The systems automatically starts the integrated viewer when you display an original application file in the supported processing situations either
inplace
or
outplace
. The scope of functions for both calls is identical.
You can call functions as follows:
The
viewer function bar
(toolbar) contains all the functions that are active in the current processing situation.
The selection is dependent on personal settings (options).
You can find a selection of functions in the context menu.
Press the right mouse button to call up the context menu in the screen area of the viewer.
The following overview shows the 3D models that you can display with the integrated viewer from Engineering Animation, Inc (EAI):
Extension |
Description |
*.JT *.WRL *.STL |
Direct Model Virtual Reality Modeling Language Stereolithography |
The following overview shows all the tab pages that are active when displaying 3D files. In the column
Use
some of the functions are described.
Tab Page |
Functions |
Use |
Viewer |
Full-view |
When an object cannot be completely viewed in the screen section of the viewer, you can use this function
This function is useful after you have made changes to the display of the 3D model with the following functions:
|
Navigation |
Rotate
Move Center Zoom Zoom area |
You can rotate the 3D model about any axis freely in order to look at the model from any angle. You can then create or fix comments as markups using redlining functions. |
Tools |
||
Options |
Performance Background Save format |
You can improve performance dramatically by switching on
The changed display of the 3D model can be saved in the following formats:
|
Layer |
Original application file Layer name |
When you start the viewer only the original application file is displayed – no layer is active. The tab page
Only after you create a comment as a
markup
using redlining functions and then saved them in one or more layers does the entry
|