3D (Special)

The 3D-Special view in CadnaA enables to display the entire model considering hidden objects and the actual terrain shape.

The camera point can be defined using pre-defined paths or it can be moved freely within the model by use of the keyboard and the mouse. Provided a camera path has been defined the camera drive can be repeated easily and also can be saved as an AVI video file.

3D-Special View (Dialog CadnaA 3D): bottom left: grid legend, top right: mini map

The 3D-Special view may also serve as a checking tool: Use it to visually check for object’s geometry enabling to discover errors in the model more easily. In order to modify properties of an object double-click the respective object to get access to it‘s dialog. Modifications can be performed directly without closing the 3D-Special view. Changes to the geometry will be updated right away.

Calling the3D-Special view

The 3D-Special view is activated by clicking with the right mouse button on an object and selecting the command 3D-Special from the context menu. To this end, the edit mode has to be activated (CTRL+E).

You can move through your model by pressing the forward/backwards arrow keys on your keyboard. By keeping the left mouse button pressed the angle of and the flight direction can be controlled.

For more details regarding calling the 3D-Special view and on how to move trough your model see 3D-Special View in the CadnaA reference manual.

Terrain texture

Activated bitmaps - imported into CadnaA as a background image - will be displayed as a ground texture on 3D-Special view. This holds as well for bitmaps being imported from GoogleEarth CadnaA (see Importing Bitmaps from GoogleMaps in this manual).