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02_preview
The preview panel is made up of several information displays and widgets that can be interacted with to alter the preview window.
- Rotates the sun around the terrain (turntable style).
- Rotates the sun over the terrain, from 0 degrees (matching the horizon) to 90 degrees (directly above).
- Rotates the camera over the terrain, from 0 degrees (matching the horizon) to 90 degrees (directly above).
- Rotates the camera around the terrain (turntable style).
- Zooms the camera in and out of the screen.
- Indicates the location of the sun. The location is the direction only, the sun is rendered as though it is far enough away the rays are parallel.
- The preview of the terrain displays the results of the dataflow generation procedure, the output node must be set.
- Indicates the rotation of the camera relative to the terrain, each of the colors represent an axis in the positive direction (green = y+, red = x+, blue = z+).
Left clicking and dragging left/right anywhere in the preview panel will rotate the camera around the terrain (4).
Left clicking and dragging up/down anywhere in the preview panel will rotate the camera over the terrain (3).
Scrolling the mouse wheel zooms the camera in and out (5).
Holding shift, left clicking, and dragging left/right anywhere in the preview panel will rotate the sun around the terrain (1).
Holding shift, left clicking, and dragging up/down anywhere in the preview panel will rotate the sun over the terrain (2).