Manual Configuration

You can select the configuration to be applied to view your objects from a list of predefined configurations. Each view composing the configuration represents a standard view.

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About the Multi-View Mode

  1. Open any object with geometrical data.

  2. Select View > Navigation Mode > Multi-View Customization....

  3. In the Views and Layout dialog box, select the Manual tab.



  4. In the Configuration Selection area, select the desired configuration from the list of predefined configurations.

    Each view composing the configuration represents a standard view and the current view is identified by a lighter color.

    As soon as a configuration is selected, the four views displayed in the View Selection area are automatically updated accordingly.

  5. Click Apply.

    The selected configuration is applied to the current 3D viewer and the Views and Layout dialog box stays open:

    As soon as you apply a configuration to the current viewer, the Create Multi-View icon in the View toolbar changes to to indicate that the multi-view mode is now active.

  6. Manipulate a viewpoint in one of the four views.

    The other three viewpoints are not modified and you can manipulate them independently:

  7. Click a view in the View Selection area.

    The selected view is set as the current view.In the example below, the isometric view has been set as the current view:

  8. Select one of the standard views displayed to the left.

    The selected standard view is applied to the current view. For instance, click Back View to set the Back View as the current view.

  9. Click Apply.

    The selected standard view is applied to the corresponding view you in the viewer.

    Tip: Another way to apply a standard view in the viewer is to select in the viewer the view you want to modify (in that case, the Robot is displayed in the top-right corner of the selected view) then select a standard view from the Quick View toolbar. However, if you do not also change the corresponding view in the View Selection area, the modification you made in the viewer is not kept when clicking Apply.

  10. Click the rotation arrow repeatedly and check the result in the View Selection area.

    The orientation of the current base view is modified (one click on an arrow rotates the base view by 90 degrees in the arrow's direction).Below is an example with starting position displayed to the left:

    Note that if the current view is an isometric view, the rotation step will be 60 degrees and not 90 degrees:



  11. Click the arrow repeatedly and check the result in the View Selection area.

    The view direction is changed by predetermined increments.Below is an example with Back View as the current view and the starting position displayed to the left:


    • If the current view is not an isometric view:
      • Clicking the left or right selector makes the view's horizontal axis change by a predetermined increment. If you click a selector then the opposite afterwards, the view direction is reversed.
      • Clicking the up or down selector makes the view's vertical axis change by a predetermined increment. If you click a selector then the opposite afterwards, the view direction is reversed.
    • If the current view is an isometric view: clicking one of the four selectors makes the view direction change to one of the eight possible isometric views by predetermined increments. The view direction for an isometric view is always the direction from the eye point (the location of the viewer's eye within the 3D scene) to the axis origin. The picture below illustrates the eight eye points for the different isometric views:



    Therefore the result will be as follows when clicking the arrow repeatedly for an isometric view:



  12. Optional: Activate the lock options then click Apply to see the result.


    • Rotation Lock locks the rotation in the view you select (i.e. the current view).
    • Translation Lock locks the translation in the view you select (i.e. the current view).
    Warning: Rotation Lock or Translation Lock and Viewpoint Synchronization cannot be activated simultaneously. Activating Rotation Lock or Translation Lock automatically deactivates Viewpoint Synchronization, and inversely.

  13. Select the Viewpoint Synchronization check box then click Apply.

    The other three viewpoints will be simultaneously modified when you manipulate one of them.

  14. When satisfied with your configuration, click OK (or Apply then OK).

    The configuration is applied and the Views and Layout dialog box is closed.

  15. To go back to the standard viewer, click Create Multi-View in the View

    toolbar.