Viewpoints Options

Two view attributes can be saved with a viewpoint:

  • Hide/Required - whether items are hidden or required.

  • Override Materials - the color and transparency of items.

You can set a viewpoint to save either attribute by editing the viewpoint. To update changes to overridden material or hide/required, use Update in the viewpoints context menu. Be careful, though, as this also updates the point of view as well, which may disrupt any redline information stored with the viewpoint.

By default these attributes are not stored with new saved viewpoints. If you do wish them to be saved by default, then this can set in the Viewpoints Options

    Setting the default viewpoints options

  1. Go to Tools, Global Options, Viewpoints

    The Viewpoints dialog is displayed

  2. Check the Hide/Required check box if you want to save the hidden and required items with the viewpoints you save. This means that when returning to those viewpoints, the items that were hidden when the viewpoint was saved will be hidden again and those that were drawn will be drawn again. The default is unchecked as it requires a relatively large amount of memory to save this state information with each viewpoint. See for more information on hidden items and for more information on making items required.

  3. Check the Override Material check box if you want to save the material overrides with the viewpoints you save. This means that when returning to those viewpoints, the material overrides set when the viewpoint was saved will be reinstated. The default is unchecked as it requires a relatively large amount of memory to save this state information with each viewpoint. See for more information on overriding materials.

  4. Check the Override Model Linear Speed to be able to set a specific speed to navigate on loading a model. Without this checked, the linear navigation speed is directly related to the size of the model loaded.

  5. The Default Angular Speed can be set to any number of degrees per second. This affects the speed at which the camera turns.

  6. Click OK to set the profile or Cancel to exit the dialog without setting it.

Collision detection settings can also be saved with a viewpoint, including whether collision detection, gravity, crouching and third person view are enabled.

You can set a viewpoint to save any of these settings by editing the viewpoint, in the same way as the view attributes, above.

By default, all of the collision detection settings are disabled. If you wish to save your preferred collision detection setting defaults, which will be used each time you open a model or a new JetStream session, then these can be set in the Viewpoints Options

    Setting the default collision detection options

  1. Go to Tools, Global Options, Viewpoints and click the Settings... button.

  2. Select the default options you wish JetStream to initialize with. See >Editing Viewpoints for a description of each of the available options.

    Note

    These default collision detection settings differ from the current viewpoint settings, in that these do not alter the current scene. These settings will only be used when starting JetStream, or opening a new model. To edit the collision detection settings in the current scene, see

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