Visual Preview

The Visual Preview is an embedded version of theFME Data Inspectorthat displays features. Many—but not all—of the functions available in the stand-alone Data Inspector application are available in the Visual Preview.

You can view features in the Visual Preview in these ways:

• Right-click on a feature type in theNavigatororWorkbench Canvas, and selectView Source Data.
• On the canvas, click the View Source Data icon on the mini-toolbar over a feature type or some transformers.
• Run a workspace withFeature Caching.
• Drag and drop data files onto the pane.

Tip:You can overlay data that displays in the Visual Preview onto a background map, which allows you to view your data in context. For more information, seeBackground Maps.

To control when the Data Inspector opens instead of the Visual Preview, use theData Inspectionsetting under Tools > FME Options > Workbench.

The toolbar icons in the Visual Preview allow you to control the following:

• Toggle Automatic Inspect on Selection(Ctrl + Alt + A):当选择,视觉预览displaysfeature cachesassociated with objects selected on the canvas. When not selected, Visual Preview only updates when you explicitly specify an inspect action, such asView Source Data, clicking a feature cache inspect icon, dragging a file, or running a workspace with Inspector transformers.
• Toggle Display Control(Ctrl + Alt + `): Controls display of theDisplay Controlwindow.
• Toggle Table View(Ctrl + Alt + 1): Controls display of theTable View.
• Toggle Graphics View: Controls display of the GraphicsView. (Ctrl + Alt +2): Controls display of the Graphics View in 2D mode. (Ctrl + Alt + 3): Controls display of the Graphics View in 3D mode. (Ctrl + Alt + 4): Controls display of the Graphics View in Slideshow mode.
• Show/Hide Feature Information window(Ctrl + Alt + F): Controls display of theFeature Informationwindow.
• Open in Data Inspector(Ctrl + Alt + D): To view features directly in the Data Inspector application.