DesignSpark Mechanical Online Help

Navigation options

 

DS Mechanical allows you to customize how you spin, pan, and zoom. You can customize which mouse button/keypress combinations are used as shortcuts for these tools, or you can select a theme to match another CAD application you are familiar with.

To set navigation options

  1. Select DS Mechanical Options from the File menu to display the DS Mechanical Options window.

  2. Click Navigation in the navigation panel on the left.

  3. Select the default DS Mechanical theme, select an alternative theme, or create a custom theme. See below for more information.

  4. Select an option in the Zoom group to set how turning the mouse wheel zooms the design:

  5. Select a spin method in the SpinClosed group:

  6. Select Show spin center to display the axis about which you are spinning the design.

  7. Select RotateClosed about pre-selected object to spin the design around the highlighted edge.

    You may want to uncheck this box if you are working with large or complicated designs.

  8. Select your ClipClosed with Volume, or, ClipView options:

  9. Click OK to save all your changes and close the window.

Alternative navigation themes

The following table shows CAD applications matched to alternative themes.

 

CAD Application Navigation theme (closest match)

DS Mechanical

Default

Creo Parametric®

Default

SolidClosed EdgeClosed®

Default

CATIAClosed®

Alternative 1

Rhino®

Alternative 2

ANYSYS®

Alternative 3

SOLIDWORKS®

Alternative 3

ALGOR®

Alternative 3

KeyCreator®

Alternative 3

Inventor®

Alternative 4

To create a custom theme

Modify the key and mouse shortcuts shown in the ThemeClosed list for any theme. Custom is displayed as the selected ThemeClosed. Your changes are saved immediately.

Modify the SpinClosed, PanClosed, and Zoom settings to set the mouse and key shortcuts used for those actions. You can also change the Zoom-in drag direction and the Zoom-in wheel direction to Upward (turning the mouse wheel away from you zooms in) or Downward (turning the mouse wheel towards you zooms in).

To delete a custom theme

Click Reset All to delete the custom theme and select the Default theme.


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