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In VisionLidar, navigating in the point cloud was designed to be as intuitive as possible. Here is a list of the main functions available:
- Drag with the left mouse button: Rotate the view
- Drag with the right mouse button: Zooms the view, dragging up zooms out and dragging down zooms in.
- Drag with both left and right mouse button simultaneously: Pan the view
- Drag with the mouse scroll button: Pan the view
- Mouse scroll: Zoom in the view
- Double click with the left mouse button: Updates center point of the viewer at the double-clicked point
- Spacebar: Reset the view to show the entire indexed point cloud
Furthermore, several icons are available to help with navigating and viewing the point cloud:
| Icon | Name | Description |
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| Invert zoom for mouse scroll button | Invert the zooming direction of the scroll button on the mouse. |
| Fix vertical axis in rotation | When rotating, this option fixes the vertical axis so that the global orientation of the view is maintained. |
| Top view | Fix the view on top of the center point, rotations will only be possible around the vertical axis. Note that the view is still projected and not orthogonal. |
| Left view | Fix the vertical axis upward and the Y axis to the left, rotations will only be possible around the vertical axis. |
| Face view | Fix the vertical axis upward and the X axis to the right, rotations will only be possible around the vertical axis. |
| Rotation | Forces the left mouse button to execute a rotation. |
| Pan | Forces the left mouse button to execute a pan. |
| Zoom | Forces the left mouse button to execute a zoom. |
| Zoom window | The left button make a zooming window in the point cloud, re-centering the view in that window. |
| Zoom extents | Brings the view to its original position to view all indexed points. |
| Magnifier | Creates a zooming window around the mouse cursor |
| Edge locator | Enhances the edges of planes around the mouse cursor |
| Show point information | Gives you the coordinates of the point (X, Y & Z) and its attributes (class, scan number & GPS time) |
| Show "Surface cursor" for pick point | Opens the "Pick toolbar" menu in which you can select differents different types of cursor |
| Configure camera path | Let you configure the path the camera will follow. You can do it by dragging the project with the mouse or by alignement or by picking point. |
| Play and record camera path | Will play and save the path you selected in ''Configure camera path''. |
| Save image of the current screen | Will make a screenshot ot the point cloud as display on the screen. Can also be used as the project icon in VisionLidar 365. |
| Display program information | Shows the information about the software (build version, license type & copy rightscopyrights) |
