{"id":16733,"date":"2017-05-10T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/?p=16733"},"modified":"2017-05-09T08:56:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T12:56:10","slug":"get-oriented-tricks-for-orienting-3d-model-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2017\/05\/get-oriented-tricks-for-orienting-3d-model-views.html","title":{"rendered":"Get Oriented – Tricks for Orienting Your 3D Model Views in SOLIDWORKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s no secret that a 3D model makes conveying your concepts, ideas, or designs easier than ever but, navigating around the 3D space can sometimes prove tricky. It can\u00a0even sometimes seem borderline impossible. So, here are a few tips that can help you orient your 3D models\u00a0with ease. With these tricks you can save yourself from the tediousness of manipulating views and get back to conveying your concepts and designs.<\/p>\n

Default hot keys\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Use the default hot keys for quick access to the standard views:<\/p>\n

\"Get<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Normal to<\/strong><\/h1>\n
    \n
  1. Press normal to a second time to flip the view 180 degrees<\/li>\n
  2. Press normal to when not in a sketch and the view will orient to the closest orthogonal view<\/li>\n
  3. Customize your “normal to” orientation by selecting a second face which will define the “up” direction<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/23-normal-view.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Use the Triad<\/strong><\/h1>\n
      \n
    1. Clicking the triad will orient the view normal to the axis you select<\/li>\n
    2. Rotate about the axis 15 degrees or 90 degrees using the shift or alt keys<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/26-rotate-with-triad.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

       <\/p>\n

      Bonus<\/strong><\/h1>\n

      If you like a view, you can save it to your model or even “globally” to your SOLIDWORKS system<\/p>\n

      https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/saved-views.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      It’s no secret that a 3D model makes conveying your concepts, ideas, or designs easier than ever but, navigating around the 3D space can sometimes prove tricky. It can\u00a0even sometimes seem borderline impossible. So, here are a few tips that<\/p>\n... Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":16738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,36],"tags":[1883,1879,1877,1878,1876,60,453,1875],"class_list":["post-16733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-usability","tag-3d-views","tag-hot-keys","tag-model-views","tag-normal-to","tag-orientation","tag-tech-tip","tag-tips-and-tricks","tag-views"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16733"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16774,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16733\/revisions\/16774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}