Standard Views' Customization

Open any object with geometrical data.

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

In the Views and Layout dialog box, select the Standard Views tab.

Tip: You can also access the Standard Views tab by selecting View > Named Views... then choosing a view from the list before clicking Properties.

Select a standard view to customize by clicking one of the icons displayed to the left.

By default, Front View is selected. In our example, we click Back View .

When a standard view is selected, the preview displayed in the View Selection area is updated:

The standard views displayed in this dialog box are identical to those available in the Using Standard Views toolbar:

Isometric View
Front View
Back View
Left View
Right View
Top View
Bottom View

Click Apply.

The selected view is applied to the current viewer:

Re-select View > Navigation Mode > Multi-View Customization....

The Views and Layout dialog box re-opens and you can see that the selected view (Back View in our example) is still selected and we can now start customizing the view.

Use the four translation arrows (such as ) to shift the selected standard view by 90 degrees in the arrow's direction.

Below is an example of the result you can obtain when clicking repeatedly the arrow with Back View as the selected view and starting position displayed to the left:

Note: Note that if the current standard view is an isometric view, the isometric view's direction changes to one of the eight possible isometric views using predetermined increments. Below is an example using repeatedly the arrow with starting position displayed to the left:

Use the four rotation arrows (such as ) to change the orientation of the current view: one click on an arrow rotates the view by 90 degrees in the arrow's direction.

Below is an example using repeatedly the arrow with starting position displayed to the left:

Note: If the current standard view is an isometric view, the view is rotated by 60 degrees:

Use the three boxes displayed in the View Direction area to change the direction of the current view.

This area indicates the direction of the selected standard view along the X, Y and Z axes (as shown below):

To change the direction, you can enter one of these three values in the desired box: -1, 0 or 1 before clicking Apply.

Note: If the selected view is not an isometric view, you can enter a value only in one of the tree boxes: as soon as a value is entered in a box, the other two are automatically filled with the value "0". On the contrary, if the selected view is an isometric view, you can enter a value in the three boxes. If you enter a positive value other than "1", it is changed to "1" and if you enter a negative value other than "-1", it is changed to "-1".

For instance, entering "-1" instead of "1" in the first box to the left inverts the view direction along the X axis:

Use the Apply to axis area to position the selected standard view according to the local axis or to the axis you select:

When Use local axis is displayed, it means that the standard view is positioned according to the active (i.e. current) local axis. If no local axis is active, the standard view is positioned according to the global axis system (displayed in the bottom right corner of the screen) of the UI-active object. For instance, if a part is activated, the standard view uses the part's axis as reference. To set an axis as current, right-click it in the specification tree or in the geometry area then select xxx object > Set As Current.
Selecting the Select axis check box lets you position the standard view according to a specific axis: to select the axis to be used, first select the text No Selection then click the axis to be used in the geometry area. The name of the selected axis is displayed in the box:

The directions of the selected axis are saved in the CATSettings directory and are applied to the standard view. As these directions are stored in the settings, this means that the standard view is always positioned according to them and this, whatever the orientation changes you might make afterwards (for instance, if you change the Robot orientation).

To apply new directions to the standard view, you need to select another axis.

Note: The Select axis option remains activated even if you select another standard view. Therefore, do not forget to deactivate the option if you want to use the local axis. If your current axis sytem is left-handed, the standard views are positioned according to the global axis system. For detailed information on defining a three-axis system locally, see Defining an Axis System in the Generative Shape Design User Guide.

Tip: To restore all the standard views to their original direction and orientation, click Reset All.

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

Your configuration is validated and the Views and Layout dialog box is closed.

In the View toolbar, click the icon of the standard view you have just customized (Back View in our example).