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To use animated transitions when reorienting a view to a preset orientation
1 Right-click the ViewCube tool, and click ViewCube Options.
2 In the Options Editor, the ViewCube page under the Interface node, select Use Animated Transitions When
Switching Views.
When checked, transitions from one view to another appear animated when clicking a predefined area on
the ViewCube tool.
3 Click OK.
To automatically fit the model after a view orientation
1 Right-click the ViewCube tool, and click ViewCube Options.
2 In the Options Editor, the ViewCube page under the Interface node, select Fit-to-View on Change.
3 Click OK.
To roll a face view
NOTE Make sure a face view is displayed.
■ Click one of the roll arrows displayed above and to the right of the ViewCube tool.
The left roll arrow rotates the view 90 degrees counterclockwise; the right roll arrow rotates the view 90
degrees clockwise.
To define the front view
■ Right-click the ViewCube tool, and click Set Current View as Front.
To restore the Front view
■ Right-click the ViewCube tool, and click Reset Front.
Set the View Projection Mode
The ViewCube tool supports two view projection modes (Perspective and Orthographic). Orthographic projection
is also referred to as parallel projection. Perspective projected views are calculated based on the distance from a
theoretical camera and target point. The shorter the distance between the camera and the target point, the more
distorted the perspective effect appears; greater distances produce less distorted affects on the model. Orthographic
projected views display all the points of a model being projected parallel to the screen.
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