View Manipulation
Setting the centre of rotation
Making the screen zoom into the point that you want to see
Setting the manipulation mode
The view manipulation functions are found in the View window and at the top of the view window toolbar .
or from the view window tool bar 
On the
View ribbon tab navigate to the Camera group. From the 
Z up mode drop-down list select one of the following:
| Icon | Description | Shortcut | |
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The Z axis is constrained to move in the vertical plane in your viewing direction, regardless of viewing angle. This is the default mode. | Z | |
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Look from mode – fixes the viewpoint. Use to maintain a fixed location in space. | K | |
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Plan view mode – sets the view to look down on the data. | P | |
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Screen mode – view can be rotated in any orientation. | S |
Tip:
To reset a view window to plan view and zoomed to the data extents, click
the Predefined views icon 
at the left end of the view window toolbar.
Setting the centre of rotation
When rotating a view, the centre of rotation is at the position of the axes in the view window. You can change the centre of rotation a number of ways.
The easiest method of relocating the centre of rotation is by clicking the keyboard C key followed by clicking at the new desired point.
For a more precise location for the centre of rotation, enter the coordinates into the status bar followed by the 
Complete or Enter.
Tip: Set the centre of rotation near the area of interest in the data set. This will ensure that the data you are interested in does not disappear when you rotate a view.
Tip: If the axes is blocking data from view, right-click and select Show axes to deselect it. Select it again to redisplay the axes.
Viewing a scan from origin
To view a scan from its origin (from the scanners point of view).
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Right-click on a point in the scan to open the context menu.
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Select
view scan from origin button.
The scan will now re-orientate to view all points from the scanners perspective.
Alternatively
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Change the selection mode to
point select, if it isn't in that mode. -
Select a point in the scan .
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Click the O key.
The scan will now re-orientate to view all points from the scanners perspective.
Making the screen zoom into the point that you want to see
Place the mouse cursor over the point of interest, hold down the Alt key and use the mouse wheel to zoom in to the cursors location.
Adjusting the pixel size
The points or the pixels size can be increased or decreased to enhance visibility.
Hands free manipulation
In this mode the Alt key does not need to be pressed to manipulate the objects with the mouse.
To select the hands free manipulation click the 
hands free button just above the project explorer.
Tip: Hold down Shift when manipulating the view to slow the rate of movement.
Displaying the panoramic data
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Right-click on any point in the scan to open the context menu.
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Select
Display Panoramic Data... to view the photo captured by the scanner. -
Use standard scan manipulation techniques to pan around.
Set a camera view point
This can be used to view the scene from a defined point.
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On the View ribbon tab navigate to the Camera group and select
Set View Point.Or from the view window tool bar select the
Set View Point -
Click a point in the scene to place the Camera position the position to look from.
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Click a point in the same scene where you want to be Looking at.
The view window will rotate and shift to re arrange your view.
Quitting geometry queries
The following geometry queries will display the status bar to indicate that they are active:
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Point query -
Distance query -
Geometry query -
Spot Height query
Depending on which tool is active other operations will become difficult to perform.
To quit the query tools click the 
in the status bar (bottom left of the screen) or press the Esc key.
Refer to the other functions of the view window toolbar for more advanced viewing features.
To move objects
within the 3D space of the view window, use the Freehand
manipulation tool 
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