Look Tool

Look Tool

The Look tool rotates the view horizontally and vertically from a fixed point.

With the Look tool, you can rotate the current view vertically and horizontally. When rotating the view, the Look tool rotates your line of sight about the current eye position, like turning your head. Look is comparable to standing in a fixed location while looking up, down, left, and right.
When using the Look tool, you adjust the view of the model by dragging the cursor. As you drag the cursor, the cursor icon changes to the Look cursor and the model rotates around the location of the current view.

Walking through a Model

When using the Look tool, you can walk through a model by using the arrow keys on the keyboard. You can adjust the walk speed with the Walk tool settings.

Invert Vertical Axis

By default, when you drag the cursor upward, the target point of the view raises; dragging the cursor downward lowers the target point of the view. If you prefer, you can reverse this behavior by turning on the Invert Vertical Axis option.

Procedures

To look around the scene:

1. Display a wheel that has the Look tool.
2. Click the Look wedge. Hold down the button on your pointing device.
3. When the Look cursor is displayed, drag the cursor up, down, left, and right to change the direction in which you are looking.
4. Release the button on your pointing device to return to the wheel.
5. To exit the wheel, right-click.

To look around the view and walk through the model

1. Display the Full Navigation wheel.
2. Click the Look wedge. Hold down the button on your pointing device.
3. When the Look cursor is displayed, drag the cursor up, down, left, and right to change the direction in which you are looking.
4. While holding down the button on your pointing device, press the arrow keys to walk in the model.
5. Release the button on your pointing device to return to the wheel.
6. To exit the wheel, right-click.