How to Navigate the Plan Viewer

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Overview
• Panos and Viewports
• Changing the Reference Plan
• Basic Navigation
• Shortcut Keys
• Navigation Using WASD

Overview

In SiteView, reference plans are displayed in the Plan Viewer. Each pano is represented by a dot on the reference plan.

High Fidelity (HiFi) panos are created when you stop for 3 seconds during a video capture. In Plan Viewer, HiFi panos are marked with a star as seen below:

Note: If you need to open several Reference Plans, you can add more Plan Viewers to the screen:

1. Click on Manage viewers.  
2. Click on Add Viewer. 
3. Click on Plan Viewer.

 

Panos and Viewports

• The location of each photo captured (called a pano in SiteView) is marked with a light blue dot  on the Reference Plan. Click on a blue dot to view a pano in a specific location.

• The pano being displayed in each Capture Viewer is highlighted in orange, pink, green or lighter blue (depending on the amount of Capture Viewers shown).

• The highlighted pano also has a viewport spreading out from it. This represents the level of zoom selected using the mouse scroll wheel. 

• The viewport faces the direction you are pointing, and the span of the radar shows the field of view (FOV) of the displayed photo.

• The viewport rotates as you turn in the pano, and the view becomes smaller or larger as you zoom in and out of the pano, respectively.

• You might also see Sketch drawings shown in the form of text, polylines, symbols and Room (Sketch or Revit) locations. These graphics are used to make finding and identifying specific 3D spaces easier.

Changing the Reference Plan

To change the reference plan to a different one:

1. The lower left corner displays the name of the image you are currently using as the reference plan. Click the image name. 
2. Select the reference plan you want to use from the drop-down list.

Basic Navigation

• Move the reference plan by left clicking and dragging the image in the plan.
• Use the lower control options:
  • Click on the Measure icon to take measurements in SiteView. Measurement options:
    • Measure Distance
    • Measure Radius
    • Measure Angle
    • Measure Area
    • Measure Path 

      

  • Click on the True North icon to switch the plan orientation.
  • To show a satellite map view (shows trees, cars, houses, etc.), click on the Satellite View  icon. Click on the Map View  (shows street names, etc.) to change back.
  • Zoom in and out with the mouse scroll wheel or click on the Plus and Minus icons. Click Reset Zoom  to return to the default view.
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• Right click options:
  • Click on Show Sketch Drawings or Hide Sketch Drawings.
  • Click on Sync with Capture Viewers to dynamically sync the Plan Viewer with the Main Capture Viewer and/or secondary Capture Viewers.

Shortcut Keys

Shortcut keys to navigate the plan are:

• SHIFT + ‘+’ - Zoom In.
• SHIFT + ‘-’ - Zoom Out.
• Right arrow button - Move right.
• Left arrow button - Move left.
• Up arrow button - Move up.
• Down arrow button - Move down.
• SHIFT + Left arrow button - Rotate clockwise.
• SHIFT + Right arrow button - Rotate counterclockwise.
• SHIFT + Up arrow button - Tilt the plan forward.
• SHIFT + Down arrow button - Tilt the plan backward (after tilting forward).

Navigation Using WASD

• W - Move to the pano in front of you.
• A - Move to the pano left of you.
• S - Move to the pano behind you.
• D - Move to the pano right of you.