Ben Goh

Ever tried to rotate the background geometry preview but ended up showing a context menu for the nodes? Or tried to pan your graph but realized the geometry navigation is still active? Let’s face it, even the most active Dynamo user gets tripped up with these kinds of issues. If you’re like me, and you find this frustrating, you’re in for a treat.

In an effort to improve usability around view switching in Dynamo, we have made the following tweaks:

  • Added two in-canvas buttons to toggle between geometry and node views
  • Fade nodes out when geometry navigation is activated

In-canvas node and geometry switching buttons

There are now more ways than one to switch between geometry and node views, take your pick!

  • View menu > Background 3D Preview > Navigate Background 3D Preview
  • Shortcut CTRL + G
  • Hotkey Escape
  • “Geom” and “Node” buttons in the canvas

Now available on the latest daily build of Dynamo. Check it out if you’re living on the cutting edge and let us know what you think.