This page contains controls which do NOT affect the sphere which is currently selected in the 'Sphere Hierarchy Window', but affect the overall view of the automaton.
The page's controls which are contained within the box labeled 'VIEW' affect a couple of things defining how the automaton is viewed. First of all, because of the hierarchical, or tree-like, structure of an automaton, wherein each sphere is the child of another sphere, and in which the spatial and temporal relationships that a sphere has are always relative to another sphere or relationship, it is naturally true that any of the spheres that comprise an automaton can be made the stationary, or non-moving, sphere as the automaton carries out its movement. The relationships amongst the spheres in the automaton's sphere tree are still valid and uniquely define a pattern in space and in time. Therefore, you can specify the particular sphere in the automaton's sphere tree which will be stationary by selecting that sphere's name from the listbox to right of the label 'Stationary sphere'. Some curious relationships can be seen by constructing an automaton and then making different spheres the stationary sphere.
The next group of controls, contained in the box labeled 'View automaton' determine the view of the automaton by moving the viewpoint, or camera location. First a choice must be made whether to view the automaton 'From a stationary perspective', in which case the viewpoint does not move as the automaton moves, or whether to view the automaton by making the viewpoint 'From orbit'. If the automaton is viewed from a stationary perspective (the first option), then there is the additional option to 'Keep the automaton entirely in view', in which case the program takes control of the zooming capability (Viewing controls) and ensures that all of the paths taken by points of the automaton's spheres remain in view. If the automaton is viewed 'From orbit' (the second option), then that sphere whose motion should be followed can be selected in the listbox below that option. The effect of this option is that the viewpoint kind of flows in harmony with the selected sphere's motion.
The group of controls contained within the box labeled 'ANIMATION PRECISION' control the accuracy of the automaton's movement and consequently affect the smoothness of the paths taken by the spheres' points. The accuracy can be adjusted by clicking on the up and down buttons on the spin control.
The lone checkbox at the bottom of this property page labeled 'Stereographic View (anaglyph)' determines whether the rendering of the automaton is done using the regular perspective projection of 3-dimensions or whether the appropriate left-eye and right-eye images are generated in red and blue respectively for use with 3D glasses.