=====User Interface Guide=====

====Areas====

There are several distinct areas where buttons appear on your screen.

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[[The Menu Bar]]

[[The Title Bar]]

[[time travel|The Time-Travel Controls]]

[[The ARDI Menu]]

These give you access to all of the major functions of the product.

Additionally, there are a few additional user interfaces that appear when needed.

[[Pop-Up Lists]]

[[Configuration]]

[[Collaboration]]

====Selecting Assets====

Left clicking on any Asset within the Virtual Environment will bring up the [[Selecting Assets|Asset Interface]]. This interface shows all relative information pertaining to the selected asset and provides several options for sorting and filtering the environment by assets related to the selected asset.

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For more information, see [[Selecting Assets]]

====Zooming In on Assets====

As mentioned in the section covering movement, **double-clicking** on an asset will not only select it, but will also lock the camera to the asset and zoom in to its location.