3D View

The controller's own 3D view, embedded in a screen. It follows the robot as it moves.

The 3D View shows the controller’s own live 3D view of the robot, embedded in a screen. It needs no tags — size it, position it, and it shows the robot moving.

Adding the control

1. Open the document and select the screen you want from the screen tabs.
2. In the control palette, press 3D View and drag it onto the canvas.
3. Size it generously. The view has its own layout and does not scale to fit.

Properties

Property	What it does
Respond to touch	On (the default), operators can pan and zoom the view and move its target by touching it. Turn it off to make the view display-only: it still follows the robot live, but touches do nothing.
Starting view	The framing the view opens with. By default it opens on the controller’s own framing. To use your own: press Preview, pan and zoom the view how you want it, then tap Capture view in its corner. Reset to default framing goes back. At runtime the view shows a loading spinner until the captured framing is applied, then appears already framed.

Capture a starting view and turn Respond to touch off to get a fixed, author-framed status view — the picture stays where you put it, and the robot moves inside it.

Note

The 3D View draws in the runtime and in Preview, but not on the editing canvas — while you are laying a screen out it is an empty frame. Press Preview to see it.

Related

• Position — the robot’s pose as numbers rather than a picture.
• Your first screen — the Preview button and where it lives.