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Use the View menu and toolbar to manipulate and control how to display the graphics area.

View menu

When you show menus, use the View menu to help you manipulate and control how to display the graphics area.

View menu - MD17

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 toolbar

View toolbar - more details

MD-Toolbar-View-StandardViews

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.

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

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.

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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.

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.

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Zoom Windows

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