3D Window

The 3D window displays your model in real perspective or axonometry: this gives the best overall view of what the final building will really look like, inside and out.

In the 3D window, you can directly edit your model, and create new construction elements, in either perspective or parallel view, using any of the construction tools.

The 3D window is directly linked to the Floor Plan and to the Section/Elevation/IE windows: any changes made on the Floor Plan or in a Section/Elevation/IE window will be visible in the 3D window and vice versa.

3D Documents can be derived from either a 3D Window source or the Floor Plan. If you change the projection, the cutting planes, the zoom level or the selected/marqueed/filtered items of the 3D source window, you can redefine the 3D Document accordingly.

See 3D Document.

Special navigation techniques in the 3D Window let you explore the model much more freely than in other windows.

For more information, see Navigation in the 3D Window.

The 3D display of individual construction elements is controlled by the options of the Model panel in their Settings Dialog box.

General settings affecting the parameters for displaying the 3D window are in 3D Window Settings.

See 3D Window Settings.

The commands that affect the set of elements displayed in 3D are in the View > Elements in 3D View and the View > 3D View Options hierarchical menus.

These commands are also accessible in the 3D Visualization toolbar.