Design Surface 3D Viewer
Function
This command allows you to
view
the design surface in 3D mode.
In the top right of the control bar you can check to Ignore
Zero Elev and Color By Elevation and change the Vertical Scale. 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. Color By Elevation shows elevation change with
the change of colors. Note: Color By
Elevation is used in the above example. To adjust the color use the
color
circle on
the right.
The magnify glass
icons can be used to
zoom in and out. Click on the plus magnify glass to
zoom in and the minus magnify glass to
zoom out. With the icon
click and drag up to zoom in and drag down
to zoom out.
The hand icon below the color circle allows you to pan around the
viewer. Click and drag the direction you want to move. 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
icon toggles on and off the shading of the surface (the shading is
shown in the above drawing). The arrow
icon reports the elevations at the bottom of the screen as you move
around the surface. The icon restores the surface viewpoint to flat.
The
icon exits 3D Driver Simulation.
Rotation Axis: These three control bars rotate the surface around the
x, y, and z axis. Clip plane trims the size of the surface shown in the
viewer.
Prompts
Loading entities...
Loading edges...
Loaded 5057 points and 14923 edges
Prerequisite: a design
surface
Keyboard
Command: cube_design