Documentation / Models
Models
The 3D viewer, with a toolbar over the model and a side pane with the tools. For the side pane tabs see Models: the side pane.
Moving around
- Orbit: drag. Pan: right-drag. Zoom: mouse wheel.
- In the Selection tree, double-click a row to zoom to its objects.
- Views ▾ in the toolbar: Axon, Top, Front, Left, Back, Right, Bottom.
- Fit frames everything (or the selection, if there is one).
- Orthogonal / perspective switches the camera type.
Selecting
Click an object to select it. Ctrl + click adds to the selection. The selection also shows in the Selection tree, Properties and Data table.
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Clear | Clear the selection |
| Hide | Hide the selected objects |
| Isolate | Show only the selected objects |
| Show all objects | Undo every hide and isolate |
| Select / Isolate (mode) | What selecting does: only highlight, or isolate as well |
| Ghost | Fade everything outside the selection |
| Pin | Keep the current isolate or ghost while the selection changes |
Measuring
Open Measure ▾ and choose:
- Length: click two points.
- Edge: the length of an edge.
- Area: a polygon, rectangle or face.
- Angle.
- Volume of an object.
- Point coordinates: double-click a point (it snaps to corners). Its X, Y and Z in metres are shown in large type and copied to the clipboard. The copy icon copies it again.
Delete all measurements clears them. Delete removes the last one.
Section planes
Open Section ▾ and double-click the model to cut it there. Planes can be switched off, hidden or deleted.
Visibility
Visibility ▾ shows or hides section planes, the grid, and each IFC element type (walls, slabs and so on, with the number of objects of each).
Split view
Show two views side by side, or stacked under a compare slider. Each view has its own models, display settings, storey slide and colouring, and the cameras can be linked. Useful for comparing two models or two colourings.