Tools and Layout
This article describes the tools and layout of the Digital Twin module.
Viewing Tools
Use ,
,
and
to rotate, pan, zoom in/out, and fit the view around the model.
Use to fit the view around a specified range of the model.
Use and
to navigate to the previous and next views.
Use to search for and quickly navigate to a location or city by entering the address, city name, or latitude and longitude. When clicked, a search bar, illlsutrated in the screenshot below, will open below the Viewing Tools in the upper right portion of the window, allowing the user to input their search query.
Use to rotate the view relative to the standard view orientations.
Use to simulate walking through the 3D digital twin.
Use to change the view between perspective and orthographic views.
Use to open a timeline slider at the bottom of the Digital Twin window that allows the user to select the timestamp for the sensor data displayed on the Digital Twin view.
The icon on the left of the timeline slider opens a date and time picker calendar, illustrated below.
Measure Tools
Click to expand Measure Tools, then select Measure Distance, and then use the tools to investigate the displayed objects:
- Using the mouse pointer, hover over an object.
A flyover displays information about the object.
- Click on the model to select the start point of the measurement.
- Repeat the steps to add more segments to the measurement.
The total distance between selected measurement points appears in the view.
Similarly, you can use other measurement tools to measure area, location, radius, angle, and perpendicular distance.
Selection Tool
In the 3D View, the Select Tool works together with the Selection Tool Settings and the Selection Scope options to refine selections of objects.
1. Click Select Tool (), and then click Selection Tool Settings (
).
A toolbar opens containing two sets of "Mode" options that you can use at any time to change the current selection set.
2. Click the Mode option , and then click on the model twice, drawing the endpoints of a line.
All objects intersected by this line become selected.
3. Click the Mode option , and then click on the model twice, drawing the endpoints of another line.
All objects intersected by this line become selected and are added to the existing selection set.
4. Click the Mode options and
, and then click on the model twice using a left-right direction, drawing the corners of a rectangular range block.
The existing selection set is replaced by a new one which consists of all objects inside the boundaries of the range block.
Whenever a selection set is made, an additional group of Select Tool icons appears in the 3D View. These allow you to manipulate the selection set.
5. Click Isolate Selected.
The display of all objects except the objects in the selection set is turned off.
The bottom of the 3D View has a toolbar with several tools that work with the Select Tool.
6. Click Clear Hide/Isolate/Emphasize.
The isolated view is cleared, and the view is redrawn. The un-displayed objects are again displayed.
7. Select Scope > Top Assembly.
This will set the "Selection Scope" which affects how objects are selected based on their hierarchy in the digital twin.
8. Click the Mode options and
, and click on an object.
The existing selection set is replaced by a new one which consists of all objects who are members of the top assembly the selected object is a member of.
Section Tools
1. Click Section Tools.
This opens a menu with four section tools:
2. Select Section by Plane and create the cutting plane by hovering the pointer over an object until part of it is highlighted, and then click when the plane glyph attached to the pointer is correctly oriented.
The cutting plane appears in the view.
3. Click and drag on the green arrow to move the clip plane.
4. Click away from the clip plane to turn off its display.
You can now view the sectioned objects.
When clipping is applied to the view, the following tools allow you to delete the clipping and hide the clipping element respectively.