Bird's eye view
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The bird's eye view gives you an overhead view of the scene and allows you to change object sizes and positions in the X-Y plane. In this view you can:

* :doc:`Zoom and pan the scene <../shade-calculator-howto/sc-zoom-pan>`.

* :doc:`Use an image underlay <../shade-calculator-howto/sc-underlay>`.

* :doc:`Move <../shade-calculator-howto/sc-move>`, :doc:`resize <../shade-calculator-howto/sc-resize>`, and :doc:`rotate <../shade-calculator-howto/sc-rotate>` objects in the X-Y plane.

* :doc:`Delete and copy objects <../shade-calculator-howto/sc-delete>`.

* :doc:`Change object colors <../shade-calculator-howto/sc-colors>`.

Bird's Eye View Quick Reference

.. image:: ../images/ss-birds-eye.png
   :align: center
   :alt: ss-birds-eye.png