This section provides details of using the tools in the View Manipulation toolbar that allow you to manipulate the position, orientation, and scaling of the model or X–Y plot within a viewport. When the viewport you manipulate is linked to other viewports, Abaqus/CAE also changes the view within every linked viewport in your session. The following topics are covered:

• “Centering the view,” Section 5.6.1

• “Panning the view,” Section 5.6.2

• “Rotating the view,” Section 5.6.3

• “Magnifying or reducing the view,” Section 5.6.4

• “Zooming in to a selected area of the view,” Section 5.6.5

• “Rescaling the view to fit the viewport,” Section 5.6.6

• “Cycling through views,” Section 5.6.7

• “Applying custom views,” Section 5.6.8

• “Saving a user-defined view,” Section 5.6.9

• “Applying a specified view,” Section 5.6.10