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Billboards

Billboards are composed of a surface plane and an image.

Availability:

Available in the Catalog Manager, "2D Billboards" folder.

Two types of Billboards

• Vertical with relation to the ground (People and Vegetation).
• Flat, which lies flat on the receiving surface (Signs and Pictograms).

1. Preview Thumbnail.
2. Horizontal and/or vertical symmetry.
3. Size of the element:
• Using the slider or by entering a value in the field (to go beyond the limits of the slider, type in a value. The values of the slider will be updated accordingly).

4. Color:

Use the menu to change the color.

5. Transparency:

Used to render a Billboard with greater or lesser transparency depending on the desired level of transparency: values from 0 to 100. 0 means opaque.

6. Display: Display Parameters in Preview
• Brightness: for changing brightness values from -0.25 to 0.25.
• Contrast: for changing contrast values from 0.5 to 1.5.
7. Coordinates:

Position:

• Provides the x,y,z coordinates for the object's anchor point. Entering new values redefines the position.
• Clicking on locks the coordinates and clicking on unlocks them.
• X, Y, Z Rotation: Pivots the object.
  Shift+click and dragging the cursor restricts the movement to 15° step.
• Check to restrict the billboard to always face the camera.
8. Animation settings