Looking at Model from Two Different Angles at the Same Time

Rob,

From the "window" pull down, select "new window". Tile to suit.

Mark

 

Is this possible? I need to be able to see both the front and side
views of my assembly in one window. Flipping from one view to another
is bit of a PITA. Switching back and forth from the model to a
multi-view drawing would be worse. I know other CAD packages can do
this. Does SW do this?


Rob

 

Sure. Sw2005 description here. Look at the lower LH corner of the graphics
area - you will see a slider bar. Drag it out and rotate to suit. You can
also do it vertically with the other one - now you have four!

WT

 

Huh! I've never seen that one before! Amazing what you can learn in a day.

WT

 

Oh, I also meant to say that one of the SW2006 changes we saw is that you
can link the views so that if you zoom in on one, it will zoom accordingly
on the other as well.

WT

 

If Waynes description is not clear enough use SolidWorks help and type
the word split. see panel display.

 

Gee, you'd think that after 20 minutes searching I would have found
those methods. Maybe it's time for a vacation.

Thanks for the quick responses Mark and Wayne!


Rob

 

Uh, beats me.... Not to give you a flippant answer, but all I know about it
was that it flashed by on the screen. I guess we'll see if it makes it into
the final version.

WT

 

Or if you double click the splitters, they automatically center in the
graphics area

 

I did not know that, Thanks David.

Muggs