Rotate the view using turntable rotation or trackball rotation by using the
mouse.
By default, the center of rotation is determined by your cursor position when you
rotate the model. When your cursor is not on the model, the center of rotation
defaults to the center of the model or to a point on the model that is closest to
your cursor. Set the center of rotation by pressing C and
clicking a point on the model.
To rotate using
Do this
Note
Turntable rotation
Shift + drag with the right mouse button.
Turntable rotation restricts the rotation to the x-y
plane, which is useful if your model's vertical direction is
aligned with the z-axis.
Trackball rotation
Drag with the middle mouse button.
Trackball rotation allows the model to tumble freely in
any direction.
Rotate with the View Cube
By default, the View Cube appears on the axis triad at the bottom-left corner of the
modeling window.
Clicking a major face (Top, Bottom, Right, Left, Rear, or Front) rotates the
model to the nearest possible orientation of that face. If that orientation is
not the standard, clicking the face again re-aligns the model back to the
standard orientation. If the orientation is already standard, repeated clicks on
a major face reverses the view.
Note: The view is fit any time a face is selected.
Rotation arrows appear when hovering the mouse over the cube. Clicking the
arrows incrementally rotates the view.
Align the cube to the orientation of a selected system or boundary condition by
right-clicking on the cube and selecting Align to
System/BC. Re-align the cube to the global coordinate system by
selecting Reset to Global.
To orient the top face to common CAD defaults, right-click the cube, and then
select Set Top to +Z or Set Top to
+Y.
Note: Ground shadows will always be oriented on the Bottom
face.
The display and behavior of the View Cube can be adjusted in the Preferences
under File > Preferences > Inspire > Visualization.
Customize the Front View
Customize the orientation of the standard Front view using the
Preferences.
Select File > Preferences.
Under Inspire > Modeling Space, select Front View and choose an
orientation.
Note: The two letters, for example "XY", denote the horizontal and vertical axis of the
plane that defines the Front view. The normal to the Front view may be aligned along
any of the three main axes (X, Y, Z), and rotated around that axis in four possible
orientations, so there are twelve possible orientations:
