Working in Trimble Connect Visualizer

Before you take snapshots or create animations in Trimble Connect Visualizer , you can zoom, drag, and pan the model to get the desired views. You can also adjust the scene settings to control, for example, the brightness of the scene and the position of the sun.

Zoom, rotate, or pan the rendered model

Do any of the following:

To	Do this
Zoom in	Do either of the following: Scroll forward with the mouse wheel. Press the W key on the keyboard.
Zoom out	Scroll backward with the mouse wheel. Press the S key on the keyboard.
Rotate the model	Place the mouse pointer over the point around which you want to rotate the model. Hold down the left mouse button. Drag the model with the left mouse button. You can also press the arrow keys on the keyboard to rotate the model.
Pan the model	Hold down the middle mouse button. Drag the model with the middle mouse button. You can also press the A and D keys on the keyboard to pan the model.

Adjust the scene

In Trimble Connect Visualizer , you can modify the following scene settings:

The used skybox, or background, and its rotation
The position of the sun
The brightness of the scene
The visibility and position of the ground plane

Clickon the Trimble Connect Visualizer side pane.

Do any of the following:

To	Do this
Change the skybox	The skybox that is currently in use is highlighted with blue. To change the skybox: Click another skybox in the skybox selector at the top of Trimble Connect Visualizer. You can also create your own images as skyboxes. Note that all skybox images need to have a ratio of 2:1. Save the skyboxes in the C:\Users\<user>\Pictures\TrimbleConnectVisualizer\Skyboxes folder. The skyboxes will be available in the skybox selector the next time you open Trimble Connect Visualizer.
Rotate the skybox	Move the rotation slider at the top of Trimble Connect Visualizer. You can lock the position of the skybox and the direction of the sun together by clicking. After locking the direction of the sun and the position of the skybox, moving the rotation slider also moves the sun direction slider by the same amount.
Adjust the brightness of the scene	Move the brightness slider at the upper-right corner.
Adjust the position of the sun	Do any of the following: To change the direction of the sun, move the sun direction slider at the upper-left corner. You can lock the direction of the sun and the position of the skybox together by clicking. After locking the direction of the sun and the position of the skybox, moving the rotation slider also moves the sun direction slider by the same amount. To change the height of the sun above the horizon, move the sun height slider on the left side of the rendered model.
Show or hide the ground plane	To switch between showing and hiding the ground plane, clickon the left side of the rendered model. When the ground plane is switched on, a slider appears below thebutton. You can move the slider to adjust the height of the ground plane.

Take and view snapshots

Adjust the position of the model and the scene as needed.
Clickat the upper-left corner of the Trimble Connect Visualizer window.

Trimble Connect Visualizer takes a snapshot of the current view of the rendered model. The snapshots are saved in the C:\Users\<username>\Pictures\TrimbleConnectVisualizer folder.

To open the C:\Users\<username>\Pictures\TrimbleConnectVisualizer folder and view the snapshots that you have taken, click at the upper-left corner of the Trimble Connect Visualizer window.

Create animations

You can combine different views of the rendered model to create animations that show the model from different angles. Do the following:

Clickon the Trimble Connect Visualizer side pane.

Do any of the following:

To	Do this
Add a view	Move the model to get the view that you want to use. Click + on the toolbar below the view. Repeat steps a to b to create all necessary views. Note that when you have added multiple views, you need to click + on the right side of the view after which you want to add the new view. Similarly, click + or on the left side of the view before which you want to add the new view.
Remove a view from the animation	Click the Close button ( X ) at the upper-right corner of a view.
Set the time between views	The time between views determines the speed of the animation. Type the desired time in seconds in the box below the rendered model ().
Play or stop the animation	To play the animation, clickon the toolbar below the rendered model. To stop the animation and return to the first view, click.
Play the animation continuously	You can choose to play the animation in a loop without stopping. Clickon the toolbar below the rendered model. To play the animation, click.
Freeze the sun position in the animation	In each view you create, the sun is in a different position. Animations can look strange if the sun moves, so it might be helpful to freeze the sun position. Clickon the toolbar below the rendered model.

To save the animation, use a screen recorder, such as the built-in free screen recorded in Windows 10.
You can find more information, for example, here.