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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.

  • 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 or click ViewCube menu > Reset Home.

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 you want to orbit the model.

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