API Reference > frontend-devTools > Tools Tools Interactive- and immediate-mode tools, most of which can be executed via key-in. All key-ins are documented in the package's README. Classes Name Description AnimationIntervalTool Changes the IModelApp.animationInterval. Beta ApplyRenderingStyleTool Given a "rendering style" as a partial DisplayStyle3dSettingsProperties JSON string, apply it to the selected viewport's display style. Beta ApplyViewByIdTool Given the Id of a persistent ViewDefinition, applies that view to the active viewport. Beta ApplyViewTool Given a string containing a JSON representation of a ViewState, applies that ViewState to the active viewport. Beta AttachArcGISMapLayerByUrlTool This tool attaches an ArcGIS map layer from a given URL. Beta AttachCesiumAssetTool Attach a cesium asset from the Ion ID and key. Beta AttachMapLayerTool This tool add a Map Layer from a specified name (look up in MapLayerSources.json). Beta AttachMapOverlayTool This tool attaches a Overlay map layer. Beta AttachModelMapLayerTool Attach a map layer from URL base class. Beta AttachRealityModelTool This tool attaches a specified reality model. Beta AttachTileURLMapLayerByUrlTool This tool attaches a map layer from a given tile URL. Beta AttachWmsMapLayerByUrlTool This tool attaches a WMS map layer from a given URL. Beta AttachWmtsMapLayerByUrlTool This tool attaches a WMTS map layer from a given URL. Beta ChangeBackgroundColorTool Change the background color of the active viewport and optionally its transparency. Beta ChangeCameraTool Change the camera settings of the selected viewport. Beta ChangeEmphasisSettingsTool Changes the selected viewport's emphasis settings. Beta ChangeFlashSettingsTool Changes the FlashSettings for the selected Viewport. Beta ChangeHiliteModeTool Changes the ModelSubCategoryHiliteMode for the HiliteSet associated with the selected Viewport. Beta ChangeHiliteSettingsTool Changes the selected viewport's hilite settings, or resets to defaults. Beta ChangeHiliteTool Changes the selected viewport's hilite or emphasis settings. Beta ChangePlanProjectionSettingsTool Changes plan projection settings for one or more models. Beta ChangeUnitsTool Controls whether quantities are formatted using imperial or metric units. Beta ChangeViewFlagsTool Modifies the selected viewport's ViewFlags. Beta ClearEmphasizedElementsTool Reset EmphasizeElements for the active Viewport. Beta ClearIsolatedElementsTool Clear the set of isolated elements. Beta ClearModelAppearanceOverrides clear model appearance overrides in display style. Beta ClearRealityModelAppearanceOverrides Clear reality model appearance override in display style. Beta ClipColorTool This tool specifies or un-specifies a clip color to use for pixels inside or outside the clip region. Beta CompileShadersTool Compiles all registered shader programs for which compilation has not already been attempted. Beta DefaultTileSizeModifierTool Sets the default tile size modifier used for all viewports that don't explicitly override it. Beta DetachMapLayersTool Detach Map Layers Tool. Beta DetachRealityModelTool Detach reality model from display style. Beta DisplayStyleTool Modifies the selected viewport's DisplayStyleState. Beta DumpPlanProjectionSettingsTool Dumps a JSON representation of the plan projection settings for the current viewport. Beta DumpSelectionSetTool A tool that outputs the Ids of the elements in the SelectionSet of the IModelConnection associated with the selected Viewport. Beta ElementIdFromSourceAspectIdTool Given the Id of an element in the iModel, output the source aspect Id of the object in the source document from which the element originated. Beta EmphasizeElementsTool Applies the EmphasizeElements API in some way to the selected Viewport. Beta EmphasizeSelectedElementsTool If any elements are selected, emphasize them all by overriding their color to be orange; and de-emphasize all other elements by drawing them transparent grey. Beta EmphasizeVisibleElementsTool Emphasize the set of elements currently visible in the view based on Viewport.queryVisibleFeatures. Beta FadeOutTool Enables or disables fade-out transparency mode for the selected viewport. Beta FreezeSceneTool Freeze or unfreeze the scene for the selected viewport. Beta FrustumDecorator Decorates the viewport with a graphical depiction of a Frustum. Beta InspectElementTool Creates a readable text summary of a geometric element or geometry part. Beta IsolateSelectedElementsTool Isolate all selected elements so that only those elements will be drawn. Beta LoseWebGLContextTool Forces webgl context loss. Beta MapBaseColorTool