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The tools for defining the point of view with the mouse are described in the Global scene building section.
To define it by setting values, the "Observer position" panel is available in the right panel and through the menu "View / Specify observer position".

 

Look at

These coordinates define the target the observer is looking at. When using the Zoom to fit tool, the target is relocated to the focused object.
When moving the point of view with the Pan tool, the target is also moved.

 

Look from

This is the actual position of the observer, defined by height and azimuth angles and a distance to target.
In orthogonal projection, the distance has no effect and is disabled.

 

Perspective / Orthogonal projection

 Orthogonal projection is the default one, it is advised to use it when building the scene.

 Perspective projection can be used to get a more realistic view of the scene, when generating the shadows video or in the report

 

Back to default view

 Sets the observer position back to its default position and looking at the scene origin (0, 0, 0).