direction indicator

The direction indicator module is used to place a 3D North Arrow or Rose Compass in the 3D viewer scaled by the model data and/or user defined parameters.

Module Input Ports

• View [View] This is the primary Purple port which connects to the viewer to receive the extent of all objects in the viewer AND outputs the north arrow or compass rose.
  • This port can be used as your only connection from direction indicator to the viewer and no other connections are needed.
• Minor Ports not needed for most all cases
  • Z Scale [Number] Accepts Z Scale (vertical exaggeration) from other modules
  • Explode [Number] Accepts the Explode distance from other modules

Module Output Ports

• Output For Transform [Renderable] Provides an additional output port if you want to duplicate place_text's output via a transform_group module.

Properties and Parameters

The Properties window is arranged in the following groups of parameters:

• Properties: controls the scaling and positioning
• North Arrow Settings:
• Compass Rose Settings: