Isometric View ( Modeling > press i i )
Tool summary :
- Shows you an isometric perspective of your current view. You are given rotation options.
- An isometric view is a view of the 3D model or part of the model from an angle. More material surfaces are visible when a view is isometric as opposed to orthogonal.
- Creating an isometric view from a full plan view with depth checking off gives you a view of the entire structure (without limits). On the other hand, an isometric view created from an elevation view does have limits.
- If you want to undo your changes, you can Undo View Change ( u ) or Revert ( Ctrl + r ).
- If you want a permanent copy of the isometric view that you create using this too, you should Save View As ( s v ). Detail Erection Views can create an erection view drawing of the iso view.
- See the step-by-step instructions (
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Also see :
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- Current view location (changed by Isometric View )
- Undo View Change (to undo Isometric View )
- Revert (undoes Isometric View unless you first Save View As )
- Detail Erection Views (to create 2D drawing of the iso view)
- Rotate View (alternative to Isometric View )
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Step-by-step instructions :
The following instructions assume that you are using a 3-button mouse and that you use mouse bindings similar to those shown in these illustrations.
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1 . Invoke Isometric View . The view you are in directly affects the results you get (see the note at the top of this help document). In this example, the view is a plan view, and the results are an isometric view of that plan view. |
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2 . The view is transformed into an isometric view. If your mouse has a mouse wheel , you can use it to rotate your view around the Z axis of the model, or middle-click ( Options ) and use the "<==" or "==>" buttons to do the same. Left-click ( Accept ) to accept the view. Or right-click ( Return ) to go back to the view in step 1. |
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3 . You are now able to work in the isometric view that you accepted in step 2. To make a permanent copy of the view, see note 2 below. |
Note 1: To invoke Isometric View ...
Method 1 : Click the Isometric View icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be taken from the group named ' View ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).
Method 2 : If " Modeling layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose View > Isometric View .
Method 3, 4 or 5 : Isometric View can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface . The default keyboard shortcut for Isometric View is i i .
Note 2: The depth-check limits of the isometric view will match the depth-check limits of the view you started in. You may want to uncheck (
) the box for depth checking to turn it off.
depth check limits Note 3: At this point you have not actually created a new view; you have simply relocated your current view. Use Save View As ( s v ) to actually create a new view that you can Open ( Ctrl + o ) whenever you want. Or use Undo View Change ( u ) or Revert ( Ctrl + r ) to undo the changes to your current view.