When you add an ACT camera to your SketchUp model, SketchUp inserts a camera model with built in frustrums, safe zones, and aspect ratio masking bars. In the following sections, you find out to show or hide each element of the camera geometry.

Wherever you create an ACT camera, SketchUp creates a small camera model. To reposition this physical ACT camera model, use SketchUp's Move and Rotate tools. Tip: Physically repositioning the camera model is different than aiming the camera (with the pan, tilt, truck, or dolly movements, for example). To move an ACT camera model, follow these steps:

In camera view mode, you can move and aim SketchUp's virtual cameras much like you'd move an actual movie camera. The following figure shows off all the SketchUp ACT camera moves: dolly (1), pedistal (2), truck (3), pan (4), tilt (5), roll (6), and changing focal length.

In camera view mode, you can look through an ACT camera in a few different ways.

To edit the properties of an ACT camera while in camera view mode, follow these steps: Context-click and select Edit Camera. The Camera Properties dialog box appears. Modify properties as needed. See the upcoming list for details about your options. Click OK. You can also edit an ACT camera's properties outside of camera view mode. Here's how it's done:

To permanently remove an ACT camera, follow these steps: Ensure you are not in camera view mode. Zoom out so you can see the camera you want to delete. Delete the camera model. The corresponding scene and scene tab are also removed.

To create a camera using ACT:

The Advanced Camera Tools (ACT) are designed for people in the film and television industry who storyboard, design sets, visualize scenes, and plan locations. Use ACT to place real-world cameras in your SketchUp models and preview real camera shots. PRO To place cameras in a model with the ACT tools, you need a SketchUp Pro license. The following figure shows a scene with four ACT cameras:

Some philosophers say that naming something is the first step toward figuring out what makes that thing different from all the other things in the world. In a SketchUp 3D model, this idea isn't some wishy-washy concept. When you use the Classifier to embed data into groups or or components, those groups or components become objects. When objects have names, descriptions, and so on, you can manage the details about all the classified objects.

PRO This is a Pro only feature. Add the Scale tool attribute to your Dynamic Component to toggle display of scale handles on the component (limiting how users can scale the component). To hide scale handles using the Scale tool attribute: