Creating Viewpoints

You can create a viewpoint object to store the camera position.


Before you begin: A viewpoint stores only a camera viewpoint, whereas a bookmark also restores the context (visibility of layers).
See Also
Displaying the Tree
Navigating Your Experience
  1. Navigate in your environment to position the camera at the desired location.
    You can use the mouse or the localisator.

  2. To create a viewpoint object at the root of the hierarchy, make sure no item is selected in the tree, and then click Create Viewpoint from the Create section of the action bar.
    The current camera position is saved and a new object named "New Viewpoint" by default is added at the bottom of the tree.

  3. To create a viewpoint object under an existing item, right-click the item in the tree, and then click Create Viewpoint from the Create section of the action bar.
    Note: If the item you select is not a group, the new viewpoint is created under the parent group of the selected item.
  4. To rename a viewpoint, double-click it, enter the new name, and then press Enter.
  5. Position the camera on another area of interest, and then click Create Viewpoint .
    A new viewpoint object is created.

  6. Right-click a viewpoint in the tree, and then select:
    • Set Viewpoint to smoothly move to the camera position stored for this viewpoint. Note that you can achieve the same effect by clicking on the right of the viewpoint name.
    • Remove Viewpoint to delete the related viewpoint.
    • Remove to remove the viewpoint object from the tree.