Tips & Tricks
2. View & Navigate DWF Files & Design Data
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Index:- 1. Pull Apart a 3D Model
- 2. Create 3D Cross Sections
- 3. Quickly Zoom and Pan
- 4. Quickly Navigate Sheet Views
- 5. Rotate 3D DWF Files Smoothly
- 6. View and Sort Object Properties
- 7. Search For Design Data
- 8. Navigate Sheets or Views Using Hyperlinks
- 9. Set Single-Click to Follow Hyperlinks
- 10. Turn off Hyperlink Tooltips
- 11. Navigating to Named Views in a DWF File
- 12. Customize your User Interface
- 13. Virtual Navigation Features
1. Pull Apart a 3D Model
Autodesk® Design Review users can pull apart 3D models published by Autodesk® applications or created with the free* Autodesk® DWF™ Writer for 3D.
- Choose Tools>Move and Rotate to enable the Move and Rotate tool and to display the tripod on the canvas.
- On the canvas, click the part or parts that you want to move or rotate. Ctrl-click other parts to include them, or Ctrl-click selected parts to exclude them from the selection.
- To move a part along an axis:
Place the mouse pointer over an axis near the origin until the barrel of the axis is highlighted. Click the axis and drag in either direction. - To move a part within a plane:
Place the mouse pointer between two tripod axes to show the plane icon with arrows. Click the part and drag in any direction on that plane. - To move a part parallel to the screen:
Place the mouse pointer over the tripod origin to show the plane icon with arrows. Click the part and drag in any direction parallel to the screen. - To rotate a part:
Place the mouse pointer over the end of the axis around which you want to rotate the part until the axis tip is highlighted. Click the part and drag it around the axis.
2. Create 3D Cross Sections
Cut through a model with a section plane and manipulate the view in various ways by moving and rotating the section plane and flipping the view.
- Choose Tools>Cross Section, and select XY Section, YZ Section, XZ Section, or Section a Surface.
- If you choose Section a Surface from the Tools menu, you need to click the 3D model to define the cross section.
- A transparent section plane and a tripod are centered on the model, revealing a cross section. Move or rotate the section plane to hide or show more of the 3D model.
- To move a cross section along an axis:
Place the mouse pointer over an axis near the origin until the barrel of the axis is highlighted.
Click and drag in either direction along the axis. - To move a cross section within a plane:
Place the mouse pointer between two tripod axes until a plane icon with arrows appears.
Click the cross section and drag in any direction on that plane. - To move a section plane parallel to the screen:
Place the mouse pointer over the tripod origin. A plane icon with arrows appears.
Click the cross section and drag in any direction parallel to the screen. - To rotate a cross section plane:
Place the mouse pointer over the end of the axis, around which you want to rotate, until the end of the barrel is highlighted.
Click the part and drag around the axis to hide or show more of the model.
3. Quickly Zoom and Pan
Use the mouse wheel button to zoom in and out. To pan, press and hold the mouse wheel button and move the mouse.
Note: Your mouse settings may need to be changed to enable panning in this manner.
5. Rotate 3D DWF Files Smoothly
Choose View>Orbit to enable the Orbit tool. Click the 3D model and drag in any direction to rotate the view
6. View and Sort Object Properties
- If necessary, in the Navigator Pane, expand the Properties palette by clicking its title bar.
- Click the Properties palette’s Palette Options button, and choose Object Properties.
- Using the Select tool, click objects on the canvas to display detailed design information in the Properties palette.
7. Search For Design Data
- In Microsoft® Windows® Explorer, click Search to open the Search Explorer Bar.
- Type search terms for the DWF file such as doors, bolts, and more.
- Select the location to search, and click Search Now. Windows Explorer search lists all DWF files that contain the search term.
9. Set Single-Click to Follow Hyperlinks
- Choose Tools>Options.
- Click the Sheet tab.
- Under Hyperlink Settings, click the Single Click to Follow Sheet Hyperlinks.
- Click OK.
10. Turn off Hyperlink Tooltips
- Choose Tools>Options.
- Click the Sheet tab.
- Under Hyperlink Settings, click Show Sheet Hyperlink Tooltips, to turn off tooltips.
- Click OK.
12. Customize your User Interface
Enhance team productivity with the improved user interface in Autodesk® Design Review software, which can be customized to suit each user’s needs.
- Grab the top bar on any panel (such as thumbnails), and move the panel anywhere in the display window. Windows can now be placed anywhere in the main canvas window or combined within other panels.
- Once you have a workspace that you like, double-click on the workspace icon, or choose Windows>Workspace> Save Current Workspace…, then select the name of your workspace.
- To revert back to a previously saved workspace, select the workspace button, then select the given name of the previously saved workspace.
Setting up standard workspaces based on common review functions can speed up a review process.
13. Virtual Navigation Features
Use one of these 3D navigation wheels:
- View Object Wheel Use this wheel with manufacturing models to view assemblies
- or individual parts.
- Tour Building Wheel Use this wheel for a virtual building walk-through.
- Full Navigation Wheel This wheel combines all of the wheel features. Use this wheel to examine 3D objects or conduct a virtual walk-through of a model.
