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Table Of Contents
Navigation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Save and Restore Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Control the 3D Projection Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Define a Parallel Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Choose Preset 3D Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Define a 3D View with Coordinate Values or Angles . . . . . . . 220
Change to a View of the XY Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Hide Lines or Shade 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Hide Lines in 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Add Simple Shading to 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Chapter 10
Use Viewing Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Navigate with SteeringWheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Overview of SteeringWheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Navigation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Use Navigation Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Available Navigation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Reposition and Reorient the Navigation Bar . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Control the Display of Navigation Tools on the Navigation
Bar
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Use 3Dconnexion 3D mouse to Navigate Views . . . . . . . . . 242
Chapter 11
Display Multiple Views in Model Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Set Model Space Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Select and Use the Current Viewport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Save and Restore Model Tab Viewport Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . 250
Organize Drawings and Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Chapter 12 Create Single-View Drawings (Model Space) . . . . . . . . . . 255
Quick Start for Model Space Drafting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Draw, Scale, and Annotate in Model Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Chapter 13
Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts (Paper Space) . . . . . 263
Quick Start for Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Understand the Layout Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Work with Model Space and Paper Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Work on the Model Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Work on a Layout Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Access Model Space from a Layout Viewport . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Export a Layout to Model Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Create and Modify Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Add Date and Time Stamps to Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
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