Adobe 62000112DM User Guide - Page 408

ADOBE ACROBAT 3D VERSION 8 401 User Guide Note: The Walk tool is available when you select the Preferences setting that consolidates tools or when you right-click /Control-click the 3D model and choose Tools > Walk. 3D Measurement Tool Measures part sizes and distances in the 3D model. (Windows) Use the right mouse button to change the way several of the 3D navigation tools work. For the Rotate and Spin tools, right-click dragging temporarily shifts to the Zoom tool. For the Zoom tool, it makes the tool function like a Marquee Zoom tool, zooming to the area that you define when you drag. For the Walk tool, right-click dragging makes the tool function as the Pan tool. (Mac OS) If you have a one-button mouse, you can Control-drag or Optiondrag to make the Rotate and Spin tools temporarily act as the Pan tool. 3D toolbar view controls Default View Returns to a preset zoom, pan, rotation, and projection mode of the 3D model. You can use the Options menu in the View pane of the Model Tree or the Manage Views command on the 3D toolbar Views menu to set a different view as the default. If an object ever moves out of your view, you have, in essence, turned your camera completely away from the object. Click the Default View icon on the 3D toolbar to move the object back into view. Views menu Lists any views defined for the current 3D model. Toggle Model Tree Opens and hides the Model Tree. Play/Pause Animation Plays or pauses any JavaScript-enabled animation. The Play/Pause Animation pop-up menu opens a slider that you can drag back and forth to move to different times in the animation sequence. Projection Toggles between using perspective and orthographic projection of the 3D object. Model Render Mode menu Determines how the 3D shape appears. For an illustrated guide, see "Examples of model rendering modes" on page 401. Enable Extra Lighting menu Lists the different lighting effects, in which the number, color, orientation, and brightness of the lights, the reflectivity of the surface, and other factors affect the illumination of the 3D object. Experiment to get the visual effects you want. Background Color swatch Opens the color picker, which you can use to select a different color for the space surrounding the 3D object. Toggle Cross Section Shows and hides cross sections of the object. Click the pop-up button to open the Cross Section Properties dialog box. For more information, see "Create cross sections" on page 407. Examples of model rendering modes The model rendering modes include combinations of factors that affect the appearance of the 3D object. The illus­ tration below shows a simple object rendered in each of the available modes.