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1. Organize the different elements of your scene into groups and sub-groups of objects, layers, or materials with the Scene Manager. The feature is particularly useful when working on complex scenes.

2. The Display Hidden Lines command will help you visualize your objects as they would be seen in the real world.

3. You can change working plane.

4. Use the Perspective tool to toggle between perspective and orthogonal viewing.

5. You will be able to define the view with tools such as the Zoom (5e) and the View All (5d) and tools used to navigate around the scene (5a, b, c).

6. Change the center of rotation of your scene with the Viewpoint tool which defines define the user point of view.

7. The Hide (7a) tool will make selected elements invisible. The Unhide (7b) tool will bring them back.

8. Use the Group (8a) tool so that different elements behave as one, until you Ungroup (8b) them.

9. Edit the Measurements (dimensions) of your objects. You can edit three types of measures with Amapi 3D: length, angle, and volume/surface/circumference.

10. Use the Material Editor to assign a color to an object or to a material.

11. Get information about the current object with the Info command.