Scene viewer
(See also: Diagram viewer)
The scene viewer displays scenes with visual objects. Several scene viewers can be present at the same time: One scene can be docked in the main IDE’s Imaging panel and any number of scenes can be present as freely floating windows.
Each scene viewer displays a scene containing any number of visual objects which can individually be adjusted. The context menu of the scene viewer contains a few options to manage the scene:
These are
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(Settings for the clicked object)
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Scene settings
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Remove this object
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Show axes
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Save image to file
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Copy image to clipboard
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Projection
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Orthographic
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Perspective
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Anti-aliasing
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No anti-aliasing
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2× MSAA
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4× MSAA
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8× MSAA
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16× MSAA
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32× MSAA
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Effects
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(Various post-processing effects)
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Detach/Dock (named scenes only)
Settings displays the Settings dialog box:
Here you can adjust each visual object in the scene.
Mouse interface
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Left drag to rotate the view about the origin.
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Double-click to translate so the point under the cursor becomes the centre of the view.
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Scroll wheel zooms (Ctrl: faster; Shift: slower).
Keyboard interface
Scene viewer
| Shortcut | Description |
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| Arrow keys | Rotates the view about the origin |
| +︎ | Zooms in |
| Shift++ | Zooms in (high precision) |
| Ctrl++ | Zooms in (large step) |
| −︎ | Zooms out |
| Shift+− | Zooms out (high precision) |
| Ctrl+− | Zooms out (large step) |
| Ctrl+A | Shows or hides the axes |
| Ctrl+C | Copies the scene to clipboard |
| Ctrl+S | Saves the scene to an image file |
Floating scene window
| Shortcut | Description |
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| S | Opens the Size dialog |
Hint
You may force a scene to repaint by right-clicking it.