Viewing Options

3.4.7 Viewing Options

(For a video tutorial on this, please click the link here)

To access additional view options, go to the "View" tab at the top of the screen. 


 From here, you can toggle between Perspective and Orthographic viewing modes to change how your scene is presented.



To view your red, green, and blue XYZ origin in your scene, press the "Show Axes" button.





To choose a perspective to view your scene from, go to "Vantage Points". For example, selecting "Top" will give you a top-down view of your scene.






All of these options can also be accessed from the bottom right of the screen.

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