Viewport

Overview

The viewport extension is the primary way Omniverse Kit based apps “view” 3D worlds. It is our window by which we see our creative work.

Viewport Controls

1. Viewport Settings

2. Camera Selection

3. Shading Mode

4. Element Visibility

5. Current Layer

Viewport settings

Option	Usage
Viewport Settings	Resets settings found in the panel to their default values
Camera Speed	When in fly mode, how fast does the camera move
Gamepad Camera Controller	Enables Gamepad for camera control
Grid Color	The color of the grid lines
Selection Color	The color for selected entities
Selection Width	How large the selection box is
Bounding Box	Color of bounding box
Gizmo Constant Scale	Scale of Gizmos using Constant
Gizmo Global Scale	Scale of Gizmos using Global
Gizmo Style	Use 2D or 3D icons
Bind Camera to Gamepad	Connects the viewport to the gamepad input
Render Resolution Multiplier	Allows you to up/down sample your viewport based off Render Resolution (below).
Render Resolution	Base Resolution Rendered in the Viewport (Pixels x Pixels)

Selected Camera

• Perspective

• Top

• Front

• Right

Shading Mode

• RTX Realtime

• RTX Path-traced

• Iray Photoreal

• Iray Interactive

Show / Hide (Visibility) Menu (Video)

Whether on-screen assets or HUD elements, this menu gives users the ability to quickly show and hide a variety of elements.

Axis Indicator

Informs the user about the world orientation

Option	Sub-Option	Usage
HUD Stats	FPS Resolution Path Tracing Layer	Displays the current framerate. Displays the current rendered resolution. Displays the current/total sample per pixel and time to render. Displays the current Authoring Layer.
Display Purpose	Guide Proxy Render	Toggles Visibility of Assets Property Marked as Guides in Display Purpose. Toggles Visibility of Assets Property Marked as Proxy in Display Purpose. Toggles Visibility of Assets Property Marked as Render in Display Purpose.
Show By Type	Camera Lights Skeleton Joints Physics Mesh Mesh	Toggles Visibility of Cameras in Viewport Toggles Visibility of Lights in Viewport Toggles Visibility of Animation Skeletons in Viewport Toggles Visibility of Physics Joints in Viewport Display All, None or only Selected Physics Mesh(s). Toggles Visibility of Mesh Prims.
Selection Outline		Toggles Selection Highlighting
Axis		Toggles Axis Visibility
Grid		Toggles Grid Visibility
Timeline		Toggles Timeline Visibility*

Note

Even when toggled on, the timeline must be “moused over” to become visible.

Viewport Widgets

General Usage

• Operates in World or Local space

• Free move, constrained to a plane, constrained to an axis

• Incremental adjustments via snap settings

Translate

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• User can adjust position on a constrained axis by selecting 1 of the 3 axis controls

• User can can adjust position by selecting 1 of the 3 plane controls(squares)

• User can free move in screen space by grabbing the centroid of the widget

Rotation

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• User can adjust rotation on a constrained axis by selecting 1 of the 3 axis controls

• User can free move in screen space by grabbing the centroid of the widget

Scale

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• User can adjust non-uniform scale on a constrained axis by selecting 1 of the 3 axis controls

• User can uniformly scale by grabbing the centroid of the widget