Trackball Mode

Switches the program into Trackball Mode (the default mode upon creating a new optical layout) allowing rotation about a point

Magnify Mode

Switches the program into Magnify Mode

Object Selection Mode

Allows selection of objects in the visualization window by clicking on them with the mouse

Camera > Orbit Camera

Orbits the camera about a point in the system

Camera > Translate Camera

Moves the camera from its current position to a new position

Camera > Rotate Camera

Rotates the camera about its current point in the system

Scene > Translate Scene

Moves the scene from its current position to a new position

Scene > Rotate Scene

Rotates the scene about the camera's location in the system

View All

Automatically adjusts visualization window zoom to render all objects

View Towards

Behaves the same way as the drop down menu on the toolbar: allows selection of a view towards one of the 6 axes directions, 3 saved custom views, or a specified view

Toggle Perspective

Switches between orthographic ("flat" layout or right-angle view) and perspective (real life view) mode

Toggle Mouse Coordinates

Displays the mouse coordinates in the status bar at the lower left of the FRED window

Display Corner Reference Axes

Displays the reference axes in the lower left corner of the 3D visualization window

Toggle Cutaway Clipping

Toggles cutaway clipping view when enabled in the cutaway clipping properties dialog

Toggle Anamorphic View Scaling

Toggles anamorphic view scaling when enabled in the anamorphic view scaling properties dialog

Toggle Isolate Feature

Toggles the isolated rendering of objects in the object tree

Enable Scene Depth Sorting

Toggles rendering of 3D view accounting for scene depth

Cutaway Clipping Properties

Displays a dialog of settings for the cutaway clipping view

Anamorphic View Scaling Properties

Displays a dialog of settings for the anamorphic view scaling

Edit Background Grid...

Displays a dialog for editing properties of the background grid

Movie...

Displays a dialog for creating a movie of the system

Play Movie

Plays the movie associated with the current FRED document