Right-drag the mouse to rotate the view about the sectional cutting edge. You can zoom the view by left-dragging the mouse - zoom changes take place in both sectional views simultaneously. The cross-section shown is based on the position of the cursor in the design editor window. The Section A-A region displays the Section A-A (X-axis) view. These cross hairs represent the scaled lengths and the axes of the Section A-A and Section B-B views. The Show Section Lines In Main View option turns on or off the cross-section cursor cross hairs in the main view. You can select between 1 and 100 times the vertical scaling. The Thickness Scaling slide control alters the vertical scale of the board to make it easier to differentiate layers when viewing the PCB internally. The Section Opacity slide control varies the appearance of the cutting edge of sectional views - the greater the opacity, the less 'light' passes through the surface, reducing the level of visible detail and makes seeing the cutting edge easier. The Configuration region of the panel has a dropdown list that shows the standard Altium Designer 3D color configurations and any saved custom 3D configurations (set in View Configurations dialog ). Use the controls to show/hide the various sections of the panel. You can freeze or unfreeze the position of the 3D panel displays while moving around in the design editor window by pressing Shift+F3. The 3D Visualization panel displays are shown based on the position of the cursor in the main window. Using this panel you can examine all aspects of your design inside and out in 3D whilst still working on it in either 2D or 3D modes in the design editor window. The 3D Visualization panel displays up to three simultaneous 3D views including cross-sections and a floating Board Insight. If the 3D Visualization panel is currently in a group of panels, use the PCB Filter tab located at the bottom of the panels to bring it to the front.

Panels can be configured to be floating in the editor space or docked to sides of the screen.

Altium 3d view