Amapi 3D allows you to work on your models from any point of view and it provides tools to rotate around the scene, zoom in and out, and so forth. (See chapter User Manual/View.) You can access some of these features through the Control Panel.
Either click on the icon in the Control Panel or press the “0” key of the numeric keypad to use this command.
The “zoom window” will display the whole scene and all of its objects.
Use “View area” to define an area of the scene you want to zoom in on.
How do you use it?
1. Select the “Zoom Window” tool (the “1” key or the icon in the Control Panel).
2. A white rectangle with an X at its center is displayed.
3. Place the cursor at the center of the area you wish to zoom into and click.
4. Drag the cursor to increase or decrease the size of the window.
5. Click when the whole area you want to zoom into is inside the boundaries of the white rectangle. The area contained in the white rectangle will replace the previous view on your screen.
q To zoom:
The first icon allows you to zoom in or out from the scene. Click on the icon and hold down the mouse button, moving the cursor upward or downward. You will get the same result as using the “3” and “.” keys of the keyboard. Release the mouse button when the correct view is displayed.
q To rotate the scene:
The second icon allows you to rotate around the scene. Click on the icon and hold down the mouse button. Move the cursor and the scene will rotate step-by-step around a point which by default is the center of the scene. See the chapter User Manual/Tools/Control Panel/Point of view to change the center of rotation of the scene. Release the mouse button when the correct view is displayed.
q To pan the scene:
The third icon allows you to scroll the scene from side to side.
Click on the icon and hold down the mouse button. As you might expect, moving the cursor upward scrolls the scene upward, moving the cursor downward scrolls the scene downward and moving sideways scrolls the scene sideways. Release the mouse button when the correct view is displayed.
