View

Manipulate the view with the View Overlay and the View panel. Use Clipping to see a section or inside a part.

View Overlay:

View Panel:

 

View

Change the view to a standard view point.

Top View - View top.

Bottom View - View bottom.

Front View - View front.

Back View - View back.

Left View - View left.

Right View - View right.

isometric View - View isometric.

Note: Use Alt + Right Click + Drag to rotate the view around the Z-axis of screen view.

 

Zoom

Zoom in or out, or fit the screen to the platform.

In - Zoom in.

Out - Zoom out.

Extents - Zoom out or in to view parts.

Platform - Zoom out or in to view the Print Platform.

Area - Drag out a rectangle on the screen to zoom in.

 

Shading

Change the appearance of parts.

Basic - Normal shading.

Sharp Edge - Highlight sharp edges.

Edge - View mesh edges.

Transparent - Transparent shading.

Basic

Basic transparent

Edge

Edge transparent

Sharp Edge

Sharp Edge transparent

 

Silhouette for Problem Parts

Show/Hide Silhouette for Problem Parts - See the silhouette of problem parts. Toggle to view the silhouette of problem parts. Use the P shortcut key to view the silhouette of problem parts at any time you need.

 

Down Face

Show/Hide Down Face - See overhangs and features that need support. Use the D shortcut key to toggle the visibility of down face on or off. Use the D + R shortcut keys to reset the threshold angle and number of grades for the visibility of down face.

To change the threshold angle and number of grades for down face display, use the options in the View Panel.

Angle - Threshold angle for down face display.

Number of grades - Number of grades or colors to display, ranging from yellow to red.

 

View Mode

Texture, color and material view mode.

Part Color - Shows both the vertex color and texture mapped color.

Random Color - Shows parts with different colors.

Material - Show material of the parts.

Hardness - Shows hardness of the parts. This is available when dual materials are applied to ProJet MJP 55XX or ProJet MJP 56XX printers.

Infill - Shows the infill shells of a parts.

Dynamic Rotation Center - Toggle the dynamic rotation center on or off. If this option is toggled on, the center of rotation becomes the location where you right-clicked. If this option is toggled off, the center of rotation is the center of the Print Platform.

Bright Light Theme - Shows parts with a brighter light theme for a better and more accurate display when working with colors. Use the B shortcut key to toggle the visibility of down face on or off.

Orient to Face - Orients a view normal to a selected face. Click Orient to Face and select a face on a model, that you wanted to be parallel to the screen.

Show Selected Part Only - Shows selected parts only and makes all other parts temporarily invisible.

Print Colors - Allows to view parts with colors to be printed.

Print Color - Off

Print Color - On

 

Material

Show/Hide Material - Toggle view for different material options present in the Print tab. When you hover the mouse pointer over a material, parts or subparts assigned with that material are highlighted.

 

Auxiliary Parts

Support - Toggle to view supports in a part.

Struts - Toggle to view created struts in a part.

Vent Drain - Toggle to view vents or drains in a part.

 

Scale & Offset

Show Scaled Parts - Toggle to view scaled parts.

 

Select Through

Select Through - Allows to select faces through a model.

 

Clipping

View a section of the part, clip in X, Y and Z direction.

Axis - Choose clip direction or turn off clipping by clicking None. To set the current view direction as the clipping direction, click Camera .

Flip - Reverses the clip direction.

Clip - Turn on or off clipping visibility.

Clip On

Clip Off

Plane - Turn on or off clipping plane visibility.

Outline - Turn on or off the visibility of outline of clipped section.

Outline On

Outline Off

See Through - Turn on or off the see-through mode when viewing the outline of clipped section. Use this option to make the section transparent and to see a clearer outline of the section.

Interactive - Turn on or off the visibility of outline of clipped section while changing clipping position. This option is available when the Outline option is on.

Position - Enter position of clipping plane or adjust the position by using the Position slider.

Snapping - Enter snapping distance. The clipping-plane snaps to the specified snapping distances.

Tilt - Enter tilt angles of the clipping plane. You can define tilt angles for the other two axes based on the normal direction of the defined clipping plane. For example, if there is a clipping plane with the X-axis as normal, tilt angle 1 () is an angle rotated around Z-axis and tilt angle 2 () is an angle rotated around Y-axis.

  1. To turn on clipping, click one of clipping axis.

    Note: You can set the current view direction as the clipping direction by clicking Camera .

  2. Select the Snapping option and enter the snapping distance.

  3. To change the position, proceed to one of the following:

  4. Clear the Plane option to hide the clipping plane.

  5. Clear Outline to hide the outline of the clipped section.

  6. To turn clipping off, click None in the Axis.

 

Slice

Use the Slice to view a sampled slices from an imported slice file.

The following file types can also have the View Slice command visible.

SLA Printers:

      • BFF

      • SLI

The following file types can also have the View Slice command visible.

MJP Printers:

      • SLC

Slice

Static Sampling - set the display sampling threshold in a static view. (1/1 - full display; above threshold - sampled display according to specified percentage)

Dynamic Sampling - set the display sampling threshold in a dynamic view. (1/1 - full display during rotation; above threshold - sampled display according to specified percentage during rotation)

1/1 (full display)

1/16 (sampled display)

Extra - Use to view a part with the extra options.

Shading - Toggle to shade a part.

Show Odd Layer - Toggle to view odd layer from a part. This is available when the sampling threshold is above 1/1.

Static Min. Slices - specify the minimum slices displayed in a static view.

Dynamic Min. Slices - specify the minimum slices displayed in a dynamic view.

 

Platform Grid Size

Set the size of the grid overlaid on the Print Platform.

 

 

Custom View

Define custom views and reuse them at any time you need.

Add - Click to add a new custom view with specified settings. The added custom views are listed in the Custom View List.

Save - Click to save setting changes to the current custom view.

Delete - Click to delete the current custom view.

Delete All - Click to delete all the saved custom views.

Previous - Click to navigate the previous custom view.

Next - Click to navigate the next custom view.