Use the Views toolbar to orient, scale, and position a view to one of seven predefined or four user-defined settings. To display the Views toolbar, select View
ToolbarsViews from the main menu; the Views toolbar is illustrated in the following figure:
The following custom views are available:
Front, Back, Top, Bottom, Left, and Right: equivalent to observing the model from the six sides of a cube.
Iso: an isometric view. This is the default orientation for three-dimensional models.
User1, User2, User3, and User4: four user-defined views. See “Saving a user-defined view,” Section 5.6.9, for a description of how to save a user-defined view.
If the current viewport is linked to other viewports, Abaqus/CAE also applies the same custom view to all linked viewports in your session. For more information, see “Linking viewports for view manipulation,” Section 4.6.
To apply a custom view:
If it is not visible already, display the Views toolbar by selecting ViewToolbarsViews from the main menu.
Abaqus/CAE displays the Views toolbar.
From the Views toolbar, click the desired tool.
If you have only one viewport, Abaqus/CAE immediately applies the selected view and unselects it from the Views toolbar. If you have more than one viewport, place the cursor over the viewport whose view you want to change. The cursor changes to a triad; click, and Abaqus/CAE applies the selected view to that viewport.
Note: When you apply a view that was saved with the Auto-fit option selected, the view adopts the orientation of the saved view and immediately rescales it to fill the viewport. When you apply a view that was saved with the Save current option selected, the view adopts the orientation, zoom factor, and position of the saved view.
Repeat Step 2 as many times as necessary to achieve the desired view.
