Std View Menu/cs

Introduction

The Std View Menu is one of the 7 sub-menus in the standard menu:

File     Edit     View     Tools     Macro     Windows     Help

The View menu provides tools to change the 3D View and the view properties of objects in the model, and tools related to the display of interface components.

Tools

The following tools are available in this menu:

• New 3D View: Creates a new 3D View.

• Orthographic View: Switches to orthographic view mode.

• Perspective View: Switches to perspective view mode.

• Fullscreen: Toggles the main window's fullscreen mode.

• Standard Views
  • Fit All: Fits all visible objects inside the view.
  • Fit Selection: Fits selected objects inside the view.
  • Align to Selection: Aligns the view with the selection. introduced in 1.0
  • Axonometric
    • Isometric: Switches to an isometric view.
    • Dimetric: Switches to a dimetric view.
    • Trimetric: Switches to a trimetric view.
  • Home: Switches to the default home view.
  • Front: Switches to the front view.
  • Top: Switches to the top view.
  • Right: Switches to the right view.
  • Rear: Switches to the rear view.
  • Bottom: Switches to the bottom view.
  • Left: Switches to the left view.
  • Rotate Left: Rotates the view to the left.
  • Rotate Right: Rotates the view to the right.
  • Store Working View: Stores the camera settings of the active 3D View in its working view. introduced in 0.21
  • Recall Working View: Recalls the active 3D View's stored working view. introduced in 0.21

• Freeze Display
  • Save Views…: Saves frozen views in a file.
  • Load Views…: Loads frozen views from a file.
  • Freeze View: Stores the current view in a frozen view.
  • Clear Views: Deletes all frozen views.

• Draw Style
  • As Is: Switches the draw style to: As is.
  • Points: Switches the draw style to: Points.
  • Wireframe: Switches the draw style to: Wireframe.
  • Hidden Line: Switches the draw style to: Hidden line.
  • No Shading: Switches the draw style to: No shading.
  • Shaded: Switches the draw style to: Shaded.
  • Flat Lines: Switches the draw style to: Flat lines.

• Bounding Box: Toggles the bounding box highlighting mode.

• Stereo
  • Stereo Red/Cyan: Switches to red/cyan stereo view.
  • Stereo Quad Buffer: Switches to quad buffer stereo view.
  • Stereo Interleaved Rows: Switches to interleaved rows stereo view.
  • Stereo Interleaved Columns: Switches to interleaved columns stereo view.
  • Stereo Off: Switches stereo view off.
  • Issue Camera Position: Prints camera settings in the Report View and the Python Console.

• Zoom
  • Zoom In: Zooms the view in.
  • Zoom Out: Zooms the view out.
  • Box Zoom: Zooms the view in on a rectangular area.

• Document Window
  • Docked: Docks a 3D View.
  • Undocked: Undocks a 3D View.
  • Fullscreen: Toggles a 3D View's fullscreen mode.

• Toggle Axis Cross: Toggles the axis cross.

• Clipping View: Temporarily clips objects.

• Texture Mapping: Temporarily maps a texture onto all objects.

• Visibility
  • Toggle Visibility: Toggles the visibility of selected objects.
  • Show Selection: Shows selected objects.
  • Hide Selection: Hides selected objects.
  • Select Visible Objects: Selects all visible objects.
  • Toggle All Objects: Toggles the visibility of all objects.
  • Show All Objects: Shows all objects.
  • Hide All Objects: Hides all objects.
  • Toggle Selectability: Toggles the selectability of objects.

• Toggle Navigation/Edit Mode: Toggles between navigation mode and edit mode.

• Material: Sets the material of selected objects. -- Available if the Material Workbench has been loaded directly or indirectly (via for example the Part Workbench or the PartDesign Workbench). introduced in 1.0

• Appearance: Sets the display properties of selected objects. -- Available if the Material Workbench has been loaded directly or indirectly (via for example the Part Workbench or the PartDesign Workbench).

• Random Color: Applies a random diffuse color to objects.

• Appearance per Face: Sets the display properties of selected faces. -- Available if the Part Workbench or the PartDesign Workbench is active.

• Toggle Transparency: Toggles the transparency of selected objects. introduced in 1.0

• Workbench -- Select a workbench from the submenu.

• Toolbars -- Each toolbar can be switched on or off in the submenu.
  • File
  • Edit introduced in 0.21
  • Clipboard introduced in 0.21
  • Workbench
  • Macro
  • View
  • Individual Views introduced in 1.0
  • Structure
  • Help introduced in 0.21
  • … If the current workbench has toolbars they appear here.
  • Lock Toolbars: If switched on toolbars are not movable. introduced in 1.0

• Panels -- Each panel can be switched on or off in the submenu.
  • Tree View -- Available as a separate panel if Tree View and Property View mode is Independent.
  • Property View -- Idem.
  • Model -- Combines the Tree View and the Property View in a single panel. Available if Tree View and Property View mode is Combined.
  • Selection View
  • Python Console
  • Report View
  • Tasks
  • DAG View -- Not available by default, see DAG View.

• Overlay Docked Panel introduced in 1.0
  • Toggle Overlay for All Panels: Toggles overlay mode for all docked windows.
  • Toggle Transparent Panels: Toggles transparent mode for all docked overlay windows. This makes the docked windows stay transparent at all times.
  • Toggle Overlay: Toggles overlay mode for the docked window under the cursor.
  • Toggle Transparent Mode: Toggles transparent mode for the docked window under cursor. This makes the docked window stay transparent at all times.
  • Bypass Mouse Events in Overlay Panels: Bypasses all mouse events in docked overlay windows.
  • Toggle Left: Shows/hides the left overlay panel.
  • Toggle Right: Shows/hides the right overlay panel.
  • Toggle Top: Shows/hides the top overlay panel.
  • Toggle Bottom: Shows/hides the bottom overlay panel.

• Link Navigation
  • Go to Linked Object: Selects the linked object and switches to its document.
  • Go to Deepest Linked Object: Selects the deepest linked object and switches to its document.
  • Select All Links: Selects all links to an object.

• Tree View Actions
  • Sync View: Toggles the Tree View SyncView mode.
  • Sync Selection: Toggles the Tree View SyncSelection mode.
  • Sync Placement: Toggles the Tree View SyncPlacement mode.
  • Preselection: Toggles the Tree View PreSelection mode.
  • Record Selection: Toggles the Tree View RecordSelection mode.
  • Single Document: Switches the Tree View to SingleDocument mode.
  • Multi Document: Switches the Tree View to MultiDocument mode.
  • Collapse/Expand: Switches the Tree View to CollapseDocument mode.
  • Initiate Dragging: Initiates a drag operation for selected objects in the Tree View.
  • Go to Selection: Scrolls the Tree View to the first created object in a 3D View selection.
  • Selection Back: Restores the previous Tree View selection.
  • Selection Forward: Restores the next Tree View selection.

• Status Bar: Toggles the display of the Status Bar.