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Importing an Object into the Active Viewport

The viewport is your means of editing a product. You can easily create viewports by:

  • Dragging and dropping a model onto the workspace.

  • Dragging and dropping a group of products onto the workspace.

  • Double-clicking on a product.

  • Ctrl + dragging and dropping a model onto a viewport.

  • Ctrl + dragging and dropping a group of products onto a viewport.

They can also be created using the product tabs in an existing viewport by:

  • Ctrl + dragging and dropping a tab onto another viewport.

  • Dragging and dropping a tab onto the workspace.

Tip

Shift+Ctrl + dragging and dropping maximizes the new viewport in the workspace. Ctrl + dragging and dropping cancels the maximization of the current viewport and creates a new viewport.

Similarly, tabs in a viewport are created by:

  • Double-clicking on a product in the Matter sidebar's product library.

  • Dragging and dropping a model onto the interaction zone. The Matter module will automatically create a new product.

  • Dragging and dropping a product selection onto the interaction zone.

To select the product to be edited (active product), simply click on a tab, and to delete it, click on the close tab close_tab_1.png button.

When closing the last tab associated with the product (a product may be present in several viewports), the Matter module captures a representation of the product and updates the product's thumbnail image in the sidebar.