View/Update - 3D View Pane
The 3D view allows you to see just the walls in the selected wall design group. You can use the mouse or keyboard to rotate or pan the view. When the dialog first displays, by default the keyboard rotates and the mouse pans. Note that you can click in the view and then use the scroll wheel of the mouse to zoom in and out, if your mouse has a scroll wheel.
The buttons above the view behave as follows:
The buttons below the view behave as follows:
Menu Item/Image | Description |
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Show/Hide Section Cuts | Click to toggle section cut display on or off in the 3D view. If you have Mouse Selects Section Cut selected as the mouse action, this will be disabled, since section cuts must be displayed in order to select one. |
Show/Hide Rebar | Click to toggle rebar display on or off in the 3D view. If you have Mouse Selects Rebar selected as the mouse action, this will be disabled, since rebar must be displayed in order to select one. |
Show/Hide Mesh | Click to toggle mesh display on or off in the 3D view. The mesh displays colored stress contours when a section cut is selected and a load combination is selected for the section cut. |
Mesh Options | Click to show the Mesh Options pop-up dialog. |
Show/Hide Axes | Click to toggle display of the global coordinate axes. |
Show/Hide Section Cut Labels | Click to toggle display of the section cut labels. |
Increase Text Size | Click to increase the text size. Repeat as desired. |
Decrease Text Size | Click to decrease the text size. Repeat as desired. |
If you select a section cut, the actual segment in the section cut that you select will be highlighted in orange, and the other segments will be highlighted in white. The actual selected segment ID will be displayed in the status bar, along with the story name for the selected section cut.