	These and other viewpoint options are available when you right-click in the display and select Display Limits from the right-click menu. (Alternatively, you can select View \| Viewpoint \| Edit from the main menu).
	Select from the Looking SW, NW, NE, SE buttons to set the 3D camera to a preset isometric view.

	Click the Generate Screenshot button to save the Vizex display to an image file. You can select the type and resolution of the image file, as well as a background colour.
	Click the Generate Plotfile button to invoke the Generate Plot File form. You can choose to create a plotfile, generate an image, or set plot defaults.
	Click the Generate Vizex Plot button to invoke the Generate Vizex Plot form. Vizex plot frames are rendered directly from a live Vizex view or a saved Vizex view and (unlike regular 2D Plot frames) can be interactively rotated in 3D within the plot layout.
	Click the Export to AutoCAD button to export the current scene to a CAD format (DXF, DWG or DXB) file. See: Export Vizex Scene to AutoCAD File
	Click the Export to 3D PDF button to export the current scene to a 3D PDF file. See: Export Vizex Scene to 3D PDF
	Click the Toggle Headlight button to toggle the camera headlight on and off. This complements an existing option accessible via the View \| Vizex Lighting form.
	Click the Toggle 3D View button to toggle 3D View mode on and off. You can also use the drop-down tool menu to change the 3D View settings. See: 3D Stereoscopic View