Current View

Title

Enter the title in the text box, which is used to form the name of the current view only. The value is not saved for any subsequent views.

Projection

Switches between Parallel and Perspective views of the model.

Rotate

Determines if the eye point rotates round the model (About Model) or vice versa (About Eye (with walkthrough)).

The walkthrough mode, in which the eye point moves towards or away from the model, only works in perspective views. In this mode, hold down the middle button and move the mouse up to walk towards the model or down to walk away from the model.

Effects

Select Shaded to give a color-shaded view or wireline (if not selected).

Select Outlines to give an outlines view

Select Shadows to give shadows to model elements.

Select Outline Translucent elements to add translucency to outlines of elements. Refer to Effects for further information.

Tools

Select PowerCompass to display the PowerCompass in the 3D view.

Select World Axes to display the world axes on the 3D view.

Background

Controls the color of the View background. Click Colour to display the 3D View Background Colour window.

Select Graduated to graduate the background color lighter at the bottom and darker at the top of the 3D view.

Capping

Select Capping to set cap on and off.

To control the color of the capping area, click Colour to display the 3D View Capping Colour window.

Lighting

Select the level of Brightness and Reflection by moving the sliders to the left or right.

Anti-Alias

Select the Anti-Alias check box to display anti-alias lines. The Anti-Alias level determines how fine a diagonal line is drawn; the higher the number the finer the line. However, the higher the level the more computer workstation CPU is required.

Point Cloud Rendering

Select Point Cloud Rendering to set the display of point cloud data on and off.