This tool changes the color of the base map. Beta MapBaseTransparencyTool This tool changes the transparency of the base map. Beta MapBaseVisibilityTool This tool changes the visibility of the base map. Beta MapLayerSubLayerVisibilityTool This tool sets the visibility of the map sublayer. Beta MapLayerTransparencyTool This tool sets the transparency of a map layer. Beta MapLayerVisibilityTool This tool sets the visibility of the map layer. Beta MapLayerZoomTool This tool changes the viewport so it is zoomed to the range of a map layer. Beta MaskBackgroundMapByElementTool Tool to mask background map by elements Beta MaskBackgroundMapByExcludedElementTool Tool to mask background map by excluded elements Beta MaskBackgroundMapByModelTool Tool to mask background map by geometric models Beta MaskBackgroundMapBySubCategoryTool Tool to mask background map by SubCategories Beta MaskRealityModelByElementTool Tool to mask reality model by elements Beta MaskRealityModelByExcludedElementTool Tool to mask reality model by excluded elements Beta MaskRealityModelByModelTool Tool to mask reality model by geometric models Beta MaskRealityModelBySubCategoryTool Tool to mask reality model by SubCategories Beta MeasureTileLoadTimeTool Unloads all tile trees, then starts a timer that stops when all tile trees and tiles required for the view are ready. Beta OverrideSubCategoryPriorityTool Changes subcategory display priority. Beta OverrideSubCategoryTool Apply appearance overrides to one or more subcategories in the active viewport. Beta PlanarMaskBaseTool Base class for the reality model planar masking tools. Beta ProjectExtentsDecoration Beta QueryScheduleScriptTool Query the schedule script JSON from an element. Beta RealityTransitionTool This tool applies a transition in X, Y, Z, or transparency. Beta RenderSystemDebugControlTool Executes some code against a RenderSystemDebugControl obtained from the IModelApp's RenderSystem. Beta RenderTargetDebugControlToggleTool Toggles some aspect of a RenderTargetDebugControl for the selected viewport. Beta RenderTargetDebugControlTool Executes some code against a RenderTargetDebugControl obtained from the selected viewport. Beta ReorderMapLayers This tool reorders map layers. Beta ReportWebGLCompatibilityTool Queries the client's level of compatibility with the rendering system and outputs it to NotificationManager. Beta ReverseScheduleScriptTool A tool that modifies the RenderSchedule.Script, if any, associated with the selected Viewport such that the entries in each Beta SaveRealityModelTool This tool saves a reality model's JSON representation to the system clipboard. Beta SaveRenderingStyleTool Outputs (and optionally copies to the clipboard) a "rendering style" as a partial DisplayStyle3dSettingsProps JSON object based Beta SaveViewTool Copies a JSON representation of the active viewport's view to the clipboard. Beta SelectElementsByIdTool Replaces the contents of the selection set with the set of element Ids specified. Beta SetAASamplesTool Set the number of antialiasing samples to use (<=1 for no antialiasing). Beta SetAspectRatioSkewTool This tool sets the aspect ratio skew for the selected viewport. Beta SetGpuMemoryLimitTool Adjust the value of TileAdmin.gpuMemoryLimit. Beta SetHigherPriorityRealityModelMasking Tool to mask reality model by higher priority models. Beta SetMapBaseTool Sets map layer base tool. Beta SetMapHigherPriorityMasking Set Map Masking by selected models. Beta SetModelColorTool Set model appearance override for color in display style. Beta SetModelEmphasizedTool Set model appearance override for emphasized in display style. Beta SetModelIgnoresMaterialsTool Set model appearance override for ignoreMaterials in display style. Beta SetModelLineCodeTool Set model appearance override for line code in display style. Beta SetModelLineWeightTool Set model appearance override for line weight in display style. Beta SetModelLocateTool Set model appearance override for nonLocatable in display style. Beta SetModelTransparencyTool Set model appearance override for transparency in display style. Beta SetRealityModelColorTool Set reality model appearance override for color in display style. Beta SetRealityModelEmphasizedTool Set reality model appearance override for emphasized in display style. Beta SetRealityModelLocateTool Set reality model appearance override for locatable in display style. Beta SetRealityModelTransparencyTool Set reality model appearance override for transparency in display style. Beta SetScheduleScriptTool A tool that changes or removes the RenderSchedule.Script associated with the selected