Provides settings to use when orbiting a 3D model.
Access Methods
When the 3DORBIT command (or any 3D navigation command or mode) is active
List of Options
The following menu options are available.
- Current Mode: Current
- Displays the current mode.
- Other Navigation Modes
- Choose one of the following 3D navigation modes:
- Enable Orbit Auto Target
- When turned on, the target point that you orbit around is automatically located at the center of objects displayed or selected on screen. When turned off, the target point is located where you click to start orbiting. See ORBITAUTOTARGET.
- Animation Settings
- Opens the Animation Settings dialog box, where you can specify settings for saving an animation file.
- Zoom Window
- Changes the cursor to a window icon so that you can select a specific area to zoom in on. When the cursor changes, click a starting point and end point to define the zoom window. The drawing is zoomed in and focused on the area you selected.
- Zoom Extents
- Centers the view and sizes it to display all objects.
- Zoom Previous
- Displays the previous view.
- Parallel
- Displays objects so that two parallel lines in a drawing never converge. The shapes in your drawing always remain the same and do not appear distorted when they are closer.
- Perspective
- Displays objects in perspective so that all parallel lines converge at one point. Objects appear to recede into the distance, and parts of the objects appear larger and closer to you. The shapes are somewhat distorted when the object is very close. This view correlates more closely to what your eyes see. See PERSPECTIVE.
- Reset View
- Resets the view back to the view that was current when you first started 3DORBIT.
- Preset Views
- Displays a list of predefined views such as Top, Bottom, and SW Isometric. Choose a view from the list to change the current view of your model.
- Named Views
- Displays a list of named views in the drawing. Choose a named view from the list to change the current view of your model.
- Visual Styles
- Provides methods for shading objects. For more information about visual styles, see Use a Visual Style to Display Your Model.
The options are the same as the options in VSCURRENT.
- Visual Aids
- Provides aids to visualizing the objects.
- Compass. Draws a 3D sphere composed of three lines representing the X, Y, and Z axes.
- Grid. Displays a two-dimensional array of lines similar to graph paper. This grid is oriented along the X and Y axes.
Note: Before starting 3DORBIT, you can use the GRID command to set system variables that control the grid display. The number of major grid lines corresponds to the value you set using the Grid Spacing option of the GRID command, which is stored in the GRIDUNIT system variable. Ten horizontal lines and ten vertical lines are drawn between the major lines.
- UCS Icon. Displays a shaded 3D UCS icon. Each axis is labeled X, Y, or Z. The X axis is red, the Y axis is green, and the Z axis is blue.