Camera Views

Use

You can use various preset and user-defined camera views to display scenes including displaying scenes in perspective and through orthographic and isometric viewpoints.

Features

Preset Views

A number of different preset camera views are available to display scenes in the selected viewport. These views are accessed using the right-click viewport menus or keyboard shortcuts.

The following camera view functions are available in the viewport using the context menu:

View	Functional Description
Top/Bottom/Aft/Right/Left	Orthographic Views that display the scene from the selected viewports
User	The default user view that is only displayed when the camera is not at a preset view or a view defined in the views.xml. That is, as soon as you rotate the model, this label is displayed in the viewport.
Perspective	Used to display a view in perspective projection mode. This is used when an isometric is not suitable.
Views	Displays all user-defined views and various preset views including isometric, dimetric, and trimetric.
Isometric	These views have three surfaces equally foreshortened and are the most frequently used projection. It is the simplest to understand because it is based on equals and parallels. Isometric views should be viewed without perspective.
Dimetric	A dimetric view has two of the three surfaces equally foreshortened.
Trimetric	Trimetric views have all three surfaces foreshortened by a difference ratio and can be used as an alternative when an isometric view is not suitable.
Model Views	Various user-defined model views in which to display the scene in the selected viewport.

User Defined Views

You can create user-defined views either by defining the views in the views.xml file located in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author’s root installation folder, or by creating camera objects and then selecting to view the scene through the camera. You can also set any camera standard view for the current file format (standard view). When you open a file of the same format, the standard view is displayed.

You can set and remove the current view as the default for the current file type, and remove the default file type views from all file types. For example, you can set .3ds files to always display an orthographic view from the bottom. You can also erase the default camera for the current file type or for all files.

The following user-defined view functions are available:

View	Functional Description
Camera Object Views	Used to control the camera’s position and angle
Views.xml file	Used to control only the angle of the camera. Note that this file must be located in SAP Visual Enterprise Author’s root installation folder for the views to be visible in the Views menu.

View

Functional Description

Camera Object Views

Used to control the camera’s position and angle

Views.xml file

Used to control only the angle of the camera.

Note that this file must be located in SAP Visual Enterprise Author’s root installation folder for the views to be visible in the Views menu.

For the selection of these isometric, dimetric, and trimetric viewpoints, the following submenu options are provided:

Submenu Option
LTF (Left-Top-Front)
LTA (Left-Top-Aft)
RTA (Right-Top-Aft)
RTF (Right-Top-Front)
LBF (Left-Bottom-Front)
LBA (Left-Bottom-Aft)
RBA (Right-Bottom-Aft)
RBF (Right-Bottom-Front)

Activities

Selecting a View

Right-click the label for the viewport you wish to modify and do one of the following:
- Click the required preset view.
- Choose Views and click the required preset or user-defined view.
Right-click the viewport label again and select Perspective if you wish to display the scene receding into the distance.

Removing the Standard View for Files

To remove the standard view for files of the current type, right-click the viewport label and choose Views Erase Standard View for [format]
To remove the standard view for files of all types, right-click the viewport label and choose Views Erase Standard View for All Files.

Creating a Camera Object View

Modify the scene view as you require and do one of the following:

Choose Create Camera from the menu bar
Choose Create Target Camera from the menu bar

Activating a Camera Object View

In the 3D Objects list, right-click the required camera object, and then click Activate Camera
Right-click the viewport label, select Views, and then click the required camera view.