The check boxes improve the visual perception of the structure, as follows:

They can also be found on the right in the Visualization tab of the sidebar under Post Processing.

In the Visualization area, with 3D Rendering view the mouse can be used to move the structure. Zooming always works while scrolling the mouse wheel. The function of the mouse buttons can be changed, by choosing one of the icons:

The controls Translation X, Translation Y, and Translation Z determine the position of the structure in the Visualization area. By changing these values in one axis direction, the structure is translated in this direction by the specified amount. When panning the structure with the middle mouse button or using the panning icon , the values in the translation parameter boxes change simultaneously.

The controls Rotation HDG, Rotation ATT, and Rotation BNK define the rotation of the structure in the Visualization area. To reproduce a specific view of a 3D structure, pre-recorded values may be manually entered. The acronyms stand for Heading, Altitude, and Banking and correspond to terminology for aircraft control simulation. When rotating the structure with the left mouse key the values are updated automatically.

Additionally, using the controls Rotation X, Rotation Y, and Rotation Z the structure can be turned around the specified axis. In the Visualization Settings dialog they are called Local Rotation.

Clicking the Reset View button, the 3D image in the View Controls  returns to the 0.00 position for all translation controls and rotation controls.

Additional to the Translation parameters also Local Translation can be determined for the three directions from the Visualization Settings dialog. The local translation depends on the structure’s rotation, since it always takes place in direction of the geometric axes, displayed in the bottom left of the visualization area.

Know how! It is also possible to change the translation and rotation values by clicking on the respective button and dragging the mouse left to decrease the value or right to increase the value.

The Field of View defines the viewing arc in degrees.

The Scale Mode is another option for zooming. Higher values zoom out and smaller values zoom in.

If setting the Scale Mode to Automatic it chooses the axis with the highest number of voxels as a scale value. This way, always the complete structure is visible, when having all translation values set to 0.

Instead, you can choose X-, Y- or Z-Axis from the pull-down menu. Choosing shorter domain directions zooms in. Select Manual to enter a Manual Scale.

In the example below, the structure has the same number of voxels in X- and Y-direction (200) but has a lot more voxels in Z-direction (810). Thus, setting the Scale Mode to Automatic or Z-Axis results in the same zoom, where the structure is completely visible, whereas X- and Y-Axis result in the same zoomed in visualization.

In the next example, a manual scale is used.

The Light rotation parameters control the position of the light source. The values also change automatically when changing the light position.

Define the color of the background in the visualization area.