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Set Non Proportional View

Scales the view independently along the horizontal and vertical axes, in orthographic windows. This results in the model appearing squished or stretched, which may help reveal curvature problems.

Access this tool from the View palette:

Set Non Proportional View workflows

Non-proportionally scale the view interactively

  1. Make sure that Non proportional scaling box is turned off in Miscellaneous section of the General Preferences.

  2. Click in an orthographic window to make it current.

  3. Select the tool.

  4. Drag the mouse to scale the view:

    • Drag the left and right to scale the view horizontally, and up and down to scale the view vertically.
    • Drag the to scale the view horizontally only.
    • Drag the to scale the view vertically only.
    Note: You can also use the icon in the NavBar to non-proportionally scale a view in the Perspective window.
  5. Use Toggle Non Proportional View to switch back and forth between your non-proportional and proportional view.

Non-proportionally scale the view by drawing a box

  1. Make sure that Non proportional scaling box is turned on in General Preferences.

  2. Click in an orthographic window to make it current.

  3. Select the tool.

  4. Click and drag to draw a box on the screen around the area you want to examine:

    When you release the mouse button, the window fills with the content of the box. This happens whether you drag right or left.

You can also use the icon in the NavBar to non-proportionally scale a view in the Perspective window. The use of the mouse buttons is the same.

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