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1. Loading a Model
The Scene View allows you to manipulate various
aspects of the scene.
Selecting
You can select a model by double clicking on the
model, or selecting it with the scene view
Removing a Model
You can remove a model by right-clicking on the name
in the scene graph and selecting “Remove”.
The Minus sign “-” will also remove the current model.
You can also delete a model by selecting it and then
pressing the “delete” key on your keyboard.
Cloning a model
You can select a model in the scene and click the “+”
sign to clone it. The cloned object will appear in the
scene view.
2. Scene View
Click here to ‘Load’ your file. Multiple objects can be
loaded and manipulated independently. You can also
open scene files with the .CWS extension.
3. Object Info
4. Move View
The Move function allows you to move objects on
the build platform along the x:y:z axis by the distance
entered.
From left to right, the other tools are:
The ‘Place on Platform’ button will position the bottom
of the model to rest on the bottom of the build platform.
The ‘Center’ button will center the model at (0,0,0).
• Auto-Arrange will automatically lay out all models to
fit on the build platform. Any model that does not fit
within the build platform will be moved outside the
build area.
This tabs provides you with information about your
model
A model can be scaled (reduced or increased) by
selecting it, and using the ‘Scale’ view to enter in a
new scaler value. Press the tick button to re-scale
your object.
6. Scaling objects
7. Rotating Objects
8. View Options
Rotating a model works in a similar way to moving a
model. Simply select the model you want to work with,
and use the X/Y/Z +/- buttons to rotate the model by
your specified degrees.
The view option allows you to manipulate various
views and models.
On the top row from left to right:
• 50% Alpha-Blending toggle. This will allow you to
see through the objects in the scene to see the
geometry
• Show Slice Preview on Scene. After slicing this
toggles on/off the view of the 3D view of the
current slice layer as selected by the horizontal
scrollbar.
• Show Console. This toggle button shows or
hides the debug window. This window is used for
debugging purposes.
On the bottom row from left to right are tools to
change the way the objects appear on the screen:
• Show objects with a bounding box.
• Show objects with an outline
• Show selected objects in a different color
The Mirror view allows you to mirror the selected
object on the specified axis.
5. Mirroring Objects
