Scene Right-Click Menu

Use

The scene right-click menu contains commands for controlling various scene elements:

Camera motion
Cross section plane display
Auto-rotation
Scene background
Object display

You can also access and modify the scene properties. For example, you can modify the global ambient color, the scene's units, and the scene's element colors.

This menu appears when you right-click over the scene with nothing selected. The available commands differ, depending on whether objects are displayed or hidden. These commands are local and are overridden by the menu bar commands. For example, if you display a viewport in the Wireframe render mode and another viewport in the Line Illustration mode, selecting the Solid render mode from the Display menu displays all viewports in Solid mode.

Features

The following options are available from the menu:

Menu Options	Functional Description
Tools	Used to control a number of scene elements including removing duplicate materials and meshes
View to Active Object	Zooms the camera in on the active object. You can also press `V` on your keyboard with an object selected.
View to Visible Objects	Used to focus the camera on all the visible objects. You can also press `V` on your keyboard with no selection.
View to All Objects	Used to focus the camera on all visible and hidden objects
Standard View	Displays the scene in its standard camera view in the current viewport
Current Camera Properties	Displays the properties of the current camera view you are using in the viewport
Show Cross Section	Displays and hides the scene's cross section plane
Reset Cross Section	Moves the cross section plane back to its original position in the scene
Auto-Rotate	Rotates the model automatically. When the model is rotated with the mouse, auto rotate is initiated in the direction and at the speed of the mouse action until you click over the model again. This command may lessen the display performance.
Pan Mode for Flat Files	Constrains the camera to pan mode for flat files, for example, a .cgm file. This ensures that even if a flat file has 3D object coordinates, it cannot be rotated.
Open Background	Used to add an image to use as the scene's background
Background Image	Used to modify or clear the scene background image
Stretch	Scales the image to fit the viewport in real-time
Tile	Tiles the background image in the viewport
Center	Centers the background image in the viewport
Clear Background	Removes the background image from the scene
Select All	Selects all objects in the scene
Select Same Level Objects	Selects all objects that are on the same hierarchy level. This is helpful when creating layers that you want to be made from objects that are at the same hierarchy level
Deselect Same Level Objects	Clears all objects that are on the same hierarchy level from selection
Show all Objects	Displays all objects
Hide all Objects	Hides all objects in the scene
Scene Properties	Opens the Scene Properties window and is used to view and edit the current scene's properties. For more information, see Scene Properties Window.