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Navigating Visible Body

Using Views to Get Started

There are eleven listings to chose from on the left margin of the screen: Ten system listings and one regional listing.

Under the regional listing are 72 regional Views. These combine systems and structures within specific areas of the body. They include numerous views for the head and neck, thoracic cage, abdominal cavity, pelvis, spine, upper limbs, and lower limbs.

Each system listing contains Views that show the structures within a specific system. These include Views of sub regions for a system—for example, the upper gastrointestinal tract of the digestive system. System Views also include close-ups and cross-sectional views of specific organs (for example, layers of the stomach wall), and Views that show systems or structures within the context of a body region (for example, the structures in the abdominal regional that surround the stomach).

Select the listing for the desired region or system. Click on any thumbnail to launch a View. Customize the View by panning, tilting and rotating the structures; hiding and adding structures; or changing specific structures to fade.

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Adjusting Views Using the Mouse and On-Screen Controls

All views can be customized. Use your mouse and on-screen controls to change the angle and zoom level of the models on screen or to select specific structures to add, delete, or show in solid or faded. The on-screen controls include a virtual joystick, directional arrows, a zoom slider, and action buttons.

Use your mouse or on-screen controls to change the angle or zoom level:

Pan: While holding down the spacebar, click and drag to move the model vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. Or, click the arrow buttons to move the 3D model vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.

Rotate: Click and drag the 3D model to rotate it in the direction the mouse is moved. Or, click and drag the virtual joystick to rotate the 3D model in the direction the joystick is moved.

Zoom in on an object: Double-click on an object in the 3D model to zoom in on that object.

Zoom out: Double-click on the white background to reset the 3D model position and zoom level to the initial state.

Zoom in or out: Spin the mouse wheel to adjust the zoom level. Or, drag the zoom slider to adjust the zoom level.

Use your mouse or on-screen controls to add, delete, or show structures in solid or fade:

Select an object: Click on the 3D model to select an object. The object will be highlighted in blue and its name and location will appear in the status bar above the model and in the menu to the left.

Select multiple objects: While holding down the Shift key, click on multiple objects in the 3D model to select multiple objects.

Select a related group of objects: While holding down the P key, click on an object to select it and its "parent" and "sibling" objects.

Select through transparent objects: While holding down the T key, click on an object visible through a transparent object to select that object.

Once a structure or group of structures is chosen (showing in blue) click on one of the action buttons to the left of the model: Hide, Fade, or Fade Others. Repeat until the desired custom view is achieved.

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Adjusting Views Using the Keyboard

All views can be customized by using your mouse and keyboard shortcuts that change the angle and zoom level of the structures on screen, or add, delete or change structures between showing solid and faded.

Rotate: Use the arrow keys to rotate the camera around the 3D model in the desired direction. Rotate around the x-axis by holding down the X key, clicking on an object, and moving your mouse to rotate. Rotate around the y-axis by holding down the Y key, clicking on an object, and moving your mouse to rotate.

Pan: Press W to pan the camera up, S to pan down, A to pan left, and D to pan right.

Zoom in or out: Hold = on the keyboard to zoom in, or hold - to zoom out.

Reset the view: Press the Home key to return the 3D model to its original position while maintaining the solid, transparent, or hidden state of all objects.

Show all objects: Press the End key to return to the solid state all the objects you have added to the viewing area.

Pan: While holding down the spacebar, click and drag to move the model vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.

Select multiple objects: While holding down the Shift key, click on multiple objects in the 3D model to select multiple objects.

Select a related group of objects: While holding down the P key, click on an object to select it and its "parent" and "sibling" objects.

Select through transparent objects: While holding down the T key, click on an object visible through a transparent object to select that object.

Hide all unselected objects: Press the O key with an object selected to make all other objects hidden.

Hide all selected objects: Press the H key with an object selected to make the object hidden.

Show an object in faded or slid: Press the V key with a solid object selected to make the object transparent.Press the V key with a transparent object selected to make the object solid.

Choose a pre-defined camera view: Use the 1 - 6 keys to set the camera to a pre-defined view. The views are: 1: Anterior, 2: Posterior, 3: Right, 4: Left, 5: Superior, 6: Inferior.

Store and choose a user-defined camera view: While holding down the Ctrl key, press the 7 - 0 keys to store your current camera view. Press the same numeric key again (without holding Ctrl) to return to the stored view at a later time.

Using the Search Bar

To search: Enter the name or part of the name of an object or group of objects in the Search Bar and click the magnifying glass icon. The results of your search appear in a search results window. Click on Add, Select, or Go To.

Add and Select: If the structure is not amongst the structures on screen the Add option appears; if it is, the Select button appears. Clicking on Add or Select turns the structure to the highlighted selected state.

Go To: Clicking on the Go To button zooms in on the solid structure, highlights it, and turns all other structures on screen to the fade state.

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