Bounding Box

The Bounding Box feature places the model in a container, allowing the object to be moved, scaled and rotated.

How-To Steps

• Once you’ve loaded a file in ARES
• Access the Hierarchy Tree and select the entire model or the desired components
• Navigate to Interaction and go to menu item Manipulation
• Look for the option Bounding Box
• Your model will now be placed into a cuboid container and can be moved by either grabbing the container with your hand or via far interaction
  • By dragging the corners of the Bounding Box you are able to scale the model bigger or smaller
  • Special markings on the container indicate in which axis directions the model can be rotated
• Flubbed up? – Tap the Undo button in the Interaction Window to reverse the most recent manipulation

Legacy

• Since ARES Version 1.0.3.0 the Bounding Box feature no longer provides one-handed rotation of an object
• In its place a new Selection Tool allowing free-hand rotation was implemented

When to use Grab or Bounding Box feature

• Use Grab if you want to move and rotate the object freely 
• Use Bounding Box if you want to move and scale the object freely or rotate it around specific given axes

Also See

• How to select a Model and/or specific Components in Hierarchy Tree
• Move
• Rotate