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Undo and redo

DS Mechanical stores all your actions from the moment you open the DS Mechanical application until you close it. This includes the use of all tools in all tabs, opening and closing files, and loading and activating components. Every action is recorded and can be undone and redone.

Undo and redo allows you to have multiple models open and move between them making changes. You can return to any window where you have been working and undo changes from the last time you worked in the window.

Dependencies created between windows, however, will permanently merge the Undo operations for those windows. For example, if you open a component of an assembly in a second window, a model dependent on the first window, the Undo operations will be merged. Making changes in the first window and then choosing to Undo those changes in the second window will undo the changes in both windows.

The undo list is set to 50 steps by default. You can modify this number, but we recommend that you keep the default setting.

To undo or redo a tool action

Click the Undo and Redo tools in the Quick Access toolbar or press Ctrl+Z to undo and Ctrl+Y to redo.

You can undo and redo actions until you have undone or redone every action in your session, or you can jump to a particular action by selecting that action from the Undo and Redo menus. If undoing an action will open or close a document or switch to a new Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace., a confirmation window is displayed.

When you undo a tool action, the view is also changed to the view you used to perform that action.

To purge all actions

Select Purge from the Undo menu.

This clears the memory of all previous actions for the DS Mechanical session.

To undo or redo a view

Click the Previous ViewOrientation settings that you can apply to your design, including spin, pan, and zoom. You can adjust these settings individually or you can apply one of the following preconfigured views: Trimetric, Isometric, Top, Bottom, Front, Back, Right, Left. You can also select Snap View and click a face to view it head-on. and Next ViewOrientation settings that you can apply to your design, including spin, pan, and zoom. You can adjust these settings individually or you can apply one of the following preconfigured views: Trimetric, Isometric, Top, Bottom, Front, Back, Right, Left. You can also select Snap View and click a face to view it head-on. tools on the status bar to undo and redo your design view changes.