View

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View menu contains tools for manipulating the current view, showing/hiding objects and changing their visual style.

• ↘ Regenerate – regenerate the view with the current settings
• ↘ UCS – change the user coordinate system
• ↘ Animate pan – pan the view by dragging with the mouse
• ↘ Zoom margin – zoom to the extents of the visible elements in the current view
• ↘ Zoom in – define a box and enlarge the view to fit the box area to the current window size
• ↘ Zoom out – define a box and fit the current view in the box area
• ↘ Zoom enlarge – zoom in to 133% of the current view size
• ↘ Zoom reduce – zoom out to 75% of the current view size
• ↘ 3D Rotation... – select a 3D rotation angle from a dialogue window
• ↘ Orbit – rotate the model view freely in 3D space
• ↘ Plane view – rotate the view to a top view regarding the global coordinate system (X-Y plane view)
• ↘ South view – rotate the view to a front view regarding the global coordinate system (X-Z plane view)
• ↘ East view – rotate the view to a right side view regarding the global coordinate system (Y-Z plane view)
• ↘ Space view – rotate the view to a default 3D viewing angle regarding the global coordinate system
• ↘ 3D View – select a 3D view rotation angle from a tool palette
• ↘ 2D View – select a 2D view (section) by using a tool palette
• ↘ Save view – save the current view with a name
• ↘ Select view – pick a view from the predefined and previously saved view list
• ↘ One storey up – move up one storey, if the model has storeys. Only elements connected to this storey are shown
• ↘ One storey down – move down one storey, if the model has storeys. Only elements connected to this storey are shown
• ↘ Home view – define and return to a home view
• ↘ Previous view – go back to the previous view
• ↘ Next view – go forward to the next view (only if you have used the Previous view tool)
• ↘ Hide/show objects – hide or show selected elements
• ↘ Transparency – change transparency for selected elements
• ↘ Save display status – save the effects of the Hide/show objects and Transparency tools on a view with a name
• ↘ Select display status – restore the effects of Hide/show objects and Transparency that were previously saved with the Save display status tool
• ↘ Physical view – turn the physical view for structural elements on and off
• ↘ Wireframe – select the wireframe visual style for structural elements
• ↘ Hidden line – select the hidden line visual style for structural elements
• ↘ Shading – select the shading visual style for structural elements
• ↘ Shading with edges – select the shading with edges visual style for structural elements