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Use the 3D SteeringWheels

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Autodesk® SteeringWheels®, or wheels, are part of the Design Review user interface and provide several ways to change the view. Like a toolbar, each SteeringWheel provides easy access to many related tools. The tool buttons on the wheel are called wedges . Design Review has several SteeringWheels: the 2D Navigation Wheel, View Object Wheel, the Tour Building Wheel, and the Full Navigation Wheel.

Additionally, the 3D wheels have “Mini Wheel” variants. The Mini Wheels contain most of the same tool wedges as their full-size counterparts and can be also be accessed from the Canvas toolbar and wheel context menu locations.

All of the wheels are tracking menus because they track, or follow, the mouse pointer within the canvas when a wheel is enabled. The tools vary depending on which SteeringWheel is shown.

Of the available 3D SteeringWheels, two are sometimes referred to as Easy Wheels: the View Object Wheel and the Tour Building Wheel. As their names imply, each Easy Wheel is intended to make it easier for reviewers who have little or no experience manipulating 3D objects on screen to view particular types of models. Unlike the Easy Wheels, the Full Navigation Wheel contains the complete Easy Wheel toolsets and more. The Full Navigation Wheel is intended for more advanced users of Design Review.

By default, when you view a 3D model, the Full Navigation Wheel is displayed, pinned, in the lower-left corner of the canvas. As you move the mouse pointer over the pinned wheel, a tabbed dialog box is displayed. The tabs are labeled “New to 3D” and “Familiar with 3D”. Click either tab to see information about the various SteeringWheels that are available.

On the Familiar with 3D tab, in addition to the Full Navigation Wheel, you have the option of selecting one of the three Mini 3D Wheels. The Mini Wheels most of the same tool wedges as their full-size counterparts. The main difference of with the Mini Wheels, is that the wheel is also the mouse pointer.

ImportantSaving to My Views retains display changes, such as cross sections, field of view, layers, lighting, and 3D object movements and rotations.

To unpin a SteeringWheel

Move the mouse pointer over the wheel that is pinned to the canvas to display the SteeringWheels dialog box.
Click either the New to 3D tab or the Familiar with 3D tab.
Click a wheel to activate it.

TipYou can also click the pinned wheel itself, or click the SteeringWheel drop-down

on the Canvas toolbar and select a wheel.

To start Design Review with no pinned SteeringWheel displayed

Click the application button Options.
On the SteeringWheels tab, in the Display group, uncheck Display the Pinned Wheel on Startup.
Click OK.
The next time Design Review starts, no wheel will be pinned to the canvas.
NoteTo display the pinned wheel, follow these steps but check the Display the Pinned Wheel at Startup option. The next time you start Design Review, and view a 3D model, the wheel will be pinned to the canvas.

To access the Wheel Menu

In the lower, right corner of a wheel, click the Wheel Menu button.

TipYou can also right-click anywhere on a wheel to access the menu.

3D SteeringWheel Menu Commands

Icon	Menu Choice	Description
	2D Navigation Wheel	This button is unavailable. The 2D Navigation Wheel is not available when viewing 3D content.
	View Object Wheel	Switch to the View Object Wheel.
	Tour Building Wheel	Switch to the Tour Building Wheel.
	Full Navigation Wheel	Switch to the Full Navigation Wheel.
	Mini View Object Wheel	Switch to the Mini View Object Wheel.
	Mini Tour Building Wheel	Switch to the Mini Tour Building Wheel.
	Mini Full Navigation Wheel	Switch to the Mini Full Navigation Wheel.
	Go Home	Switch to the Home view of the model as defined by the designer in the authoring application. If the file has no specified Home view, the Starting view is used.
	Fit to Window	Zoom the view to fit the object on the canvas.
	Level Camera*	Rotate the camera angle to zero degrees on the X-axis.
	Increase Walk Speed*	Incrementally increase the speed of the Walk tool.
	Decrease Walk Speed*	Incrementally decrease the speed of the Walk tool.
	Constrain Walk to Ground Plane*	Keep the camera level with the ground while using the Walk tool. Checked by default. This option can also be set on the SteeringWheel tab in the program Options dialog box.
	Invert Axis*	Invert the Look tool axis. This option can also be set on the SteeringWheel tab in the program Options dialog box.
	Restore Original Center	Restore the default Pivot location.
	Help	Open the Design Review Help file.
	Options	Open the Options Dialog box SteeringWheels tab.
	Close Wheel	Exit the SteeringWheel and switch to the Orbit tool.
* These commands are available on the Full Navigation Wheel and Mini Wheels only.