Using the 3D controls

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Using the 3D controls

You can rotate the 3D view by dragging on the dark blue background. On a device with a mouse use the left mouse (primary) mouse button. On a touch device use a single finger touch.

You can pan the view by dragging with the right mouse button or with a 2 finger touch.

 

Selections

You can select single objects by clicking with the left mouse button or with a single finger touch. The selected object is shown as semitransparent. The axes (X, Y and Z) are also shown

3d-selection

You can change the colour of the selected 3D object by choosing a new fill colour in the colour palette.  N.B This will also change the fill colour of any selected 2D shapes.

 

You can drag a selected object forwards and backwards along the Z axis (shown in blue).

 

rubbish-bin

This button deletes all the 3D objects.

delete

This button deletes the selected 3D object.

paste-2d

This button makes a screen capture of the 3D view and pastes it as a PNG image into the drawing.

 

The slider will change the thickness (Z dimension) of the selected 3D object.