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Viewport Toggles and Gizmos

When Scene Builder is active, a small row of icon buttons appears in the viewport. These toggles control which overlays and gizmos are visible.

Toolbar Toggles

Viewport toolbar toggles

  • Body Gizmos: show size, scale, brightness, and distance handles for the active body.
  • Primary Surface: show or hide the primary surface in the viewport.
  • Primary Atmosphere: show or hide the atmosphere.
  • Primary Rings: show ring gizmos for the primary body when rings are enabled.
  • Cloud Panel: show a floating cloud layer panel.
  • Positioning Widget: show the Date & Time + Location widget.
  • Help Display: show the floating Tool Shortcuts panel.

Body Gizmos (Luminous and Celestial)

Body gizmo summary

  • Outer ring: drag to scale the apparent size of the body.
  • Brightness arrow: drag up or down to change brightness.
  • Distance arrow: drag to move the body closer or farther (celestial only).

Tip

Press Esc or the right mouse button (RMB) to cancel a drag and restore the previous value.