Creating 3D Views

Creating 3D Views

Creating Views

You can create a view that captures the current state of the Viewport so that you can quickly apply the view at any time later.

There are two types of views:

·         Views : positions, visibility, and other properties of all parts, camera position and zoom scale

·         Camera Views : only camera position and zoom scale

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Views are stored and shared per 3D Model. Thus, when you delete some views in the 3D Model or 3D Animation edit mode, those views will become unavailable for any objects of the same 3D Model in the document.

To Create Camera View

1.       Select the 3D Views checkbox from the Panes panel in the View tab of 3D Model edit mode.

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2.       Adjust the camera by Zoom In , Zoom Out , Rotate , or Pan in the Viewport as needed.

3.       Click the Create Camera View icon  in the Toolbar of the 3D Views pane.

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The thumbnails of Camera Views will have the icon  at the top left corner to differentiate them from those of Views in the 3D Views pane.

To Create View

1.       Select the 3D Views checkbox from the Panes panel in the View tab of 3D Model edit mode.

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2.       Select a part or parts.

3.       Change the color, opacity, visibility, positions, and/or render mode as needed.

4.       Adjust the camera by Zoom In , Zoom Out , Rotate , or Pan in the Viewport as needed.

5.       Click the Create View icon  in the Toolbar of the 3D Views pane.

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Icons in the Toolbar

Icon

Function Name

Description

Create View

Creates a view that captures positions, visibility, and other properties of all parts as well as camera position, direction, orientation, and field width and height from the Viewport.

Create Camera View

Creates a view that captures camera position, direction, orientation, and field width and height from the Viewport.

Update View

When the view is changed after it is applied, you can update it by recapturing the state from the Viewport.

Update Views with Selected Changes

You can update the selected Views and thumbnails with the changes to the selected parts that you made.

Rename View

You can rename after creating views anytime.

Refresh Thumbnails

Refreshes all view thumbnail images in case the 3D Model source files are updated externally.

Show Views Only

Click the icon to show only views. When it is enabled, the icon gets highlighted.

Show Camera Views Only

Click the icon to show only camera views. When it is enabled, the icon gets highlighted. To show all views, disable both.

To Apply View to the Viewport

Double-click a view that you want to apply in the 3D Views pane.

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