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title: "Image Navigation Toolbar"
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published: 2026-09-07T11:51:38Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Image Navigation Toolbar

This toolbar enables you to navigate between scan locations and to display the corresponding images.

> [!TIP]
> Requirements  
> 
> The document must contain interactive positions.
> 
> Such positions can be defined by point clouds (setup position) or images (camera positions).

The toolbar appears at the scene top right and is composed of two parts:

- The Scan Location tool
- The Image Navigation tools

## Scan Location tool

This tool allows to show and navigate through positions in the document.

Double-click on red spheres to move to the corresponding position. Once on a position, if an image is associated with the position, it will be displayed when you move to that position.

> [!TIP]
> Tips & Tricks  
> 
> A keyboard shortcut is also available to perform the same action: SHIFT + S.

## Image Navigation tools

The tools appear when the camera is positioned at a camera position of an image.

1. You can display the image either in the foreground or in the scene background.
  - **Background** mode: you can use ALT+MOUSE WHEEL to change the point size.
  - **Foreground** mode: you can adjust the image transparency. Additionally, the **visibility and image opacity** can be adjusted.
  - In both modes, you can also **create a synchronized view** to make comparisons or extract features easily.
2. In case of several images available, you can select the image to display within a list. The camera will move again to take exactly the image point of view.
3. It is also possible to jump to another position:
  - By double-clicking another position.
  - By using **Previous**/**Next** if the position is related to a trajectory.
4. If you have multiple clouds with scan positions and/or images and/or image sets, you can use the dropdown menu to quickly toggle the visibility of the scan positions.

> [!TIP]
> Tips & Tricks  
> 
> - Use CTRL+MOUSE WHEEL to move forward or backward along a trajectory.
> - To exit the image navigation mode, change the camera mode and navigate elsewhere (refer to [Navigation and selection toolbar](https://hexagon.atlassian.net/wiki/display/RCD/3DScene)).

> [!NOTE]
> Technical information  
> 
> When a scan location is very close to another one, only one will be displayed and become the access point for all their images.