3D view operations

When shape data is loaded, the shape is displayed in the 3D view screen of XSim. In 3D view, you can control the 3D display as follows.

Mouse operations

You can rotate, zoom and pan the 3D drawings on 3D view. 3D view operations with mouse is following.

3D view operations

Rotation	Zoom	Pan
Mouse left button + Drag	Mouse wheel roation	Mouse middle button + Drag

Keyboard operations

The viewpoint on 3D view can be set to an axis direction with keyboard key. At first, click 3D view to focus it, then push one of following keys to set viewpoint.

Key operations

Key	setting
X	Sets view direction to X-axis direction
Y	Sets view direction to Y-axis direction
Z	Sets view direction to Z-axis direction
A	Sets view direction to nearest axis direction of current view direction

Switching display mode

You can switch the display mode by clicking the icon at the bottom of the 3D view. Each feature is as follows.

• Switch draw mode

  Switches the 3D display in the order of "Opaque → Transparent → Wireframe".

  

  

  

• Fit all

  Moves the viewpoint so that the 3D shape is displayed at the center of the 3D view.

• Show/hide bounding box

  Shows/hides the bounding box of 3D shape with each direction length.

  

• Switch projection mode

  Switches perspective projection and orthographic projection on 3D view.