Overview
Viewing Panes

 By default, the viewing area of the PiXELS3D display contains four viewing panes: Top, Front, Right, and Camera views. The Top, Front and Right views provide a 2D representation of the object(s) from the corresponding viewpoint. The Camera view is unique in that it represents the point of view of an object as it exists in the application’s space. As you manipulate and edit an object, you can see the updates occur in each view.

Menu Bar

 At the top of the PiXELS3D interface is a menu bar which displays six menus:
Apple Menu, File, Edit, Window, Select and Help.
To select a menu, position the cursor over your selection and click and hold on it, a list of menu items will appear. Positioning the cursor over a menu item will highlight it, clicking on a highlighted item will activate it.
When instructed to access a menu item from a menu the following notation is used:
Menu Heading > Menu Item.
For example, File > New means click on the File menu and select the New menu item.
When accessing a menu you may find that certain menu items have sub-menu items.
The related notation is Menu > Menu Item > Sub-Menu Item.

Tools and Tool Groups

Groups

Along the left side of the interface screen are a column of buttons known as the Tool Palette. The tool palette is broken up into two distinct parts separated by a black box containing the Frame Counter. The buttons that are located above the frame counter are known as Tool Groups, the buttons below are the Tools.
Clicking on any of the top buttons will select the corresponding tool group. The bottom buttons will change, showing all the tools associated with the selected tool group. To select a tool, simply click on its button. The selected tool and tool group buttons will appear indented until another tool is selected. NOTE: Some tools will remain indented for only a second or two, giving you a visible feedback that the tool has done something.
When instructed to access a tool from a tool group the following notation is used: Tool Group > Tool. For example, Control > Move means click on the Control tool group and then select the Move tool.
Most tools also have keyboard shortcuts associated with them. To view these simply hit the space bar. The keyboard shortcuts will be displayed to the right of the tool it controls. These shortcuts can be modified by editing the “Preferences” file.