Defining Isometric Views

Hi,
I'm looking for a way to accurately create Isometric Views (viewing
isometrically all around a part) for my templates. As far as I know,
there's only one isometric view by default in SW and I don't want to
create the others by rotating approximately. In Pro/E, I think you can
give three angles and in Inventor, I think there all accessible by the
space bar. How can I do in SW?
Thanks
JC

 

Oh Wayne, excuse me sir, but I think you have a customer.

JC, I'm sure Wayne will chime in with all the details, but his number keypad
macros are amazing, and exactly what you're after.

Oh BTW, don't be scared about the customer part, they're free, just my stab
at a little humor,
Muggs

 

Oh, so right you are! The keypad macros that I suggest people can't live
without after getting used to them, does, in fact, create eight different
iso views for you. Every time you hit one of the corner keys, it creates
that view as a selectable view. Hitting the CTRL corner keys will produce
the opposite of those 4 iso views. But wait, there's more! If you hit CTRL
and the num pad decimal point, it goes through and creates all eight for you
at one time! Isn't that just amazing??!!??

Ok, enough of the silliness. Lee bell wrote most of the code for this macro
set and you could use them for an example of how to produce any view you
want. But the whole set is your just for the asking and then you can use
the drawing set as well. Testimonials can also be had here - just ask.

WT

 

Yea, all the time.
But when not in a context sensitive box the different #'s run macros to show
different views on the screen. Very useful.

Muggs

 

Sure, all the time - the num pad is set on. The way it works is that SW
accepts the keypad input as numbers when it is in a mode to receive a
numeric input, and it takes the input as triggering the macros when not in a
numerical reception mode. Every once in a while, there will be a dialog box
that has a value highlighted, but the num pad triggers the macros. I
haven't figured out yet just what those conditions are, but when you see the
model go flying and the FT disappear, you know that it just happened. The
only difference in having the macros on is that you have an indication that
the typed numbers aren't being received, rather than looking up and finding
that nothing happened.

WT