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View toolbar and menu

View menu

View menu - MD17

View menu - MD17

View toolbar

The View toolbar is BELOW the graphics-area.

View toolbar

View toolbar

View toolbar icons

MD-Toolbar-View-StandardViews

View from the: Front ; Back ; Left ; Right ; Top ; Bottom

Front-View is the XY-Plane of the active Mechanism-Editor


F3 is the short-cut key for the Front-View

MD-Icon-View-AlignAxes

View Align

Part-Editor : Click View Align to rotate the Part to have a horizontal X-axis.

Mechanism-Editor : Click View Align to rotate the Base-Part to have a horizontal X-axis.

MD-Icon-View-NormalTo

View Normal to a Plane

To make the view normal() to a Plane:

1.Click View Normal to Plane

2.Click a Plane

3.Click OK-tiny-13-17 in the Command-Manager

MD-Icon-View-Spin

SPIN

Spin button + Drag in the graphics-area

Shortcut 1:

SHIFT + Drag in the graphics-area

Shortcuts and keyboard arrow-keys

10º Spin : LEFT / RIGHT and UP / DOWN keyboard arrow-keys

30º Spin : CTRL + LEFT / RIGHT and UP / DOWN keyboard arrow-keys

90º Spin : SHIFT + LEFT / RIGHT and UP / DOWN keyboard arrows-keys

Note: Make sure your mouse-pointer does not hover above an element before you drag your mouse.

MD-Icon-View-Pan

PAN

Pan button + Drag in the graphics-area

Shortcut:

CTRL + Drag in the graphics-area

Note: Make sure your mouse-pointer does not hover above an element before you drag your mouse.

MD-Icon-View-ZoomExtents

Zoom Extents

To display the complete model.

If the complete model does not show, do Front-View(F3), then Zoom-Extents.

MD-Icon-View-ZoomIn

Zoom In

SHORTCUT: Mouse Wheel: Zoom in/out at your mouse position.

MD-Icon-View-ZoomOut

Zoom Out

SHORTCUT: Mouse-Wheel: Zoom in/out at your mouse position.

MD-Icon-View-ZoomWindow

Zoom Windows

With your mouse, drag a window for the new model view.