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Snapping to a view

Use the SnapConstrain to objects, angular and linear increments, or grid points while you are sketching or editing solids. You can customize the snapping behavior in File>Options. Pressing Shift while dragging snaps the tool based on your snap settings. You can use the Snap to grid tool to constrain or lock all drawing to grid points only. 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 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 SectionDesign2D or 3D model that contains at least one top-level component. mode in which you edit solids by working with their edges and vertices in cross-section. View is cut away to show interior detail. 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 windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace. 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.