tips backlog - previous view

SW has a pretty decent set of stock hotkeys (you can look at a list of them
at http://www.capinc.com/techtipssw_general.htm. The site has been nice
enough to put them together into a pdf that you can print up and hang on
your wall). The thing about hot keys is that you have to force yourself to
use them or they might as well not exist.



I've known about the 'previous view' command for years, but never really
used it. A trip to my swxjrnl file recently made me aware of just how much
time I spend rotating and zooming parts in the work window. Observing
myself work taught me that a lot of that view manipulation was zooming in
tight, rotating the view a little so I could pick something, then going
through a convoluted process to get back to the original, tight view.



Of course CTRL+SHIFT+Z will return to the previous view, so I've made a
concerted effort to force myself to use it. And I'm glad I did - I must hit
it a hundred times a day.



The other view command that I use dozens of times a day is SHIFT+arrow keys
for rotating the model 90 deg. Boy that one is handy (when a 'normal to'
comes in the wrong direction or orientation, etc).

 

Thanks for the link!

Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems