Users can experience a Space and the data contained in it in different scale modes:
- Model Scale: Allows for the dynamic resizing of a space and its content, offering users the flexibility to visualize data at various scales beyond its original dimensions. This capability enables the content to be viewed as a scale model, which can be adjusted freely to different sizes according to user preference or specific visualization needs. It's particularly beneficial for gaining different perspectives of 3D datasets or models, such as a top-down, generalized view for a comprehensive understanding of spatial relationships, or the ability to zoom in for a closer examination of specific details.
- World Scale: Fixes all content within the 3D Workspace to a 1:1 scale in relation to the user perspective, enabling the visualization of data in its true dimensions. This feature is especially impactful when using the app with an XR device, as it allows users to experience the data in its original size and proportion.
You can switch between both modes using the Transform Panel in the inspector.
The transform panel accessible via the inspector. The scale mode can be changed at the top.
Notes:
- In Live Sessions, different users can assume different scale modes. They will see each other in different scales respectively. The User Avatar of a user in model scale might the for example appear very large to the perspective of a user in world scale.
- When capturing views (View Block), the scale mode is also saved. Any time a user assumes this view, they will automatically switch to the mode the view was captured in.
- The 3D navigation experience in World Scale scale differs from that in model scale, especially since spatial distances appear in their real dimensions using world scale. This means that movement might appear slower. On XR headsets, resizing using controllers is deactivated.
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