Model Viewer enhqncement

[tcorey]

I like Model Viewer. Being able to keep it running while designing is a BIG plus. I don't like the lack of a full set of visual styles but I'm sure you're working on that.

What I would like to see added would make Corridor editing more efficient. You could add station display signs that pop up along any baseline for which you enable it. These would not be labels, as they would disappear when you exit Model Viewer. The advantage is that now you can visually see where you need to zoom in order to see the detail you want.

I imagine the display items as little signs that stand vertically above the baselines but you could also do it the same way as InfraWorks.

[doni49]

Similar to https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/civil-3d-ideas/object-viewer-should-be-non-modal-don-t-have-to-close-... 

[tcorey]

Now you can never be one of those guys who thinks Autodesk doesn't listen to us. 😉

[pieter_haeck]

I like the Model Viewer a lot. Unfortunately, it doesn't support all of the object types Object Viewer does. E.g. a 2D Polyline on a design elevation isn't supported.

Also, not all object styles are supported. E.g. a surface with a style where only the Elevation component is visible, will not show in Model Viewer, but it does in Object Viewer.

In short: it would be nice to give Model Viewer all the capabilities of Object Viewer, but with the added improvements of Model Viewer (as it already has on certain levels).

@TimYarris any thoughts on this, please?

[KPerison]

Would be helpful if, in the model viewer, you could set the colors of the objects individually. Rather than relying on the current object style applied to the object. And modify that object style shown in the Model viewer independant of the style applied at the time of addition to the viewer.

[ThomasBHansen_]

Yes, this is the thread Im looking for!

I love the new model viewer, but there are room for improvements.  I think my wish list would be:

• Include more object types (lines, 3d faces, etc), and the possibility to change appearance of selected objects (i.e. color all polylines yellow, and add a thickness)
• Possibility to add section views
• change over all visual style
• Include or add annotations within the model viewer