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Setting a camera view and the Look Around tool

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Setting a camera view and the Look Around tool

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- [Instructor] Sometimes it can be difficult to set your camera in your model to view it as you would at human scale standing in the space. The Position Camera tool allows you to set the camera within the model at a specific eye height. We can find this tool under Camera > Position Camera. Now you can see my cursor has changed to be a little figure of a person. There are two ways to use the Position Camera tool. If I click and release on a face within the model, the camera will be set down directly over that click point at five foot six higher than the face you clicked on. So, if I click on this patio over here, it's going to be five foot six higher than that. You may notice, after using this tool, an eye icon is now active where the cursor is. This is the Look Around tool. This automatically activates after using the Position Camera tool. Now, I can click and drag to move my camera and view up or down and around the space…

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