Just Enough AutoCAD 2007
Whether you're new to AutoCAD or just looking for a quick refresher, this indispensable book offers practical and comprehensive guidance to help you easily and efficiently learn the basics of AutoCAD.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Just Enough AutoCAD 2007
Changing Your Point of View
Eventually, you ll want to be able to examine your model from different angles. If you are working on a building design, you might even want to see what it s like from inside your design. The AutoCAD Dashboard provides all the tools you ll need to get the view you want.
If you look at the 3D Navigate control panel, you ll see a set of tools for getting around in your model. (See Figure 6.4 earlier in this chapter.) To the left, you see the usual Pan and Zoom tools, and they work the same way in 3D as they do in 2D. But if you look at the tools to the right, things get a little less familiar. The following descriptions will show you what these other tools do.
| Tip | If you still have the file open from the previous exercise, you can try these 3D Navigation tools on the current model. Otherwise, you can open a new file using the acad3D.dwt template and create a box or other object to use as a practice visual target. |
Moving Around Your Model
One of the first things you ll want to do with a model is look at it from all angles. The Constrained Orbit tool is perfect for this. To use it, click the tool, and then click and drag in the drawing area. As you drag the mouse, the view will revolve around your model. You ll also notice that the cursor changes to an orbit...
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