Use this control to change the orientation of the model view. Click a face in the cube - "Front", for example - to switch to the front view of the model or click and hold an edge of the cub to rotate in that orientation.
Click an element in the model to view its measurements in the dialog. Click the Settings button to open the settings panel. Select a Unit type and Precision. The Isolate measurement checkbox hides all elements of the model except the one being measured. Click the Close button to dismiss the Measure Dialog.
Click the left side of the slider and drag to the right to "explode" the model view into its components. Drag the slider left to collapse the model view.
Click this button to open the Model Browser Dialog. The browser displays model elements grouped by family. When you click a family the model view is redrawn as translucent with the elements in that family highlighted. This screenshot shows the model with the "Stair" family selected in the browser:
Click in the Filter by name field to return to viewing all of the model elements.
Click the Close button to dismiss the Browser Dialog.
Click this button to open the Screenshot Dialog. Use this dialog to quickly take a number of screenshots and attach them to the current record. This is similar to using the Snapshot Dialog except that the Snapshot Dialog gives you more options.
Click and drag in the model view to orbit horizontally around the center of the model
- Click in the model to establish an orbit center and then click and drag to orbit in all axes
- Zooms to fit the extents of the model using the current view
- Click and drag up or right to increase focal length. Click and drag down or left to decrease focal length.
- Click and drag to roll the current view clockwise and counter-clockwise.
- This option creates a section box which allows you to control the section in all axes
to dismiss the Measure Dialog.
or press the ESC key to return to regular mode.
