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

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

F3 key on your keyboard is the s short-cut key for the Front-View

TOP-TIP:  Clipped Models - if part of the model is large, it may not display correctly. The model is clipped.

If the model is clipped:

1.Click Front-View (F3)

2.Click Zoom-Extents

View Align

•Part-Editor : Click View Align to view the Part with a horizontal X-axis.

•Mechanism-Editor : Click View Align to view the Base-Part with a horizontal X-axis.

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 + Mouse-Button-Down + move your mouse-pointer to Spin the model.

Shortcut: - not usually recommended

SHIFT key + Mouse-Button Down + move your mouse-pointer to Spin the model.

Spin Shortcuts with keyboard arrow-keys - recommended

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

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

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

PAN  

Pan button + Mouse-Button-Down + move your mouse-pointer to Pan the model.

Shortcut:

CTRL key + Mouse-Button Down + move your mouse-pointer to Pan the model.

Notes:

With practice, you can also use your middle-mouse-wheel to Zoom Out then Zoom-In.

If the model is a large, wait for the model to move when you move your mouse-pointer.

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 for the new model view.