An Abaqus/CAE viewport object that indicates the current orientation of the model in the viewport. You can manipulate the view of the model by clicking and dragging different elements of the compass. The compass performs certain view manipulations that are not available using the other view manipulation tools, including rotating the view about a fixed axis, panning the view along a fixed axis, and panning the view within a fixed plane.

• “The 3D compass,” Section 5.3 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

An Extensible Markup Language-based format for encoding three-dimensional images and data. You can export model images from an Abaqus/CAE viewport to a 3D XML-format file.

• “What kinds of files can be imported and exported from Abaqus/CAE?,” Section 10.1.1 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide

• “Exporting viewport data to a 3D XML-format file,” Section 10.9.5 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Guide