Autodesk LIGHTSCAPE, Manual

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Lightscape
Displaying Axes
Use the Show Axis option to display a set of X, Y, and
Z axes, which indicate the current orientation of
your model. The axes appear in the lower-left corner
of the model. The X axis is displayed in red, the Y
axis in green, and the Z axis in blue.
To display axes:
Choose Display | Show Axis to toggle the axes
display on or off. A check mark next to the menu
item indicates the axes are currently displayed.
Using Auto-Redraw
Choose this option in the Display menu to redraw
the model in the Graphic window after every
change. If you do not need to view changes immedi-
ately, you can improve performance by disabling this
option so that changes in material editing or texture
alignment do not cause an automatic redraw.
You can choose Display | Refresh or press F5 to
explicitly cause a redraw when required.
Using Auto-Orbit
Choose this option to cause the model to continu-
ously rotate around the focus point of the current
view. Toggle Auto-Orbit on and off by selecting it
from the Display menu. This option is only available
in Perspective view.
Using Reload Textures
Choose this option to reload all texture image files
into the materials that use them. You should select
this function after you have modified image maps,
changed their filenames, or changed the Fixed Tile
Size option and settings in the Material Properties
dialog. For more information, see Chapter 7, “Using
Materials.”
Selecting Objects
Before you can perform an action on an object, you
must select it. You can select single or multiple
blocks, surfaces, or luminaires. You can also select
objects inside a particular area or select objects
based on a set of selection filters.
You can use any of the following methods to access
the selection options.
Menu: Button: Hot Key:
Edit | Selection | Select Shift+1
Edit | Selection | Query Select Shift+Q
Edit | Selection | Area Any
Vertex Shift+2
Edit | Selection | Area All Ver-
tices Shift+0
Edit | Selection | Deselect Area
Any Shift+V
Selection filters Selection tools
Selection
options