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The other method is to right-click the control, and then choose an option.<br />

Context menu for the LookFrom control<br />

The difference between Isometric Mode and Twist Mode rotating the 3D viewpoint:<br />

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Isometric mode is like the Viewpoint or View commands<br />

Twist mode is like the RtRotF (3DOrbit) command<br />

The green dot indicates the cursor position, kind of like a laser pointer:<br />

Left: Isometric mode<br />

Right: Twist mode<br />

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When in Twist mode, click the center of the LookFrom control to return the view to its home view.<br />

DIFFERENCES IN SELECTION SETS<br />

You can assemble complex selection sets in BricsCAD through entity location (pick, Window, Crossing,<br />

and so on) and/or properties (color, linetype, and so on), as in AutoCAD. Many actions are the<br />

same between the two CAD programs, such as pressing Ctrl+A to select all objects in drawings. Like<br />

AutoCAD, BricsCAD makes sub-entity selection of 3D objects: faces, edges, and vertices.<br />

Like AutoCAD, BricsCAD uses colors to report to the user whether the current selection set is a<br />

crossing, window, or other. Unlike AutoCAD, however, BricsCAD also displays icons, as shown below.<br />

(The closest AutoCAD has to these icons are cursor badges, which show which command is effect.)<br />

BricsCAD uses colors and icons to report the style of a windowed selection:<br />

Left: Making a windowed selection.<br />

Right: Making a crossing selection.<br />

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