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Camera Roll:
Using Virtual Machine Models with CeRun and Gener
Navigating the Simulation Window
The camera is oriented so that “up” is along the positive Z direction (of the selected VM Grid
object) in all views except Top and Bottom, where “up” is instead along the positive Y direction.
The following keys can be used to roll (i.e., tilt) the camera clockwise or counterclockwise.
Roll Key
90° cclw Ctrl Left arrow
1° cclw Ctrl Shift Left arrow
90° clw Ctrl Right arrow
1° clw Ctrl Shift Right arrow
Camera origin and attachment:
You can attach the camera to an object in the scene. If the object moves, so will the camera. You
must select the object first before you can attach the camera to it (hold the Ctrl button down to
select an object when in Camera mode). Click on an object to select it. Hold Shift when selecting
to select multiple objects or to undo a selection.
� Click left-mouse to select object.
� Hold Shift and click left-mouse to add/remove object from list of selected objects.
� Simulation»Camera»Attach to attach camera to last selected object.
Selecting Simulation»Camera»Attach when no objects are selected resets the camera back to the
world origin (left-mouse clicking on the background is one way to ensure that no objects are
selected).
Camera viewpoint:
The creator of the machine model can (and should) define a series of predefined views (not to be
confused with the standard perspective, front, rear, etc. views described earlier) to simplify
viewing the model during
simulation. These might
show a full view of the
machine, a detailed view of
the table, perhaps a view
from the tool's perspective,
and so on. In the absence of
any view information,
CeRun will show the
machine with the camera
placed well back in the
negative machine Y-axis
direction, as shown in the
image at right.
To switch between predefined
views, press one of the
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