Walk Viewer

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Use to: Navigate, dolly, and pan when viewing a scene. For example, use the Walk Viewer to look at architectural models from the inside, or to walk between buildings or across landscapes.

Find it: Choose View > Walk Viewer, or use Ctrl-k

How It Works

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The Walk Viewer uses a walking or driving metaphor to move the camera through the scene.

The Walk Viewer is one of two viewers in Cosmo Worlds. The other viewer, called the Examiner Viewer; lets you examine objects by rotating, dollying, and panning.

Both the Examiner Viewer and the Walk Viewer have a menu that you access by holding your right mouse button over the viewing area. Use this Viewer Menu to change the draw style (rendering characteristics) and preferences.

Trick: Click the Seek button , then click an object or point in your scene to move quickly toward it. Click again before the movement stops to seek toward a different object or point.

Viewer Controls and Menus

If you haven't looked at the Walk Viewer diagram, do so now. This image briefly describes the Walk Viewer's controls and toolbar buttons. For a full description of the viewer toolbar and the View palette, see Tools to Use: Viewing. There is also a viewer menu (accessed with the right mouse button). Use this to change the draw style and viewer-related preferences. See Viewer Menu for details.

Shortcuts

You can use keyboard shortcuts instead of the viewer controls. See Keys & Shortcuts for Viewing.

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