View control in SmartCAM. We have asked you to use the f12 and f9 keyboard shortcuts to switch views of the model.

SmartCAM is big on keyboard shortcuts. As your SmartCAM learning progresses you will discover that there are shortcuts for many SmartCAM actions and tasks. You can also add shortcuts of your own for your own unique purposes.

f9 would switch to an XY Plane or Top view

f10 to an XZ Plane or Front view

and f11 to a YZ Plane or Right view

Dynamic Viewing. Let’s also introduce you to dynamic viewing.

When you press and hold down the Ctrl and Shift keyboard keys together you are able to dynamically rotate, pan and zoom the model view using your mouse / pointing device.

Our out-of-the-box configuration will be dependent upon the pointing device you are using, but experiment with the left, right and wheel buttons while holding down those Ctrl and Shift keys.

The wheel will have two functions, one when simply scrolling it, the other when used as a button when depressing the wheel.

The function of each of those keys can be re-assigned according to user-preference.