Surface View-Concepts

The Surface View command in AGi32 allows Room and Object surfaces to be selected and viewed singularly with only entities lying in the exact same coordinate location visible. This can be very handy when you are interested in performing operations either on that surface or in the immediate vicinity. Surface View is available from the View menu and from the Common toolbar.

The Surface view command functions in a slightly different manner depending on the entity type selected

Rooms - Surfaces selected are viewed from the perspective of an observer INSIDE the room. See the example at right. Looking at the Room in Plan view and selecting the wall seen as arrow (1), the surface view would appear as if you are inside the room. You can verify this by creating an example of your own and examining the X-coordinates.

 

 

Objects - Surfaces are viewed from the perspective of an observer OUTSIDE the Object. In the example shown below, both surfaces (1) and (2) are seen from the outside of the Object.

 

 

Leaving surface view - Surface view is like any other view, simply adjust the view using any of the View commands. It is typical to return to Plan view.Movement In and Out from a Surface - The current coordinate plane can be altered using the PageUp and PageDown keys from the keyboard. This can be valuable when placing objects slightly off a surface. For example: Set the Snap to the desired movement and back away using PageDown.