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 (see notes also):

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

Notes for shortcut:

Your mouse-pointer must be in the graphics-area before you drag your mouse.

Your mouse-pointer cannot hover above an element before you drag your mouse.

PAN

Pan button + Drag in the graphics-area

Shortcut (see notes also):

CTRL + Drag in the graphics-area

Notes for shortcut:

Your mouse-pointer must be in the graphics-area (for example, not on the Assembly-Tree)

Your mouse-pointer cannot hover above an element before you drag your mouse.

Zoom Extents

To display all of the elements in the active Mechanism-Editor

If all of 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.