DesignSpark Mechanical Online Help

Views

You can change the shortcut keys for standard views and create your own custom views to save settings for object orientation and visibility.

User-created views will not auto-scale when they are moved.

Clicking the Name column header in the Views panel toggles through ascending, descending, and user defined order.

To change view shortcut keys

1. Select the 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. tab in the Structure panel.

2. Select a shortcut key combination in the Shortcut drop-down list for the view you want to change.

To add a custom view

1. Position the view in the design window as you want it saved.

2. Select the 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. tab in the Structure panel.

3. Click Create 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. at the top of the panel.

4. Select from the following options:

   • Name: Enter a unique name for the view. The name will appear in the Structure treeDisplay in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. You can expand or collapse the nodes of the tree to view the objects. You can rename objects, create, modify, replace, and delete objects, as well as work with components..

   • Shortcut: Select a key combination from the drop-down list.

   • Orientation: Select if you want the current orientation to be saved in the view.

   • ObjectAnything recognizable by the tools. 3D objects include vertices, edges, faces, surfaces, solids, layouts, planes, axes, and origins. 2D objects include points and lines. visibility: Select if you want the visibility of objects in the current view to be saved in the view. Objects that are hidden when you create the view will be hidden when you apply the view. Visibility is applicable to all types of geometry, planes, and curves.

   • Visibility behavior for new objects: Select the visibility behavior you want to apply to objects you create after you create the view.

     • Leave Unchanged: New objects will retain their visibility when you apply the view.

     • Visible: New objects will be visible when you apply the view.

     • Hidden: New objects will be hidden when you apply the view.

5. Click OK.

   Your custom view is added to the 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. tool menu.

To apply a custom view

You can change the current view to a custom view in the following ways:

• Select the 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. tab in the Structure panel, right-click the view, and select Apply view from the context menu.
• Use the shortcut key (if assigned).
• Select the view from the 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. tool menu in the Orient ribbon group.
• Double-click the view.
• Select the view and click enter.

To replace a custom view

1. Position the view in the design window as you want it saved.

2. Select the 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. tab in the Structure panel.

3. Right-click the custom view you want to replace and select Replace from the context menu.

   The custom view is replaced with the current view.

To rename a custom view

1. Select the 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. tab in the Structure panel.

2. Right-click the custom view you want to rename and select Rename from the context menu.

3. Enter a new name for the view.

To edit custom view properties

1. Select the 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. tab in the Structure panel.

2. Right-click the custom view you want to edit and select Properties from the context menu.

3. Edit the view properties.

To delete a custom view

 

1. Select the 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. tab in the Structure panel.

2. Select the view you want to delete.

3. Click Delete 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. at the top of the panel.

   You cannot delete standard views.