To Navigate the View in the Object Viewer

In the Object Viewer, you have a number of options for navigating through the model view.

  1. Open the Object Viewer from one of these locations:
    • Select an object in the drawing area, and click <Object> tab General panel Object Viewer.
    • Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager, and click the button.

      Alternatively, you can click the button (Inline Edit Toggle) to display the Object Viewer embedded inside Style Manager.

    • Select a mass group, and click Mass Group tabModify panelShow Model Explorer.
  2. Use these basic navigation tools as needed:
    • To move the view in the drawing area, click (Pan Realtime).

      Alternatively, right-click in the preview area, and click Pan.

  3. To zoom in and out of the drawing area, click (Zoom Realtime).

    Alternatively, right-click in the preview area, and click Zoom. For further Zoom options, right-click in the drawing area, click More, and select the desired Zoom option.

  4. To orbit the objects in 3D, click (Constrained 3D Orbit).

    Alternatively, right-click in the preview drawing area, and click Orbit.

  5. To move closer to or farther away from the object, click (Adjust Distance).

    This command works only when you are in perspective projection.

    Alternatively, right-click in the preview drawing area, and click More Adjust Distance.

    Note: In embedded Object Viewers, only the context menu option is available for all commands.