The Perspective

You can switch between room rotation and the camera mode in the Control area of the Perspective index card. The mode that is active will be shown by a greyed out symbol.

	Room Rotation	When room rotation is activated you can rotate the room in front of the camera.
	Camera mode	In camera mode you can move the camera freely through the scene.

The difference between camera mode and room rotation

The camera mode

In camera mode you change the picture section in the perspective window by placing a virtual camera at any position desired, inside or outside the room. For this, you can also set the camera height, the view direction and the visual angle. To set the perspective in this way works as if you are moving through the room yourself, and you can even also turn or tilt your head in any direction.

• In camera mode, the room always stays at the same place. In order to enlarge or reduce the kitchen in the image display, you must either move toward or further away from the kitchen. The camera mode is optimally suited for movement directly within the room, because with it you can "look around" the kitchen very intuitively.

• When you move the virtual camera forward, into the room, the picture of the kitchen in the perspective will be enlarged..

The room rotation

With the room rotation, you have a second option The word option (from Latin: optio = free will) used in computing means a choice. In CARAT it is normally used with a list box. for modifying the picture section in the perspective window. However, in this mode not the camera but rather the room itself moves. With room rotation, the camera always stays at the same position.

The room rotation is optimally suited for all perspectives for which you want to get an total overview of the room, thus for perspectives where the camera is clearly outside the room. In this mode, the virtual camera is stationary, and always aligned with the view direction at the centre of the room.

• With the control options in CARAT, you can move back and forth, and turn and tilt the entire room, including all planned articles, in front of the camera. For example, in order to enlarge the kitchen in the picture section of the perspective, you now would move the kitchen closer to the camera. To make the kitchen in the picture section smaller, you move the room away from the camera.

• When you move the room away from the camera, the picture of the kitchen in the perspective will be reduced.

In order to get to any position in the scene, you can show an extra control element to control the camera easier. Activate for this the option Perspective control on the perspective index card in the menu ribbon. Thereupon, a pie menu with the typical directions of movement will be blended in at the bottom left corner of the perspective.

By using the symbol buttons In dialogue windows you always find one or more buttons that can be activated by clicking on them. Typical functions for buttons are e.g. OK, Cancel, Apply. Buttons are always activated by a single click with the left mouse button. of the pie menu, you can modify the position of the camera in the room, and change its line of sight in real time, and thus walk through the kitchen. If you rest your mouse pointer shortly over a button, you will see an on the mode depending relevant short info.

Camera mode

	1	Forward	Moving the camera forwards in the scene.
	2	Pan, right	Pan the camera to the right.
	3	Sideways, right	Moving the camera sideways to the right.
	4	Cant, downward	Canting the camera downwards.
	5	Backward	Moving the camera backwards, away from the scene.
	6	Cant, upward	Canting the camera upwards.
	7	Sideways, left	Moving the camera sideways to the left.
	8	Pan, left	Pan the camera to the left.
	9	Standard position	Setting the standard position of the camera.

Room Rotation

	1	Zoom out	Increasing the distance to the room.
	2	Rotate, right	Rotate the room to the right
	3	Sideways, right	Moving the room sideways to the right.
	4	Tilt, backward	Tilting the room backwards.
	5	Zoom in	Decreasing the distance to the room.
	6	Tilt, forward	Tilting the room forwards.
	7	Sideways, left	Moving the room sideways to the left.
	8	Rotate, left	Rotate the room to the left.
	9	Standard position	Setting the standard position of the camera.

It allows the kitchen planner an even more simple and quicker handling in the perspective. Walking through the virtual dream kitchen in real-time becomes more realistic and, due to the intuitive operational concept of the 3D-Mouse, even the customer him/herself can move around in the new kitchen.

With a 3D mouse the navigation occurs via a cap, that can move in 6 directions. Furthermore, commands for applications can be saved and operated with one key press via programmable key's. Studies have shown that 3D-designers already can improve their productivity, only because they can operate a 3D mouse with the non-dominant hand besides the operation of a normal mouse.

Simple Navigation

By touching the cap of the 3D-mouse you can move, zoom and turn models or objects on your screen simultaneously, without using your normal mouse.

The 6 degrees of freedom allow for a positioning of a model or a scene in a three dimensional room with one single intuitive, flowing motion.

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You can also move the camera in the perspective window directly by mouse click. For this is the perspective window divided in 10 area's. Depending on where you click, and if the caps button (shift-key The Shift-key is a key that appears on the computer keyboard and type writer. The key is most often used to make lower-case letters into upper-case letters by holding it down while selecting the relevant letter.) is clicked additionally, the camera can be moved accordingly. For this please note the following illustration of the area's.

Symbols:	Description:
	If you move the mouse at the edge of each middle area, the symbol of the mouse pointer changes to show that the camera can be moved upwards, downwards, to the left or the right.
	If you move the mouse at the edge of each middle area and you click the caps button at the same time, the symbol of the mouse pointer changes to show that the camera can be tilted upwards or downwards, or be panned to the left or the right.
	If you move the mouse in the corners of the perspective window, the symbol of the mouse pointer changes, to show that the camera can be moved slanting upward left, upward right, downward right or downward left.
	If you move the mouse pointer a little above or below the middle of the centre area of the perspective window, the symbol of the mouse pointer changes, to show that you can move the camera in and out of the scene.