Use the Snap View tool to display a head-on view of a selected face or plane. You can also use the tool to throw the highlighted face or plane to the top, bottom, right, or left. On a drawing sheet, flipping one view also flips all related views.

Snap View works on objects with a direction: planes, datums, cones, torii, curves and edges. For non-linear curves, the direction is determined by the direction between the endpoints.

You can only use this tool in 3D mode; it is disabled in Sketch and Section modes.

To snap the view

1. Click Select or press S.

2. Click Snap View in the Orient group.

3. Use objects in the Design window to orient your view:

   • Click and release on a plane, point, cone, torus, curve, or edge.

     If the object is not oriented head-on, then it will rotate so the face you click is viewed head-on, like this:

     

     If the object is already oriented head-on, then it will rotate 90° counter-clockwise or it will rotate so it is square with the Design window, like this:

     

   • Click, drag, and release a plane, point, cone, torus, curve, or edge to throw it up, down, left, or right.

     If the object is not oriented head-on, then it will rotate so the face you click is viewed head-on and square with the Design window, like this:

     

     If the object is oriented head-on, it will rotate 90° in the direction you drag, like this:

     

   • Click anywhere in empty space to rotate the view 90° counter-clockwise, like this:

     

4. Repeat until you see the view you want.

 

 

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