Translations:Navigation Cube/31/en

The nav cube is essentially a 3D view of a cube with its three main component types (faces, edges, and corners) enhanced so they may be easily clicked with the pointer. Clicking on a particular component will set the 3D view to have that component centered and facing you. The nav cube is somewhat "squashed", as if the feature farthest from you were larger than the feature directly facing you. This allows the features adjacent to the feature facing you to be seen and consequently selected. For example, in a "normal" view of a regular cube, when one face is facing you, you can also see the four edges of that face and the four corners of that face. In the "squashed" nav cube, you can also see features representing each of the adjacent faces, the four edges connecting the corners of the face facing you with the opposite face, and the corners of opposite face. This allows you to select any of the possible standard views except the opposite face and its edges (21 out of 26 possible views): Not possible:
 * The face facing you (does nothing, since that is the current view)
 * The four edges of the current face
 * The four corners of the current face
 * The four adjacent faces
 * The four edges leading to the opposite face
 * The four corners of the opposite face
 * The opposite face
 * The edges of the opposite face