Walking Through the Model - CAESAR II - Help

CAESAR II Users Guide

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CAESAR II lets you explore the model with a feature similar in operation to a virtual reality game. It produces the effect of walking towards the model. After you are close to or inside the model, you can look left, right, up, and down, step to a side, or ride an elevator up and down. Walk Through is useful in providing a real-time interactive view of the model.

Click Walk Through to display the cursor as a pair of feet.

Walking Around

You can begin walking by clicking and holding the left mouse button. Move forward by moving the mouse toward the top of the window. Move back by doing the opposite.

You can also pan the view by holding the center mouse button (or wheel) down while moving the mouse. This provides the panning effects of riding the elevator up/down or stepping to either side.

Walk Through also provides an additional control that aids in navigation. Clicking the various hot spots on the control duplicates mouse movements with the added benefit of providing the ability to move in a perfectly straight line.

In addition, Walk Through also provides you with the added functionality of determining the walking speed. In general, walking speed is determined by the distance between where you first click and how far you move the mouse. The keys below which, if held down while walking, effect walk through's operation:

Shift - Changes the walk mode to run mode, effectively doubling the walk speed.

Ctrl - Changes the walk mode to slow mode, effectively halving the walk speed.

Alt - Enables you to look left or right without changing the walk path. Releasing the key, automatically returns your viewpoint to looking forward.

To exit from this command, click any other command.