Using the "Compass Rose"
Using the "Compass Rose"
The "Compass Rose" provides three sets of buttons that allow the model to be rotated, translated and scaled with single mouse clicks. The button toggles between R otation, T ranslation and S cale as shown here.
Timed action of all of these is possible if buttons are held down, and the consequent repeated actions can be stored in command files making it possible to programme and record viewing sequences. Use the Type drop-down menu to switch between rotation, translation and magnification options.
Default Rotation mode
Translation mode
Scaling mode
Setting compass rose attributesThis panel allows control of the magnitude of transformation per click, and the time delay bewtween frames when a button is held down.  |
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Programming transformations using the compass roseThe point has already been made that transformations using the compass rose are stored in command files just like any other command. It is worth repeating that "continuous" operations (those with a button repeating when held down) are also processed in this way: each repeat is stored like a separate "click" of the button. Thus a command file created in this way will have a sequence of many (possibly hundreds) of commands that are identical representing a series of repeated button presses. You can use this to your advantage to make command files that rotate and/or translate the model automatically. For example you could pre-programme a "walk-through" of a structure in this way by saving the commands necessary to move your view point through and around and the model.
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