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Bookmarking Camera Positions

You can apply bookmarked camera positions whenever you need to maintain consistency between views of different datasets or within sequences of views.

Choose Utilities > Camera Position Bookmarks on the menu bar to the open the Camera Position Bookmarks dialog, shown below.

Camera Position Bookmarks dialog

The following options and information are available in the Camera Position Bookmarks dialog.

Options and information

Presets	Click any of the Preset buttons — -X, -Y, -Z, X, Y, or Z — to align the current view along the selected axis.
Bookmarks Includes thumbnails and a list of all current bookmarks. The options available in Bookmarks are described below.
Thumbnail	Provides a visual reference for the bookmarked camera position. Double-click a thumbnail to apply the bookmarked camera position.
Title	Provides a textual reference for the bookmarked camera position. Double-click to rename the bookmark.
Add	Click the Add to Bookmarks button to bookmark the camera position of the current view.
Remove	Click the Remove Bookmark button to delete the selected bookmark.
Import	Click the Import Bookmark button to open the Import Bookmark from File dialog. Choose the ORSObject file (*.ORSObject extension) that contains the exported bookmark to add it to the Bookmarks list.
Export	Click the Export Bookmark button to export the selected bookmark in the ORSObject file format (*.ORSObject extension).
Apply	Applies the camera position of the selected bookmark to the current view. Note You can also recall a camera position by double-clicking the associated thumbnail.
Update	Updates the selected bookmark with the camera position of the current view.
Bookmark/Current camera information Provides the coordinates of the 3D vectors that point to the camera's current position and direction* or to that of the selected bookmark. You can select a view to see the current camera information or select a bookmark to view the bookmark information.
Direction	The coordinates of the 3D vector in world space and in meters that describes what direction the camera is point at.
Position	The coordinates of the 3D vector in world space and in meters that points to the camera's position.
Up	The coordinates of the 3D vector in world space and in meters that points in the direction of 'up' from the camera. The exact direction of 'up' for the camera is calculated from the X and Z vectors.
Pivot	The coordinates of the 3D vector in world space and in meters that points to the pivot point of the camera.
Export	Click the Export Current as Bookmark button to export the information of the selected bookmark or of the current camera in the ORSObject file format (.ORSObject extension). Note* You can import bookmark and current camera information. Imported information will appear in the Bookmarks list.
Copy	Click the Copy to Clipboard button to copy the information of the selected bookmark or of the current camera to the clipboard. Note You can paste the information into Notepad or any other text-editing program.

* The camera defines the position and orientation from which to view a scene. You should note that the camera coordinate system, in which three orthogonal axes form a right-handed coordinate system, each axis is defined as a vector in global coordinates. Refer to learnopengl.com/Getting-started/Camera for more information about camera positions, vertex coordinates, and the view matrix transforms all the world coordinates into view coordinates that are relative to the camera's position and direction.