View Toolbar

Option	Description
	Zoom Extents	Zoom to display the whole diagram.
	Zoom In	Zoom in. You can also use your mouse wheel to zoom in and out.
	Zoom Out	Zoom out.
	Set 3D Rotation Origin Point	Set the point around which to rotate objects. If you do not set a rotation origin point, DataBlast Ignite determines a centre point around which to rotate.
	Lock/Unlock Z Axis Rotation	Toggle whether movement in the Z direction is restricted when moving the diagram. You can specify the default state of this option in Local Settings.
	View - Rotate 3D	Enable rotation of all objects around the origin point. To stop rotating, right-click the mouse. To temporarily enable rotation, press and hold Alt while dragging the mouse on the diagram to rotate. If the Z axis rotation is unlocked, a circle displays when rotating. If you rotate with your mouse outside the circle, the diagram rotates in 2D. If you rotate with your mouse inside the circle, the diagram rotates in 3D. To cancel the rotation mode, right-click.
	View - Pan	Pan across the diagram. You can also hold the mouse scroll button while dragging to pan.
	Regenerate and Redraw Document	Regenerate the diagram from available information.
	3D Wire Display Mode	The 3D wire-frame mode displays the triangulated surface. See Create a Triangulated Surface from Points.
	Render Display Mode	The render mode looks like a continuous surface and includes colour images of textures. Render mode looks identical to the shade mode when there are no texture images on the 3D mesh.
	Shade Display Mode	The shade mode hides textures and displays a shaded surface on polyfaces.
	View - Top	View from the top.
	View - Back	View from the back.
	View - Front	View from the front.
	View - Left	View from the left.
	View - Right	View from the right.
	View - North East	View from the north-east.
	View - North West	View from the north-west.
	View - South East	View from the south-east.
	View - South West	View from the south-west.
	Show/Hide Section Slice	Toggle the display of a cross section of a pattern. See View a Cross Section of a 3D Diagram.

Zoom Extents

Zoom to display the whole diagram.

Zoom In

Zoom in. You can also use your mouse wheel to zoom in and out.

Zoom Out

Zoom out.

Set 3D Rotation Origin Point

Set the point around which to rotate objects. If you do not set a rotation origin point, DataBlast Ignite determines a centre point around which to rotate.

Lock/Unlock Z Axis Rotation

Toggle whether movement in the Z direction is restricted when moving the diagram. You can specify the default state of this option in Local Settings.

View - Rotate 3D

Enable rotation of all objects around the origin point. To stop rotating, right-click the mouse. To temporarily enable rotation, press and hold Alt while dragging the mouse on the diagram to rotate.

If the Z axis rotation is unlocked, a circle displays when rotating. If you rotate with your mouse outside the circle, the diagram rotates in 2D. If you rotate with your mouse inside the circle, the diagram rotates in 3D.

To cancel the rotation mode, right-click.

View - Pan

Pan across the diagram. You can also hold the mouse scroll button while dragging to pan.

Regenerate and Redraw Document

Regenerate the diagram from available information.

Switch Mode icon (3D wireframe)

3D Wire Display Mode

The 3D wire-frame mode displays the triangulated surface. See Create a Triangulated Surface from Points.

Switch Mode icon (Render)

Render Display Mode

The render mode looks like a continuous surface and includes colour images of textures. Render mode looks identical to the shade mode when there are no texture images on the 3D mesh.

Switch Mode icon (Shade)