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The View Block is an interactive Block that enables users to capture, revisit, and share specific viewpoints within a Space.
How it Works
Let’s say you have a specific viewpoint of the User Camera onto the Content and Annotations in a space, and you want to capture and save this perspective to be able to revisit it at any later point in time. The View Block function is made for such a scenario.
Capturing a View
- Select the space or content you want to add the view to.
- Then, make sure you have positioned yourself, i.e., the user camera, at the position and orientation you want to capture relative to the selected content.
- Find the blocks section in the inspector.
- Select the View button. This will immediately capture the current perspective of the user camera. It will also take a snapshot of the 3D workspace which serves as a visual reference for easy identification of a saved view.
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Scale Capturing: Note that capturing a view will also save the transform scale used during capturing, meaning that when activating a specific view, the user will also switch to that transform scale. This can be useful, for example in cases in which certain observations are important to be viewed in their authentic scale (World Scale).
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View Block Features
Once a view has been captured, several functions are available in the block panel:
- Edit: Change the name of the view.
- Zoom To: Revisit the view by adjusting your user camera to the view’s position and orientation.
- Capture: Recapture a view.
- Summon: In a collaborative session, invite other users to assume this view (see Summon Other Users)
- Show: Toggle whether the 3D representation (camera) of the view is shown in the workspace.
- Sharing: Use a Public Sharing Link or a QR code that leads others directly to this view in this space.
Example: View Blocks for Collaboration