******* Sidebar ******* Item ==== Shows :doc:`Transform ` settings of the active objects. Tool ==== Show settings of the active tool and Workspace. View ==== View Panel ---------- The *View* panel lets you set other settings regarding the 3D View. You can show it with the :menuselection:`View --> View Properties...` menu entry. Focal Length Control the focal length of the 3D View camera in millimeters, unlike a :doc:`rendering camera `. .. _3dview-view-clip: Clip Start/End Adjust the minimum and maximum distances range to limit the visible range to the area between two planes that are orthogonal to the viewing direction of the viewport camera. Objects outside the range will not be shown. .. note:: The definition of the two planes depends on the kind of view: - Perspective view: The planes with distance of start and end from viewport camera. - Orthographic view: The planes with distance of negative end and positive end from the focus point, in this case the *Start* is ignored. .. warning:: A large clipping range will allow you to see both near and far objects, but reduces the depth precision resulting in artifacts. See :ref:`Troubleshooting Depth Buffer Glitches ` for more information. Use Local Camera Use a local camera in this view, rather then the scene's active camera. Local Camera Active camera used in this view to override the (global) scene camera. The option is available only when *Use Local Camera* toggle enabled. Render Region Use a Render Region when not looking through a camera. Using :kbd:`Ctrl-B` to draw a region will automatically enable this option. .. _bpy.types.SpaceView3D.lock: View Lock ^^^^^^^^^ Lock to Object Lock to Object lets you define an object in the *Object* Data ID as the center of the view. In that case, the view can be rotated around or zoomed towards that central object, but not while, unless you move that itself object (this option is not available in a camera view). Lock to 3D Cursor Lock the center of the view to the position of the 3D cursor. It is only available when *Lock to Object* is not active. .. _3dview-lock-camera-to-view: Lock Camera to View When in camera view, all changes in the view (pans, rotations, zooms) will affect the active camera, which will follow all those changes. The camera frame will be outlined with a red dashed line. 3D Cursor --------- Location The location of the 3D Cursor. Rotation The rotation of the 3D Cursor. Rotation Mode The Rotation mode of the 3D Cursor. Collections ----------- The *Collections* panel shows a list of collections and can be used to control the visibility of collections in the viewport. Collections can be hidden in the viewport by clicking on the eye icon. If a collection contains objects, there is a circle to the left of the collection name. If a collection is empty, there is no circle to the left of the collection name. By clicking directly on the collection names, it "isolates" the collection by hiding all other collections, and showing the direct parents and all the children of the selected collection. .. seealso:: Read more about :doc:`Collections `. Annotations ----------- See :doc:`Annotations ` for more information.