Welcome to the Autodesk VIZ Help. This reference contains detailed information about all the features and capabilities of Autodesk VIZ^®, which brings architectural modeling and visualization to your desktop system.

The reference is organized by functional areas. The “User Interface” chapter gives you a guide to program controls and where to find them.

If you've already used previous versions of this program, you might want to start with a description of what's new in this version.

If you're new to this software, this would be a good place to start: Getting Started with Autodesk VIZ.

Here's where you can get an overview of the entire documentation set: Autodesk VIZ Documentation Set.

You can find a guide to using the electronic version of this reference.

And here's a list of other important introductory topics:

Managing Scenes and Projects

Viewing and Navigating 3D Space

Selecting Objects

Object Properties

Creating Geometry

Moving, Rotating, and Scaling Objects

Creating Copies and Arrays

Using Modifiers

Surface Modeling

Precision and Drawing Aids

Animation Concepts and Methods

Lights and Cameras

Advanced Lighting Panel

Material Editor, Materials, and Maps

Rendering

Effects and Environments

List of Available Utilities

User Interface

Customizing the User Interface

Keyboard Shortcuts