Viewport Controls¶

This document describes the user interface (UI) controls within the Viewport:

Viewport Settings¶

You can configure two components of the Viewport with Viewport settings:

Setting	Description
Reset Camera	Resets all camera settings to their original values
Camera Speed	Sets the speed of the camera when navigating in the Viewport
Camera Speed Scaler	Controls navigation speed
Adaptive Camera Speed	Normalizes the camera speed by its current sphere of interest
Show Speed on Interaction	Shows the current speed when navigating the Viewport
Gamepad Camera Control	Allows you to control the camera with a gamepad
Stop Keyboard On Mouse Up	Stops walk mode when you release the right mouse button
Enable Inertia Mode	Enables inertia on camera movements
Camera Inertia	Controls the inertia of camera movements
Enable Rotational Smoothing	Applies orbit and look rotations over time
Rotational Smoothing Scale	Sets the scaling factor for the time applied to rotations
Rotational Smoothing Always	Applies rotational smoothing outside of walk mode
Enable Gestures	Enables gesture fall off for camera manipulation

Setting	Description
Reset Viewport	Resets all Viewport settings to their original values
Grid Color	Sets the color of the grid lines
Grid Line Width	Sets the width of the grid lines
Grid Size	Sets the size of the grid cells
Grid Fadeout	Sets the distance from the camera where the grid lines fade out
Selection Color	Sets the color for selected entities
Selection Width	Sets the size of the selection box
Bounding Box Color	Sets the color of the bounding box
Gizmo Line Width	Sets the width of the gizmo outline
Gizmo Constant Scale	Scales gizmos using this constant value
Gizmo Global Scale	Scales gizmos using this global value
Gizmo Min FadeOut	Sets the distance from the camera where gizmos* appear at full size (Gizmos farther away scale down until the Gizmo Max FadeOut distance where they are no longer visible.)
Gizmo Max FadeOut	Sets the distance from the camera where gizmos* no longer appear
Set FPS Limit	Limits the Viewport rendering framerate to the specified FPS Limit
FPS Limit with Busy Loop	Limits the Viewport rendering framerate with a busy loop
FPS Limit	Sets the framerate in frames per second (FPS) if Set FPS Limit is checked
Render Resolution Multiplier	Upsamples or downsamples your Viewport relative to the specified Render Resolution
Aperture Policy	Sets the simulated aperture behavior
Render Resolution	Sets the base resolution rendered in the Viewport
Fill Viewport	Fills the viewport with the scene

Note

*Only joint gizmos use this feature.

Option	Description
Camera	Provides a view through the selected camera
Perspective	Provides a view through a configured perspective (Configure this under Camera in the Property panel.)
Top	Provides a view through the origin from the positive side of z-axis
Front	Provides a view through the origin from the positive side of x-axis
Right	Provides a view through the origin from the positive side of y-axis

Option	Description
RTX – Real-Time	Sets the renderer to RTX – Real-Time
RTX – Interactive (Path Tracing)	Sets the renderer to RTX – Interactive (Path Tracing)
RTX – Accurate (Iray)	Sets the renderer to RTX – Accurate (Iray)
Pixar Storm	Sets the renderer to Pixar Storm
White mode	Uses a simple mode material for all opaque objects
Wireframe mode	Uses non-shaded wireframes for all objects
Shaded Wireframe mode	Uses shaded wireframes for all objects

Option	Description
HUD Stats	Toggles the visibility of the following HUD statistics: Fps GPU Memory Host Memory Resolution PathTracing Layer
Display Purpose	Toggles the visibility of Display Purpose assets marked as the following: Guide Proxy Render
Show By Type	Toggles the visibility of the following elements in the Viewport: Cameras Lights Skeleton Physics Mesh Audio
Selection Outline	Toggles selection highlighting
Axis	Toggles the visibility of axes
Grid	Toggles the visibility of the grid