Select a Custom View

RockPlot3D offers a number of pre-set positions from which to view your image. In addition, you can specify your own custom view.

With an image displayed in the RockPlot3D window, click on the View menu and select the Custom View option.
Enter the requested information:
- Compass Bearing: Type into this prompt or use the up/down arrows to specify the azimuth bearing of the direction from which the image is to be viewed. For example, to view the image from due north, you would enter: 0. To view the image from 15 degrees west of north, you would enter: 345.
- Angle from horizon: Type into this prompt or use the up/down arrows to specify the viewing angle, where 0 = horizontal, 15 = 15 degrees above the horizon,–20 = 20 degrees below the horizon, and so on.
- Click Apply.
The program will adjust the viewpoint as requested.

! Use the View | Add View menu option to save the current view position for later retrieval.