Viewing Objects and Scenes

on this page: the basics | a quick trip to the cinema

The Basics

Changing your view is an integral part of working with objects in a scene. Here are the basics:

Note: Changing your viewpoint of an object in the scene is different from moving the object. Don't move an object by selecting it and dragging its manipulators when you really mean to dolly, pan, or rotate in the Examiner Viewer, or navigate and tilt using the Walk Viewer.

A Quick Trip to the Cinema

Cosmo Worlds uses a cinematography model to explain the way you look at objects in your scene. For example, when you rotate an object to change your view, you are moving the camera around the object (not moving the object itself). Here are some basic terms used to describe viewing:

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