--- title: "Avatar Viewer User Guide" slug: "avatar-viewer-v4" updated: 2024-12-03T21:05:50Z published: 2024-12-03T21:05:50Z canonical: "support.beast-code.com/avatar-viewer-v4" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.beast-code.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Avatar Viewer User Guide Select Avatar Viewer in Beast Core 4 to experience a first-person view of your loaded Platform and explore the benefits of layered authoritative data. You can use Avatar Viewer to navigate a virtual representation of your workspace (e.g., warehouse floors, ship passageways, aircraft facility) and to communicate actions (e.g., plan a removal path for a large piece of equipment, show the location of a specific component, illustrate which panel to remove to replace parts). ## Access the Avatar Viewer 1. Access **Beast Core** - Select your desired Platform (if your environment contains more than one workspace) ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-2024-11-15_11-53-23.png) - In the right-hand **Platform Options** pane: - Select your desired Component Group(s) - Select **Show** Hull if you also want to see the outer framework of your workspace ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-M9ULD4TH.png) 2. Left click the **Viewer** icon in the upper left-hand corner ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image(563).png) 3. Select the Avatar Viewer (person walking icon) ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image(564).png) 4. On the **Search** pane: - Left click displayed keyboard items to enter a desired Component or Space into the **Search** textbox - Or, use the **Space Directory** to select a location to explore - Left click an alphabet letter shortcut to Jump To a desired section in the directory ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image(566).png) 1. Left click onto the **Avatar Viewer** navigation display on your screen to enter the **first-person** point of view - Constrains you to the physical limitations of the workspace (i.e. you have to use doors, ladders, hatches) - Changes your cursor to a Crosshair ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-2024-11-15_12-0-24.png) > [!NOTE] > NOTE > > Press **esc** on your keyboard to reclaim your cursor. ## **Navigate and Access Information in Avatar Viewer** 1. The Compass Rose on the left side of the **Avatar Viewer** navigation display: - Provides *current* directional information that updates as you move and interact with the workspace ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image(573).png) - Shows which **direction** you are facing - Uses platform-relative directional terms (i.e., forward, aft, starboard, port) - Displays your current **space** (area or room location) - Displays your current Frame Number **What does **frame number** indicate?** **Positive** frame number = You’re on the starboard (right) side of your workspace. **Negative** frame number = You’re on the port (left) side of your workspace. **Zero** frame number = You’re in the middle of your workspace. 2. Use the **WASD** keys on your keyboard in conjunction with your **mouse** to explore your workspace in **first-person** view - Use **C** (climb down) and **E** (climb up) to navigate **ladders** - Left click to open **hatches** and **doors** - **Green** = open - **Red** = closed ![Door](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Door.gif) - For additional information about navigation **controls**: - Left click the **Navigation** (**?** icon) in the upper left corner of your screen - Read the [Navigation - Avatar Viewer](/beast-core/docs/command-control-layout) article 3. Place your **crosshair** over a component you want to learn about, then left click to highlight it ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image(574).png) 4. Left click the icons on the left side of your screen to gather additional information about your selected component ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image(576).png) - Select **Information Pane** (lowercase ***i*** icon) to explore **Information**, Connections, and **Tech Manuals** options ![Info](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Info.gif) - Select **Viewer Tools** (**eye** icon) to explore **Platform** and **Search** options ![Eye](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Eye.gif) - Select **Navigation** (**?** icon) to review navigation **controls** ![Help](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Help.gif) - Refer to these articles for additional information: - [Information Pane - Avatar Viewer](/beast-core/docs/information) - [Viewer Tools Pane - Avatar Viewer](/beast-core/docs/viewer-tools) - [Navigation - Avatar Viewer](/beast-core/docs/command-control-layout) Geometry, documents, and metadata aggregated together in workspace (i.e., relational database), such as a warehouse or ship. A group of components, controls, and other equipment that collectively form a function (e.g., power, cooling) A term that describes the container that houses a user's virtual workspace (e.g., a warehouse structure, the outer framework of a ship or car). Places you inside the workspace. You are constrained by the physical limitations of the workspace. A specific and defined piece of equipment or part within a system or a space. A specific and defined area of a platform (e.g., room, level/story, a hallway). An action button that takes the user directly to the selected item, e.g., lesson card. The state of your mouse cursor that indicates you are locked to the 3D Viewer. Press the esc key to return to the normal (pointer) cursor. Uses four directions Port (P), Forward (F), Starboard (S), Aft (A) and an arrow to show current directional information in Avatar Viewer. Indicates position in the workspace: starboard, port, middle. Displays relationships between components and identifies their connections as either incoming or outgoing.