Format 3D Tab

Manage Group

Add Element

Allows you to add elements to the view. Refer to Add and Remove Model Items to/from the 3D View for further information.

Remove Element

Allows you to remove selected elements from the view. Refer to Add and Remove Model Items to/from the 3D View for further information.

View Contents

Allows you to view a list of the view contents. Refer to View Contents for further information.

Navigate Group

Zoom

Allows you to switch the 3D view to zoom mode. Refer to Pan, Zoom and Rotate for further information.

Click to display a drop-down list with the following options:

Limits CE

Click to adjust the scale of the view so that it corresponds to the volume of the selected element(s).

Zoom to Selection

Click to zoom into the element selected in the Model Explorer.

Go to Drawlist

Click to zoom to the limits of all the elements in the drawlist.

Centre on Selection

Click to centre the view on the element selected in the Model Explorer.

Parallel

Click to display a drop-down list with the following options:

Parallel

Click to set the view to parallel projection mode.

Perspective

Click to set the view to perspective projection mode.

Model

Click to display a drop-down list with the following options:

Eye

Click to move the 3D model around the current viewpoint.

Model

Click to move the current viewpoint around the 3D model.

Grid Group

Set View

Allows you to modify the view to display a grid plane. Refer to Grid Plane View for further information.

Scale Group

Type

Allows you to set the type of scale for the view. The functionality is identical to the Format 2D tab. Refer to Format 2D View for further information.

Scale

Allows you to select the scale for the view. The functionality is identical to the Format 2D tab. Refer to Format 2D View for further information.

Direction Group

Down

Allows you to set the view direction. The functionality is identical to the Format 2D tab. Refer to Format 2D View for further information.

Direction

Displays coordinates to indicate the current view direction. The functionality is identical to the Format 2D tab. Refer to Format 2D View for further information.

Rotation

Displays the current view angle. The functionality is identical to the Format 2D tab. Refer to Format 2D View for further information.

Note:
For a 2D view direction of U (+Z) only, there is a difference in the definition of Rotation between the 2D and 3D views. A rotation of 0 in the 2D view corresponds to a rotation of 180 in the 3D view for this direction only. In this scenario moving between the 2D and 3D view will toggle the Rotation between 0 and 180. This is as designed and the visual orientation of the view is maintained correctly.

Limits Group

Limits from Drawlist

Allows you to set the limits of the 3D view to a volume that encloses all items in the view drawlist.

Click to populate the limits fields.

Add CE Fully Within

Click to add to the drawlist any elements under the currently selected element in the Model Explorer which are fully contained by the current limits volume. To add all Model elements that are fully contained by the current limits volume, select the WORLD element in the Model Explorer.

Add CE Partially Within

Click to add to the drawlist any elements under the currently selected element in the Model Explorer which are partially contained by the current limits volume. To add all Model elements that are partially contained by the current limits volume, select the WORLD element in the Model Explorer.

Display

Click to turn the display of the limits box on or off.

East/West, North/South, Up/Down

Allows you to set the limits of the 3D view.

Populate these fields initially by selecting Limits from Drawlist.

Then, if required, input dimensional values in the direction fields to define the limits of the view explicitly.

Click the view direction icon adjacent to the field to flip the view direction.

The direction can be defined in East, West, North, South, Up and Down directions using the drop-down lists.

Clear Limits

Click to clear all 3D limits defined for the view.

View Frame

Turns the view frame lock on or off. If the view frame is unlocked, the frame becomes independent of the view limits and is unaffected by any alteration to the view content or limits via 3D view or update commands.

Matchlines

Click to turn the display of matchlines on or off.

Refer to Define Limits for further information.

Section Group

Create

Allows you to create a section plane, an existing view can be modified to display only specific parts of it. Refer to Create 3D Section Planes for further information

Display

Click to turn the display of section planes on or off. A hatched area indicates the side of the plane that an area of the view is removed from.

Functionality is available to modify the section planes. Refer to Modify Section Plane using Grip Points for further information.

Delete

Click to delete the currently selected section plane.

Cutting List

Each section plane can be associated with a pre-defined cutting list, which is effectively a drawlist. Elements within the cutting list can be removed from the view, allowing for other elements to remain within the view even though a section plane exists.

Select from the drop-down list to associate the currently selected section plane with a cutting list.

Direction

Select from the drop-down list to modify the cutting direction of the currently selected section plane.

The direction can be defined in East, West, North, South, Up and Down directions using the drop-down list.

A hatched area indicates the side of the plane that an area of the view is removed from.

Open/Closed

Select from the drop-down list to define the shape of the currently selected section plane.

Select Open to define a section plane as an open ended shape. For example, an L shape consisting of two planes.

Select Closed to define a section plane as a closed shape. For example, a rectangle.

Clipping Group

Clip

Click to turn all clipping on or off for both the limits box (if defined) and any defined section planes.

When the 3D view is entered, clipping is off.

Note:
If any section planes are enabled individually for clipping, the option becomes active.

Clip Plane

Allows you to turn clipping on or off for individual section planes. Refer to Define Clipping Plane for further information.

Cap

Elements that are intersected by the clipping plane can have a coloured cap added to indicate that they extend beyond the display region.

Click to turn the capping of clipped elements or off. The default cap settings can be defined. Refer to Current View for further information.

Point Cloud Group

Display

Click to display a drop-down list with the following options:

Display

Allows you to define the display of laser data for the view. Refer to Laser Data for further information.

Low Density Points

Low density point laser data is laser data that has not been defined as detailed laser data. Refer to Detail Laser Data for further information.

Click to remove low density point laser data from the view.

Repeat the command to add low density point laser data to the view

Remember Group

Freeze

Click to remember the current scale and view direction.

Restore

Click to restore the scale or view direction to when it was last frozen, or to the 3D view entry state.

Complete Group

Apply

Click to close the 3D view and save the current scale and view direction. Changes to the view content and section planes are also saved. The view is resized to the limits.

Finish

For a new view, the functionality is the same as clicking Apply.

For an existing view, the functionality is equivalent to clicking Restore and then clicking Apply. The current scale and view direction are not saved. Modifications to the view content and section planes are saved. The view is resized to the limits.

Cancel

Click to close the 3D view without saving any changes.

Note:
Creation and modification of user defined section planes is an exception, these are always saved immediately.