3), and the lost
item will instantly jump into view. Zoom out slightly, and you can see where it is in relation
to the rest of your scene.
A great way to work in Layout is to employ your numeric keypad or use the number
keys across the top of your keyboard. Press 1 to jump to the Back view looking down
the Z-axis; press 2 for the Top view looking down the Y-axis. As you can guess, pressing
3 takes you to the Right view looking down the X-axis. Press 4 to get to a Perspective
view, 5 for a Light view, and 6 to switch to a Camera view. Do this as you work, and
you??™ll be flipping back and forth between views without thinking about it.
Figure 2.17
At the upper-right side
of the Layout interface
are the viewport movement
controls. Click, hold
the mouse button down,
and drag the mouse to
use them.
Menus andTabs
Across the top of the Layout interface are seven tabs. As in Modeler, each tab reveals a
menu of tools.When you click on one of these tabs (Figure 2.18), the toolset on the left
side of the interface changes accordingly.
Figure 2.18 The LightWave Layout tab set, across the top of the interface.
It??™s important to note that the nine buttons at the top left of Layout
(starting with the File drop-down) always appear, no matter what tab
you??™ve selected.
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