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SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
7.1 (2018 R1)
Smart Review Version
13.x(2018)

The view cone defines the boundaries of the area being displayed in the Main view. The view cone updates as you change the viewing angle, viewing direction, eye point, and as you define motion with the mouse or keypad. The view cone appears in the Plan and Elevation views.

Assume that you are in the eye point position (A). You are looking toward the center point of the view cone (D). The limits of your view are defined by the far-clipping plane (C) and the near-clipping plane (B). You see whatever lies between the two planes.

You can set the eye point and center point positions by dragging them with the mouse, or using the View > Settings > View Cone tab on the Position Control toolbar.

You can set the near and far clipping planes by dragging them with the mouse, or using the Place Far Clipping Plane command, or the Place Near Clipping Plane command.

The upper right side of the view cone is red, and the upper left side is green. The angle between the red and green lines is the view perspective. You can set the view perspective by dragging the edges of the view cone with the mouse, or by using either the View > Settings > View Cone tab or the Perspective toolbar.

  • To drag the view cone to place it without changing the current view orientation, click anywhere in the Plan or Elevation view except on the view cone lines or crosshairs.

  • To rotate the view cone about the center point, click the view cone eye point crosshairs.

  • To rotate the view cone about the eye point, click the view cone center point crosshairs.

  • To change the perspective angle, click the sides of the view cone.

  • To adjust the clipping planes, click the clipping planes in the view cone. If there is no near clipping plane, right-click while dragging the far clipping plane to switch to dragging the near clipping plane. Dragging the clipping planes behind the eye point turns them off.

  • The view cones in the Plan and Elevation views update during any fly-to transitions that are being performed in the Main view.

  • When using the mouse to change the view cone, if any of the regions overlap, Smart Review resolves the conflict in the following order:

    1. Eye point crosshairs

    2. Center point crosshairs

    3. Near clipping plane

    4. Far clipping plane

    5. View cone sides

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