Compass Helper

Compass displays as a non-rendering compass rose, with indicators for North, South, East, and West. A compass is part of a Daylight or Sunlight system; you create a compass automatically when you create sunlight. In a Sunlight system, the orientation of the compass indicates the orientation of the scene, relative to the path of the sun (the ecliptic).

• Create panel > (Helpers) > Standard > Object Type rollout > Compass
• Default menu: Create menu > Helpers > Compass
• Alt menu: Objects menu > Helpers > Compass

Use the Compass helper object if you want to create an orientation symbol in your scene, but don’t need to create a sunlight system.

Procedures

To create a compass object:

1. On the Create panel, activate (Helpers), then on the Object Type rollout, click the Compass button.
2. Click and drag to define the radius of the compass.
3. Select and rotate the compass object to orient it.

Interface

Parameters rollout

Show Compass Rose

Displays the non-rendering compass rose in the viewport.

Radius

Specifies the radius of the compass object.