Navigation bar reference

The Navigation bar is the floating toolbar at the bottom of the canvas. It contains the commands you use to orbit, pan, and zoom your design, and the display settings that control how the model, grid, and viewports appear in the canvas.

Orbit

Rotates the current view around the model.

• Free Orbit: Rotates the view freely around the X and Y axes.
• Constrained Orbit: Rotates the view around a fixed vertical axis, keeping the horizon level.

The Orbit button always shows the mode you used most recently. Click the drop-down arrow to switch modes.

Look At

Zooms and rotates the model so that the selected face, edge, or line displays parallel to the screen.

Pan

Drags the view across the canvas without changing the zoom level or orientation.

Zoom

Increases or decreases the magnification of the current view. You can use Zoom while other navigation commands are active.

Fit / Zoom Window

Frames the model in the canvas.

• Fit: Positions the entire model within the canvas.
• Zoom Window: Zooms to a rectangular area that you drag on the canvas.

This control shows the label of whichever option you used most recently, either Fit or Zoom Window.

Display Settings

Controls the visual style, environment, effects, and visibility settings used to display the model in the canvas.

Visual Style

Sets how faces and edges are rendered. Select from the following options:

• Shaded
• Shaded with Hidden Edges
• Shaded with Visible Edges Only
• Wireframe
• Wireframe with Hidden Edges
• Wireframe with Visible Edges Only

Environment

Sets the background and lighting environment for the canvas. Select from the following options:

• Theme (default)
• Photo Booth
• River Rubicon
• Dark Sky
• Infinity Pool (legacy)
• Grey Room (legacy)
• Tranquility Blue (legacy)

Graphics Preset

Applies a graphics preset. Select from the following options:

• Performance: Optimizes graphical performance but may reduce visual quality.
• Quality: Provides a better visual experience but may reduce canvas navigation performance.
• Custom: Lets you balance quality and performance to meet your specific needs. Changing Quality or Performance overrides Custom.

Effects

Toggles canvas effects that can enhance the appearance of objects in the 3D canvas. Some effects can impact graphical performance. Select from the following options:

• Ambient Occlusion: Displays shading on visible bodies based on exposure to ambient lighting.
• Anti-Aliasing: Improves visual quality by smoothing curved edges and surfaces.
• Ground Reflection: Displays reflections of visible bodies on the ground plane.
• Ground Shadow: Casts shadows of visible bodies onto the ground plane.
• Object Shadow: Casts shadows of visible bodies onto other bodies.
• Transparency Effect: Advanced Transparency gives better transparent display but could downgrade the performance.
• NPR Effect: Sets the non-photorealistic rendering style: NPR Off, NPR Pastel, or NPR Graphite.
• Selection Effect: Sets how selected and highlighted objects are displayed: Normal Selection Effect, Fast Selection Effect, Simplified Selection Effect, or No Selection Effect.
• Environment Dome: Displays a virtual sky and horizon effect.
• Ground Plane: Enables ground shadows and reflections.

Object Visibility

Shows or hides categories of objects, such as work features, sketches, origins, canvases, and decals, without changing individual visibility settings in the Browser. The list of categories changes depending on the active workspace and document.

Camera

Sets the projection used to render the canvas. Select from the following options:

• Orthographic
• Perspective
• Perspective with Ortho Faces

Ground Plane Offset

A slider that raises or lowers the ground plane relative to the model.

Click Enter Full Screen or Exit Full Screen at the bottom of the Display Settings menu to toggle full screen mode.

Grid and Snaps

Controls the layout grid and snapping behavior in the canvas.

• Layout Grid: Shows or hides the layout grid on the canvas.
• Layout Grid Lock: Locks the layout grid so that sketch geometry snaps to it.
• Snap to Grid: Snaps sketch geometry to the nearest grid line as you draw.
• Grid Settings: Opens a dialog where you set the grid spacing and display options.
• Incremental Move: Moves selected geometry in fixed increments rather than freely.
• Set Increments: Opens a dialog where you set the increment distance used by Incremental Move.

Viewports

Splits the canvas into multiple views so you can see the model from different camera positions at the same time.

• Single View: Displays the model in a single viewport.
• Multiple Views: Splits the canvas into up to four viewports.
• Reset Views: Resets all viewports to their default positions and camera views.