May 2009
Beginner
602 pages
21h 56m
English
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View
Commands on the View menu mostly let you show and hide different features in the modeling window. (The options that manage the angle and orientation of your view of the modeling window are under the Camera menu.)
Toolbars (Mac: Tool Palettes)
Shows and hides tool palettes. Windows and Mac handle tool palettes differently. In Windows, this menu manages all tool options. Windows toolbars can be docked or floating. To move toolbars, drag the handle on the left side. Use the Large Buttons option to change the size of the button on all the toolbars. PC toolbars include Getting Started, Large Tool Set, Camera, Construction, Drawing, Face Style, Google, Layers, Measurements, Modification, Principal, Sections, Shadows, View, Walkthrough, and Dynamic Components.
On this menu, a Mac has three toolbars that you can show or hide: Large Tool Set, Google, and Dynamic Components.
Note
Mac tools are customized primarily using the Customize Toolbar command (For Mac).
Scene Tabs
Shows and hides scene tabs that appear at the top of the modeling window.
Hidden Geometry
Shows and hides entities that you've hidden using the Edit → Hide command. This command also shows additional geometry in some entities like smoothed surfaces.
Section Planes
Shows and hides the section plane used to create section cuts.
Section Cuts
Shows and hides section cuts in the modeling window.
Axes
Shows and hides the red, green, and blue axes.
Guides
Shows and hides the guides you place in your model as references.
Shadows
Shows and hides ...
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