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TipsandTricksforDesignReview2009 |Autodesk,Inc.
• TipsforVirtualWalkthroughs:
o WhenconductingvirtualwalkthroughsofarchitecturalmodelsusingtheTour
BuildingWheelortheFullNavigationWheel,publishedlightsoftenleavetoomany
objectsasblackorgrayscale,makingitdifficulttodeterminewheregeometry
beginsorends.ExperimentwithvariousLightingOptionstoenhancethevisibilityof
objectssuchaswalls,windows,doors,orevenbuildingsinlargermodels.
o Decreaseorincreasethewalkspeed.Dependingonthenumberofobjectsinthe
modelyouaretouring,youmayfindthewalkthroughspeedtoofastortooslowto
allowexaminationofthevirtualspace.
i. RightclickthewheelandchooseOptionstodisplaytheSteeringWheeltabin
theOptionsDialogbox.
ii. MovetheWalkingSpeedslidertoincreaseordecreasethespeed.
• SavewhiteboardorotherinformationasanimageandaddittoaDWFfile.
a. Captureanimageusingacameraphoneorothercamera.
b. TransfertheimagetoyourcomputerviaBlueTooth,email,orothermethod.
c. AddtheimagetoaDWFfilebydragginganddroppingtotheContentspalette.
d. Afteraddingtheimage,youcanusetheRotateSheetbuttontochangetheimage
orientation.
• UsetheViewCubetosavetimewhenperformingmultipleoperations.Youcaninteractwith
theViewCubewhileanyoftheDesignReviewtoolsareactive.
o Whenapplyingmarkupsorcrosssectionstoa3Dmodel,insteadofselectingthe
Orbittooltochangetheview,clickanddragtheViewCubetochangethemodel
view.
• RightclicktheViewCubetoquicklyswitchbetweenPerspectiveandOrthographicviews.
• ResizeorrepositiontheViewCube.ChooseTools>Options,andontheViewCubetabinthe
Optionsdialogboxyoucanchangetheposition,size,andopacityoftheViewCube.
• WhenviewingaDWFfileembeddedinabrowserwindoworaMicrosoftOfficedocument,
youcansaveacopylocally.RightclickandchooseSaveAs.
• Whenviewinggeoreferencedmaps,quicklyswitchbetweenDisplayModeandEntryMode
bydouble‐clickingtheMaptoolbar.