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■ 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 View of a Model with ViewCube
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.
Reorient the Current View
The ViewCube tool provides twenty-six defined parts to click and change the current view of a model. The
twenty-six defined parts are categorized into three groups: corner, edge, and face. Of the twenty-six defined parts,
six of the parts represent standard orthogonal views of a model: top, bottom, front, back, left, and right.
Orthogonal views are set by clicking one of the faces on the ViewCube tool.
NOTE 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. A tooltip is also displayed. The tooltip describes the action
that you can perform based on the location of the cursor over the ViewCube tool.
You use the other twenty defined parts 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 view other than one
of the twenty-six predefined parts. 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: standard or fixed. When
the ViewCube tool is in standard orientation, not orientated to one of the twenty-six predefined parts, 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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