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Introduction to Model Based Definition with Creo Parametric 7.0
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Orienting the Model in Creo View

You can view a model from different angles, and zoom in and out on specific areas and components.

  • Keyboard and mouse navigation: Figure Spin

  • Figure Pan

  • Figure Zoom

  • Figure Turn

  • Creo Navigation Model setup

  • Navigation group commands: Zoom All

  • Zoom Window

  • Zoom Selected

  • Orientation

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Figure 1 - Viewing Creo View Client Navigation Help

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Figure 2 - Viewing Predefined Orientations

Orienting the Model in Creo View

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Figure 1 - Viewing Creo View Client Navigation Help

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Figure 2 - Viewing Predefined Orientations In addition to viewing the model in its view orientations as defined in the combination states, you can also reorient the model manually. Orientation options include: Spin, Pan, Zoom, and Turn. For each orientation, you can press and hold a key and click the appropriate mouse button.

By default, the Creo Navigation Model used in Creo View is the same as that of Creo Parametric. That is, the keyboard and mouse shortcuts used to spin, pan, zoom, and turn a model in Creo View are the same as those used in Creo Parametric. You can modify the Navigation Model by clicking File

Options, and selecting the General Navigation category. Then, select one of the following options from the Navigation model drop-down list:

  • PTC Creo — The default navigation model, this navigation model is the same as that of Creo Parametric.

  • ProductView — Sets the navigation model to the pre-Creo View navigation model.

  • CATIA V5 Compatible Navigation — Sets the navigation model to that of CATIA V5.

The following table provides the navigation options for the default PTC Creo navigation model:

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You can also roll the wheel button on the mouse forwards and backwards to zoom out and in, respectively.

When performing some of these navigation functions, the cursor becomes context-sensitive based on the navigation being performed. To help remember the correct keyboard and mouse combinations for a given operation, simply look in the status bar of the Creo View client. The status bar indicates which mouse buttons correspond with the navigation features.

In addition to the hands-on manipulation in the viewing area, orientation of the model is also provided by the Navigation group. This group, available on the Home tab, includes zooming capabilities and standard orientation viewing angles. In addition to these functions, it also enables you to change the center point for spinning rotation.

  • Zoom All Figure — Zooms to display all of the currently loaded model components in the view window.

  • Zoom Window Figure — Enables you to click and drag a box around a specific area, making that area fill the view window.

  • Orientation Figure — Contains a drop-down list that enables you to select any one of eight standard viewing angles: ISO1, ISO2, Back, Bottom, Front, Top, Left, and Right. The first two viewing angles are standard orientations for three-dimensional objects to assist with viewing multiple faces at once; the remaining six represent a view from one of six sides of the model. These views are similar to the six sides of a cube. Depending on what recipe file settings were used when the 3-D models were published, below the eight standard views you may also see a CAD Model section in the drop-down list. The CAD Model section contains the view orientations from the native Creo Parametric data.