Control Model View

View Orientation

• Orthographic. Orthographic 3D views show the building model in a 3D view where all components are at the same depth.
• Perspective. Orients the view to a perspective view which portrays height, width, and depth.
• Perspective with Ortho Faces. Orients the view to a perspective view.

Home View

The Home view is a special view stored with a model that makes it easy to return to a known or familiar view. You can designate any view as Home during your current viewing session.

• To define a view as Home, click ViewCube menu > Set current view as Home.
• To return to the Home view, click the Home button near the ViewCube.
• To reset your home, click ViewCube menu > Reset Home.

Once you exit the viewer, the Home view will reset to its default view.

Front View

You use the Front view of a model along with its Up direction to specify the direction of the faces of the ViewCube.

• To define the front view, click the ViewCube menu Set Current View as Front.
• To reorient the view to a preset orientation, click one of the faces, edges, or corners on the ViewCube.
• To view an adjacent face, click one of the triangles near the edges of the ViewCube.

Interactive Orientation

• Click and drag in the direction that you want to orbit the model.