Edit menu in ViewGen

The settings in the Edit menu determine which and how the elements are displayed in the viewer window.
Click on Edit on the ViewGen menu bar to display the Edit drop-down menu (click on the pale line below immediately below Edit to display it as a Tear-off menu as shown below).

Either click on any option in the above menu to follow a link to the relevant section of the manual or work systematically through this section to see how to change the general viewer settings, determine which and how various elements of the model are displayed.

General Viewer display control:-

This is achieved via the View Controls window accessed by clicking on the View controls... option in the Edit menu.

The vertical exaggeration can be controlled by the slider at the right of the control box or numerically by entering a number into the Vert Exag data entry box, and then clicking on either the Apply or OK button.

In addition to moving the model using mouse actions, accurate and repeatable positioning can be achieved by inputting appropriate settings in the data entry boxes of the View Controls window and then pressing either the Apply or OK button.

The background can be changed from the default black to white using the White background toggle button and then pressing the Apply or OK button.

Toggle the Auto-rotate button "on" to spin the model about the model centre round an axis parallel to the screen vertical.  Toggling Auto-rotate "off" (default setting) stops auto-rotation.

With the Lighting "on" the model is lit from the front. Toggling this option "off" will turn off this light source.

The Reset view button puts the model display back to the default map projection.

Close dismisses the window without applying any additional changes, OK applies any changes and dismisses the View Controls window.

What elements are displayed:-

The following Edit options toggle on or off the main elements of the display.