Review: Seek to Face

Seek to Face ( Modeling )

Tool summary :

Zooms and rotates to the material surface that you select. Use this tool, for example, before adding holes or material to the surface.
The depth check " Out " setting of the seek-to-face view is set per User and Site Options > Modeling > " Surfacing Depth ." The depth check " In " setting will be the maximum.
The surface that this operation brings you to will be displayed in a brighter color. This highlighting serves as an indicator that the surface is the work plane of your view.
Seek to Face requires that at least one member in your current Modeling view be displayed in a solid form .
See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

A solid form (material surface needs to be in)
Undo View Change (undoes Seek to Face )
Surfacing Depth (' Out ' option applies to Seek to Face )
Work plane highlighting (helps you know where you're at)
Snap to Surface (a similar tool)

Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Invoke Seek to Face using one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1 : Click the Seek to Face icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Navigate -- Navigation Mode ' 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 Navigate > Seek to Face .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Seek to Face 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 .

2 . The mouse pointer ( ) changes into a cross ( ). Do the following:

2a : Place the mouse pointer on the material surface that you want to look at, then left-click or right-click or middle-click.

3 . The program brings you to a view showing the material face that you clicked on. Since the selected surface is now your work plane, it is now displayed in a lighter color than it would if it were not your work plane (see work plane highlighting ).