Chapter 5

Model Snapshots: Viewpoints, Animations, and Sections

So far in this book you have learned many new skills. This chapter will focus on saving and viewing the data you have created and changed. The tools in this chapter are essential: they allow you to embellish parts of the model, save views to explore later, change visibility (hide, transparency, color, etc.), and restore views at the click of a button. With viewpoints, you have the chance to save views or snapshots of your model for use later. Animations help you give your projects life and movement. With the Section tool, you can explore parts of your model from different perspectives.

In this chapter, you'll learn to:

  • Create and save animations
  • Link sections
  • Save and edit viewpoints ...

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