Flip normal view

[Shumayal]

I am on CREO 7.0.12.0 and I want to know if there is a button or a mapkey to 'flip normal view' 180 degrees? Sometimes it happens that I make a section and want to look at it, so I have made a shortcut button for "Normal to" but it goes to the wrong half where I don't see the section I made. 

In SolidWorks I can just press the normal to button/shortcut again and it will flip me to the other side immediately. But in CREO it doesn't do anything.

Is there a way to flip normal views automatically?

[tbraxton]

Creo has a button to flip the view direction for a cross section. In the section creation UI use this button to flip the direction.

[MikeBennett]

This button is also the first icon in the Mini Toolbar when defining the section.

[kdirth · Accepted solution]

If you are looking to spin the model 180°, here is the text of a mapkey using F3:

mapkey $F3 @MAPKEY_LABELRotate View 180 Degrees;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Command `ProCmdViewOrient` ;~ Select `orient` `SetupOptions`1 `dynorient`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Update `orient` `spinPH.YSpinBox`180.000000 ;~ Activate `orient` `OkPB`;

[Shumayal]

Thank you @kdirth this is what I was looking for.
Is there also an option to selected edges from section view? Kind of like how solid works has a "Graphics view" section and a non graphics view? I ask because I need to measure distances sometimes and I love the way how Solidworks gives the measurements fast and easily in 3D with different colours. I would love to be able to measure easily and fast in the same way in CREO too.

I know I can do the 'project' view plane but I was looking for an easier option.

[Catalina]

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