When enabled, objects are rendered as wireframes. Sets how objects in the scene are rendered. When Orthographic projection enabled, you can't use Orbit mode to position the view. In Orthographic projection, objects appear to be the same size, regardless of their distance from the viewpoint. In perspective projection, objects that are farther away from the viewpoint appear smaller in size and ultimately converge to a point in the distance. Sets the kind of projection that is used to draw the scene. Note: This is the only way to change the view direction when Orthographic projection is enabled. Positions the view to the right of the scene. Positions the view to the left of the scene. Positions the view in front of the scene. Applies only when you use the center part of the manipulator widget.įrames the selected object so that it's located in the center of the view. Restricts object manipulation to the z axis. Applies only when you use the center part of the manipulator widget. Restricts object manipulation to the y axis. Restricts object manipulation to the x axis. When this item is enabled, transformations affect the location and orientation of the pivot point of the selected object (The pivot point defines the center of translation, scaling, and rotation operations.) Otherwise, transformations affect the location and orientation of the object's geometry, relative to the pivot point. Otherwise, transformations on the selected object occur in local-space. When this item is enabled, transformations on the selected object occur in world-space. Note: This mode has no effect when Orthographic projection is enabled. If no object is selected, the path is centered on the scene origin. Positions the view on a circular path around the selected object. In Select mode, you can zoom in or out by using the mouse wheel while you press and hold Ctrl. In Zoom mode, select a point in the scene and then move it right or down to zoom in, or left or up to zoom out. In Select mode, you can press and hold Ctrl to activate Pan mode temporarily.Įnables the display of more or less scene detail relative to the window frame. To pan, select a point in the scene and move it around. Toolbar ItemĮnables selection of points, edges, faces, or objects in the scene, depending on the active selection mode.Įnables movement of a 3D scene relative to the window frame. This table describes the items on the Model Editor Mode toolbar, which are listed in the order in which they appear from left to right. Modeling tools and scripted commands are located on the Model Editor toolbar on the Model Editor design surface. The Model Editor toolbars contain commands that help you work with 3D models.Ĭommands that affect the state of the Model Editor are located on the Model Editor Mode toolbar in the main Visual Studio window.
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The following sections describe how to use the Model Editor to work with 3D models. For information about how to add more vertices to an object, see Modify objects. For information about how to add a primitive object to your scene, see Create and import 3D objects. For complex shapes, you add additional vertices by using extrusion or subdivision and then modify them. To create new and unique objects you add a primitive to the scene and then change its shape by modifying its vertices. In the Model Editor, each new object always begins as one of the basic 3D shapes-or primitives-that are built into the Model Editor. On the axis indicator, red represents the x-axis, green represents the y-axis, and blue represents the z-axis. The axis indicator shows the current axis orientation in the lower-right corner of the design surface. If no axis orientation is specified, Visual Studio uses the right-handed coordinate system by default. Visual Studio supports every orientation of the 3D axis, and loads axis orientation information from model file formats that support it. If you don't see the Graphics category in the Add New Item dialog, and you have the Image and 3D model editors component installed, graphics items are not supported for your project type.Įnter the Name of the model file, and then select Add.