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

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

Press F3 on your keyboard as the short-cut key for the Front-View.

View Align

•Part-Editor : Click View Align to rotate the Part so that the X-axis is horizontal

•Mechanism-Editor : Click View Align to rotate the Base-Part so that the X-axis is horizontal.

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 in the Command-Manager

SPIN

Spin button + Drag in the graphics-area

Shortcut

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.

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.

Zoom Extents

To display the complete model.

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

Zoom In

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

Zoom Out

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

Zoom Windows

With your mouse, drag a window as the extents of the new model view.