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October 27, 2011
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Auxiliary views in CadProcess, revisited

  • October 27, 2011
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So I asked this question a few years ago without much success, but it's so frustrating on a daily basis that I need to bring it up again. Since I don't have a choice, I have learned to get along without the ability to rotate the viewing angle, or to create and save new views, but it's like getting used to driving a car with no reverse - yeah, you can do it if you have to, but it takes lots of extra time and planning, and it sure would make life a whole lot easier if I could just back up when I needed to.

What I still don't understand is why the 4 standard isometric views are not included as options to rotate to - and - since they aren't availble, why there is no way to create and save new views. All I want is to be able to rotate the VIEW (or camera angle, or viewing perspective, or whatever you want to call it) in 90 degree increments around the model by simply clicking on a corresponding view button WITHOUT having to select everything and rotate the actual model (in exactly the same way that you can instantly change from an isometric top view (looking down at the model) to an isometric bottom view (looking up at it from underneath) by clicking on the corresponding button).

I'm also baffled as to why no one sees this as a major discrepancy, when every other 3d software out there has some kind of provision for this essential function. Any thoughts?

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    24-Ruby III
    October 28, 2011

    Hello!

    Which version of Arbortext IsoDraw are you using? A little later I'll describe how I do in this situation (for the required orientation of a model).

    1-Visitor
    October 28, 2011

    I normally use 7.0 because it's slightly less buggy and irritating than 7.1, but we have everything between 6.0 and 7.2, since we have to deliver to various customers who still use all of those versions. At this point, I would gladly switch to any version that would allow for an option to save new views in CADprocess.