Navigation menu

The Navigation Menu toolbar button opens a menu that contains commands for navigating in the model. For example, if you are not sure which way you are currently looking, you can restore the horizontal alignment or jump to an isometric view of the model.

Restore horizontal (H)

Aligns the view with the horizon.

Turn to look down (Shift + Z)

Turns the view directly downward.

Turn to look up (Z)

Turns the view directly upward.

Turn to look X+ (X)

Turns the view to point to the positive direction of the X axis.

Turn to look X- (Shift + X)

Turns the view to point to the negative direction of the X axis.

Turn to look Y+ (Y)

Turns the view to point to the positive direction of the Y axis.

Turn to look Y- (Shift + Y)

Turns the view to point to the negative direction of the Y axis.

Top view (Shift + 1)

View the model from the top.

Bottom view (Shift + 2)

View the model from the bottom.

Right view (Fore) (Shift + 3)

View the model from the right.

Left view (Aft) (Shift + 4)

View the model from the left.

Front view (SB) (Shift + 5)

View the model from the front.

Back view (PS) (Shift + 6)

View the model from the back.

Isometric view (Shift + 7)

View the model from isometric direction.

Perspective projection

View the model using the traditional projection way.

Orthographic projection

View the model using orthographic projection. Orthographic projection preserves distances in the view and objects further away are not rendered smaller than objects which are closer as in perspective projection. Navigation in orthographic view does not support the traditional left mouse button flying but all other navigation commands are available. Markups are not supported in orthographic view.

Zoom to area

Zoom to a specific area in the model. To define the area, hold down the left mouse button and drag the rectangle to the required size.

Related Topics

Navigation and shortcut keys