3D Drive Simulation
Function
This command allows you to view
and move around the design surface in 3D mode.
Use the arrows on your keypad to move around the drawing.
At the very bottom of the window you will find the basic commands: Run
will start to
drive your vehicle around the surface, once your vehicle is moving the
Run button turns into the Stop button. The arrows moves your vehicle
left and right. The magnify glass
zooms in and out. Click and drag up to zoom in and click and drag down
to zoom out. When your
vehicle is stopped the icon can be
used to rotate the vantage point
of the viewer by the x, y, or z axis. When you move the cursor to the
screen it will change into a x, y symbol or a z symbol. Move the cursor
around to move it from one to the other. If you have the x, y cursor
move right or left to change the x axis view, or to change the y move
the cursor up or down. If you have the z cursor than move it in a
circular
fashion to rotate the view point according to the z axis.
The hand icon allows you to pan around the viewer. Click and drag the
direction you want to move. The icon toggles the shading of the surfaces.
The
icon exits 3D Driver Simulation.
Above the basic command buttons you can change the Elevation and
Distance away from your vehicle. Also, you can set the speed at which
your vehicle travels. For a smaller drawing you may want to move around
slower, for a larger drawing faster. Note: Unrealistic speeds such as
500 mph in a doozer may cause 3D Drive Simulation to freeze.
View Direction: Sets the direction of the view from the Front, Back,
Left, or Right.
Vehicle Icon: You can select which Vehicle you want to use whether:
Doozer, Hummer, School Bus or none at all.
View Position: Sets the elevation and distance to either that of the
driver, a pedestrian, or bird.
Shading: Here you can set the shading of the surface to either Flat,
Smooth, Elevation, Cut/Fill, or none. Flat just shades the contours as
the are. Smooth smooths contours to look for realistic. Elevation
colors different elevations in different colors so differences can
visual be seen. Cut/Fill colors areas of cut differently than areas of
fill so they can be visually seen. None merely shows the
triangulation.and
does not shade in a surface.
You can
select the Surface, High, and Low color by enter in an AutoCAD defined
color number or you can choose Select to pick a color. The circle on
the right determines the shade of the color.
In the top right of the 3D viewer is an aerial map of
your surface. Below that the Elevation, Slope percentage, Azimuth, and
Roll are updated as your vehicle moves around the surface. Slope and
Roll are shown visually here as well.
On the bottom right you can set the Vertical Scale and check to Ignore
Zero Elev, Display Trail, and Display Cut/Fill. If you increase the
Vertical Scale than elevation differences
can be seen easier. Ignore Zero Elev does not display elevations of
zero in the 3D viewer. Display Trail draws a line where your vehicle
has driven. Display Cut/Fill displays the cut and the fill.
Prompts
Loading edges...
Loaded 5057 points and 14923 edges
Created 9866 triangles
Loading reference file...
Loading edges...
Loaded 574 points and 1393 edges
Created 820 triangles
Loading entities...
Loading vehicle icon file...
Loading edges...
Loaded 926 points and 2150 edges
Prerequisite: a design
surface
Keyboard Command: tk_flyby