Auto horizon locking: Keeping the horizon always horizontal when rotating the view, which is equivalent to keeping the direction of gravity always vertical
Imagine you're making a model in the real world, you want to walk around your model to check its form or structure from different angles. But just as you start walking around the model, something magic happened, the horizon of the whole world began to tilt randomly. You have to struggle to keep your balance while continuing to think and create your model.-----This is exactly what happens when there is no "Auto-horizon-locking" feature.
This should be a function as basic as breathing in the real world, arguably more basic than anything else.
All existing relevant functions (orient mode ) are far from "Auto-horizon-locking".They all require extra tedious and unintuitive steps.
PTC has created an excellent product. But we hope PTC will pay attention to this missing basic feature that can seriously impact the user experience, perhaps especially for expanding the market, as many of the existing users may be used to suffering from balancing.
We're not dreaming of magical features, we just want to create models without the extra distraction of worrying about our breathing all the time. Thanks.
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Creo Parametric does not have a horizon lock. You can submit a product "idea" here https://community.ptc.com/t5/Creo-Parametric-Ideas/idb-p/creoparametric
The only option that I have seen could be the re-orient window, where you can rotate based on horizontal/vertical/normal or any selected entity.
Go to the view tab, select the drop down arrow next to saved orientations, then select Reorient.
You can orient by reference (which is a select entity) or dynamic (which is horizontal, vertical, or normal to the screen)
I personally wouldn't care for a horizon lock. My parts are used in a 3-dimensional world and I need to see if there is a problem from any angle, but that is my opinion only. It is often some parts are used in multiple orientations within my assemblies and its not unusual or my assemblies to have a motion that carries them out of a horizon type context...but this is my experience. I have learned over the years on the community that there are a million users and a million different applications of the software.
Creo Parametric does not have a horizon lock. You can submit a product "idea" here https://community.ptc.com/t5/Creo-Parametric-Ideas/idb-p/creoparametric
The only option that I have seen could be the re-orient window, where you can rotate based on horizontal/vertical/normal or any selected entity.
Go to the view tab, select the drop down arrow next to saved orientations, then select Reorient.
You can orient by reference (which is a select entity) or dynamic (which is horizontal, vertical, or normal to the screen)
I personally wouldn't care for a horizon lock. My parts are used in a 3-dimensional world and I need to see if there is a problem from any angle, but that is my opinion only. It is often some parts are used in multiple orientations within my assemblies and its not unusual or my assemblies to have a motion that carries them out of a horizon type context...but this is my experience. I have learned over the years on the community that there are a million users and a million different applications of the software.
