Saved View Orientation and Placement

[cballantoni]

Now maybe this was setup intentionally by PTC...

When you save a view within a model that contains, lets say, 5 parts.
You adjust the model with a certain orientation, distance zoomed in, and particular location, say one of those parts as the center of the view.

Now you remove one of those parts from the model and you pick the view you saved earlier. Now you find, due to the part being removed or even a part added, has caused the saved view to have a different location center and a different zoom level.

Does anyone know how to keep the views from doing that as the model changes?

You could even test this by having an empty assembly, save a view of the top assembly coordinate system as the center of the view and then add a part. You'll find the coordinate system is no longer at the center of view.

Currently I'm using Wildfire 4.0 Build M130

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[kdemont]

Within the view dialog you can set the origin of the view. This will stop it
from moving on the drawing when you make changes.
Not sure what will happen if you set the origin relative to a part that you then
remove from the assembly, but I have my hunches.




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[cballantoni]

Unfortuately the problem I'm having is model only, no drawings involved.

Basically I'm setting up views in the model so when you use the drop down "Named View List" in the modelwindow I want it to show the same zoom level and locationeverytime the view is selected. But unfortunately if I change, remove, or add a part to the assembly the saved views in the model shift in either location and/or zoom level. If there was a way to set an origin at the model level that would be great.

[BrentDrysdale]

Hi Corey,
You should get stable views for orientation at least so long as you make the
viewing plans dependent only on your base datums. Any view you make with
part surfaces will change as you describe.

As I understand it the zoom depends on the part or assembly bounding box so
if this changes (add or delete features) then zoom changes.
Really noticeable if you have geometry way of the model such as when you
use large value radii.

Hope this helps.


Regards, Brent Drysdale
Senior Mechanical Designer
Tait Radio Communications
New Zealand
DDI +64 3 358 1093
www.taitradio.com

[cballantoni]

I'm not sure how I'm creating the views to be dependent on the parts themselves. Basically I drag the model and rotate it into the orientation I want then go up to the Reorient view button to save the view I currently have on the screen. I hardly ever use a reference as in regards to the Reference 1 and Reference 2 options on the screen when creating that view. I just name the view and press save. Then when I delete something from the model and activate that view it's as if thecenter of the view moved.

[BrentDrysdale]

Hi Corey,
The way I think of it for a view (where you have spun the model and saved
the view as you describe) in ProE is determined by the angle relative to the
original coordinate system (whether you have one or not) and the centre of
volume for your part/assembly and the bounding box dimension of your
part/assembly. Naturally when you add to or remove volume from your model
the last two things change; not much for small things and lots for large
features. Has always been this way as far as I can recall.

To PTC;
Whatever the algorithm I would really really really really really prefer for
ProE to stay at whatever rotation and zoom that I have AND for everything I
want to do in that view of the model to show up in the window and not
outside it as happens most of the time. i.e. I am zoomed in for a reason!

Anyway back to my 0.2mm fillet radii on my 1600plus feature model (yes it is
complex)


Regards, Brent Drysdale
Senior Mechanical Designer
Tait Radio Communications
New Zealand
DDI +64 3 358 1093
www.taitradio.com