"What is it? Up in the sky? Is it the BORG?" No it is the new View cube.
If you have used Design Review or the DWF viewer you already know what it is, but it is making it's debut in Inventor 2009. Thats the good news (and there is more), the bad news is the demise of the 'glass box'.
The view cube will be a welcome addition to Inventor, with enough options to make all but the crustiest of users happy. You can click on the faces, and the model will re-orient to that view. You can also click on the corners for isometric views, on the edges for two face views. As you get close to the View cube a little house will appear, thats home, and will take you to the default isometric view. When you right-click on the View cube is when the real power starts to show, you can establish a new front view, establish a new 'home' view, change from orthographic view to perspective view. If you go into the options menu, you can change the location of the View cube, change it's opacity, you can even add a compass to the bottom of the cube.
Last, but certainly not least is..... put your cursor over the view cube, hold down the left mouse button and start to move, and the view cube becomes a 3D orbit tool.
This is certainly a thumbs up tool for Inventor 2009.
If you have used Design Review or the DWF viewer you already know what it is, but it is making it's debut in Inventor 2009. Thats the good news (and there is more), the bad news is the demise of the 'glass box'.
The view cube will be a welcome addition to Inventor, with enough options to make all but the crustiest of users happy. You can click on the faces, and the model will re-orient to that view. You can also click on the corners for isometric views, on the edges for two face views. As you get close to the View cube a little house will appear, thats home, and will take you to the default isometric view. When you right-click on the View cube is when the real power starts to show, you can establish a new front view, establish a new 'home' view, change from orthographic view to perspective view. If you go into the options menu, you can change the location of the View cube, change it's opacity, you can even add a compass to the bottom of the cube.
Last, but certainly not least is..... put your cursor over the view cube, hold down the left mouse button and start to move, and the view cube becomes a 3D orbit tool.
This is certainly a thumbs up tool for Inventor 2009.
