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Use the View menu and toolbar to manipulate and control how to display the graphics area.
When you show menus, use the View menu to help you manipulate and control how to display the graphics area.
View menu - MD17
View toolbar
When you show toolbars, the View toolbar is above the graphics-area.
Use the buttons to control how to display the graphics area.
The View toolbar is BELOW the graphics-area.
View toolbar
![]() 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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Zoom Extents To display the complete model. If the complete model does not show, do Front-View(F3), then Zoom-Extents. |
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Zoom In SHORTCUT: Mouse Wheel: Zoom in/out at your mouse position. |
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Zoom Out SHORTCUT: Mouse-Wheel: Zoom in/out at your mouse position. |
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Zoom Windows With your mouse, drag a window as the extents of the new model view. |