20.2. Interacting with 3D Images in the VCollab Viewer

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## 20.2. Interacting with 3D Images in the VCollab Viewer

VCollab provides some built-in interactive tools that can help you visualize 3D simulation images through translation, rotation, and zooming. You can also run the animation for the image or step through the animation steps one at a time. When you move your mouse to the right side of the viewer, the manipulation tools will appear and become selectable. Refer to the VCollab user documentation at http://www.vcollab.com for more information on interactive tools.

### Translation

You can translate the 3D simulation image across the plane using the translation tool. Click the desired arrow to translate the image in that direction.

### Rotation

You can rotate the 3D VCollab image about the X-axis, Y-axis or Z-axis using the rotation tool. Click the desired arrow to rotate the image about the X, Y, or Z axis. You can also click and drag the ball that is fixed to the outer circle of the tool icon to rotate the image about a point.

### Zoom

You can use the zoom tool to expand or reduce the 3D VCollab image in a scaled fashion. To expand, click the `+` symbol and to reduce, click `-`.

### Animation

You can use the animation tool to play the animation for the 3D VCollab image. Simply click the play button to perform the full animation of the object, or step backwards and forwards through the animation using the forward and backwards arrows, respectively.

### Expanding the VCollab Viewer to the Full Screen

When you click the expand button in the bottom right of the viewer, the VCollab viewer will be extracted from the EKM file list window and expand to fit your monitor's full screen. Click the tool icon again to restore the viewer to the EKM file list window.

### Using the Mouse to Rotate the Image

You can rotate the object in any direction by clicking and holding on the object and rotating the image in the desired direction.

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