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Gizmo

The gizmo allows translation, rotation and scaling of selected meshes, or all visible meshes if no meshes are selected.

Clicking the "Gizmo Meshes" button shows a gizmo in the viewport and pops up a dialog window as follows:

The gizmo has three color-coded right-hand axes: X (red), Y (green), and Z (blue). It is initially centered at the center of manipulated meshes, and oriented with Z pointing to the camera and Y pointing th upward direction of the camera.

You can use either the gizmo or the dialog window to perform the operations as follows:

Using Gizmo​

The operation is performed by clicking the right mouse button on the following parts of the gizmo and moving the mouse with the button pressed:

  • 3 Colored Cubes: scale in X, Y or Z direction
  • 3 Colored Balls: scale uniformly
  • 3 Colored Rings: rotate around X, Y or Z axis
  • Central White Ball: translate in the plane perpendicular to the camera viewing direction.

Using Dialog Window​

You can set the parameters and the gizmo and manipulated meshes will translate, rotate and scale accordingly. You can click the "Pos.->0" button to translate the center to (0,0,0), and click the "Restore" button to restore to the initial state.

Finish​

Clicking this "Finish" button closes the dialog window and the gizmo. You must close the window before performing any other operations on meshes.