Exercise 1: Changing Standard Views

In this exercise, you learn how to look at your part from different sides and fit it to the graphics window.

1. Open ANGLEBLOCK-MM.mcam, which was provided with this tutorial. The part opens in Isometric (WCS) view.

   

2. On the View tab, select the Show Axes drop-down. If necessary, deselect World, Cplane, and Tplane. Only WCS remains selected.

   

3. On the View tab, select Show Axes or press [F9] to toggle the display of the WCS axes.

   The coordinate axes show the origin and the part orientation to help you visualize the part in 3D space.

   

4. On the View tab, select the Show Gnomons drop-down and deselect Cplane and Tplane. Only WCS remains selected.

   

5. On the View tab, select Show Gnomons. The WCS gnomon displays. The text indicates that the WCS is set to the Top plane, and the Cplane and Tplane are also set to Top.

   

6. On the View tab, select Top.

   

   The part changes to show the Top WCS view.

   

7. You can also use the right-click menu to change the view. Practice switching to other views using this menu.

   

8. When finished, return the part to Isometric (WCS) view.
9. Click Show Gnomons to turn off the display of gnomons in the graphics window.

10. On the View tab, select Unzoom 80% to reduce the size of the part on the screen.

    

11. On the View tab, select Fit. You can also press [Alt+F1].

    

    The part now fills the entire graphics window.

    

    NOTE:

    Fit and several other Zoom commands are also available in the right-click menu.