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■ Perspective. Switches the current view to perspective projection.
■ Lock to Selection. Uses the selected objects to define the center of the view when a view orientation change
occurs with the ViewCube tool.
NOTE If you click Home on the ViewCube tool, the view returns to the Home view even if Lock to Current Selection
is selected.
■ Set Current View as Home. Defines the Home view of the model based on the current view.
■ Set Current View as Front. Defines the Front view of the model based on the current view.
■ Reset Front. Resets the Front view of the model to its default orientation.
■ ViewCube Options. Displays the Options Editor where you can adjust the appearance and behavior of the
ViewCube tool.
■ Help. Launches the online Help system and displays the topic for the ViewCube tool.
Reorient the Current View
ViewCube is used to reorient the current view of a model. You can reorient the view of a model with the ViewCube
tool by clicking pre-defined areas to set a preset view current, click and drag to freely change the view angle of
the model, and define and restore the Home view.
TIP When the cursor is over one of the clickable areas of the ViewCube tool, the cursor changes to an arrow with a
small cube to indicate that it is over the ViewCube tool.
You use the other twenty defined areas to access angled views of a model. Clicking one of the corners on the
ViewCube tool reorients the current view of the model to a three-quarter view, based on a viewpoint defined by
three sides of the model. Clicking one of the edges reorients the view of the model to a half view based on two
sides of the model.
You can also click and drag the ViewCube tool to reorient the view of a model to a custom viewpoint other than
one of the twenty-six predefined viewpoints. As you drag, the cursor changes to indicate that you are reorienting
the current view of the model. If you drag the ViewCube tool close to one of the preset orientations and it is set
to snap to the closest view, the ViewCube tool rotates to the closest preset orientation.
The outline of the ViewCube tool helps you identify the form of orientation it is in: freeform or constrained.
When the ViewCube tool is in freeform orientation, not orientated to one of the twenty-six predefined views,
its outline is displayed as dashed. The ViewCube tool is outlined in a solid continuous line when it is constrained
to one of the predefined views.
Roll a Face View
When you view a model from one of the face views, two roll arrow buttons are displayed near the ViewCube
tool. Use the roll arrows to rotate the current view 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise around the center
of the view.
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