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Zooming

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The zooming options are the following:

  • Wheel mouse button: rotate this wheel button to zoom in or out according to the zoom configuration set in the 3D Viewer Preferences dialog box; see the Zoom Preferences section.
  • The Zoom Up and Zoom Down buttons on the Basic Viewing and StandardViewing toolbars: click the appropriate button to zoom in or out along the 3D scene viewpoint center.

  • The Zoom Window feature available from the StandardViewing toolbar: click this button and select an arbitrary area on the 3D scene to zoom into this area; see the Zooming into Area subsection.

  • The Orient to Face feature available from the StandardViewing toolbar: selects a surface and click this button to orient and zoom a given 3D CAD model into this part or surface; see the Zooming into Part subsection.

  • The Fit All feature available from the 3D Scene and Part context menus: click this command to restore the default 3D CAD model size fitting the 3D scene canvas without changing the current model orientation; see the Zooming into and Isolating Part subsection.

  • The Isolate feature available from the Part context menu: select a part or surface and click this command to zoom into this part or surface and make all other parts and surfaces transparent; see the Zooming into and Isolating Part subsection.

Zooming into Area

To zoom into an area on the 3D scene:

  1. Click the Zoom Window button on the StandardViewing toolbar.
  2. Select the area by clicking and dragging.

The selected area will fit the 3D scene canvas.

Orienting Model to Face

To orient a 3D CAD model to a surface on its part:

  1. Select the part or surface
  1. Click the Orient to Face button on the StandardViewing toolbar.

The selected part or surface will fit the 3D scene canvas and be oriented to the user.

Isolating Part

To zoom into a selected part in a 3D CAD model and make all other parts transparent:

  1. Select the part or surface.

  2. Right-click and click the Isolate command.

The selected part will fit the 3D scene canvas without changing the orientation, and all other parts will be transparent.