Viewport. Beta ShowTileVolumesTool Set the tile bounding volume decorations to display in the selected viewport. Beta SkyCubeTool Defines a SkyCube to apply to the current view. Beta SkySphereTool Defines a SkySphere to apply to the current view. Beta SourceAspectIdFromElementIdTool Given a source aspect Id, output the Id of the corresponding element in the iModel. Beta SourceAspectIdTool Base class for a tool that can convert between source aspect Ids and element Ids. Beta TestClipStyleTool Simple tool that toggles a hard-coded clip style overriding various aspects of the cut geometry appearance. Beta Toggle3dManipulationsTool Changes the allow3dManipulations flag for the selected viewport if the viewport is displaying a ViewState3d. Beta ToggleDPIForLODTool Toggles whether or not device pixel ratio should be taken into account when computing LOD for tiles and decoration graphics. Beta ToggleDrapeFrustumTool Turn on the display of the draping frustum. Beta ToggleDrawingGraphicsTool Toggles display of 2d graphics in a DrawingViewState. Beta ToggleFrustumSnapshotTool Enable ("ON"), disable ("OFF"), or toggle ("TOGGLE" or omitted) the FrustumDecorator. Beta ToggleOSMBuildingDisplay Turn on/off display of OpenStreetMap buildings Beta TogglePrimitiveVisibilityTool Control whether all geometry renders, or only instanced or batched geometry. Beta ToggleProjectExtentsTool Enable or disable project extents decoration. Beta ToggleReadPixelsTool Toggles between normal rendering and rendering as if drawing to an off-screen framebuffer for element locate. Beta ToggleRealityTileBounds Turn on display of reality tile boundaries. Beta ToggleRealityTileFreeze Freeze loading of reality tiles. Beta ToggleRealityTileLogging Turn on logging of console tile selection and loading (to console). Beta ToggleRealityTilePreload Turn on display of reality tile preload debugging. Beta ToggleSectionCutTool Controls a view state's view details' flag for producing cut geometry for a clip style. Beta ToggleSectionDrawingSpatialViewTool Toggles whether a SectionDrawing's spatial view is always displayed along with the 2d graphics by a DrawingViewState, even Beta ToggleSelectedViewFrustumTool Enable ("ON"), disable ("OFF"), or toggle ("TOGGLE" or omitted) the selected view frustum decoration. Beta ToggleShadowFrustumTool Toggle visualization of the selected viewport's shadow frustum in all other viewports. Beta ToggleSkyboxTool Toggles the skybox. Beta ToggleTerrainTool This tool toggles whether to apply terrain heights to the map. Beta ToggleTileRequestDecorationTool Display in every viewport a range graphic for every tile currently being requested for the viewport that was initially selected when the decorator was installed. Beta ToggleTileTreeBoundsDecorationTool Display in every viewport a green range graphic for each displayed tile tree, plus a red range graphic for each tile tree's content range if defined. Beta ToggleTileTreeReferencesTool Sets or unsets or flips the deactivated state of one or more tile tree references within the selected viewport. Beta ToggleToolTipsTool Replaces the default tooltips displayed when mousing over elements to instead display information useful for debugging, including Beta ToggleViewAttachmentBoundariesTool Toggle display of view attachment boundaries in sheet views. Beta ToggleViewAttachmentClipShapesTool Toggle display of view attachment clip shapes in sheet views. Beta ToggleViewAttachmentsTool Toggles display of view attachments in sheet views. Beta ToggleVolClassIntersect Toggles support for intersecting volume classifiers. Beta ToggleWiremeshTool Toggle whether surfaces display with overlaid wiremesh in the active viewport. Beta UnmaskMapTool Unmask Mask. Beta UnmaskRealityModelTool Remove masks from reality model. Beta ViewportAddRealityModel This tool adds a reality model to the viewport. Beta ViewportTileSizeModifierTool Sets or clears the tile size modifier override for the selected viewport. Beta ViewportToggleTool Base class for a tool that toggles some aspect of a Viewport. Beta WoWIgnoreBackgroundTool Set whether background color is ignored when applying white-on-white reversal. Beta Global Functions Name Description deserializeViewState Instantiate a ViewState serialized by [serializeViewState]. Beta parseArgs Given a list of arguments, parse the arguments into name-value pairs. Beta serializeViewState Serialize a ViewState to JSON. Beta toggleProjectExtents Enable or disable the project extents decoration. Beta Interfaces Name Description ToolArgs Represents parsed arguments as name-value pairs. Beta Last Updated: 19 August, 2022