topic Re: Zooming when in a sketch while using the 'look at' feature in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Zooming when in a sketch while using the 'look at' feature

rekknives — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 13:57:00 GMT

Hey guys... I'm wondering if there's a setting I need to change or if there is nothing I can do.

Basically let's say I have a body and create a sketch in the center of the body on an angle. When I click 'look at' in the sketch palette then it orients the view to the angle of the plane, but it centers the view where it wants to.

What I want to do is be able to zoom in while still having the view perpendicular to the plan on which I'm working. Is there a way to do this?

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g-andresen — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:17:37 GMT

Hi,

If you have activated 3D Sketch in the Sketch Palette, you should switch off this option.

If this is not the case, show the behaviour in a screencast.

günther

Re: Zooming when in a sketch while using the 'look at' feature

jeff_strater — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:56:59 GMT

no, there is no way to control the zoom factor for "look at". It zooms to the extent of the sketch. But, remember, for a sketch, that includes a point at the sketch origin. Look At will zoom to include that origin. There isn't anything you can do about that, unfortunately. But, this has come up before, and we are looking at better approaches for the future.

Re: Zooming when in a sketch while using the 'look at' feature

rekknives — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:04:33 GMT

Thanks Jeff, I think you nailed it. Here's a quick screencast of my issue ( I want to be able to zoom in on the edge section but still be perpendicular to the plane without any shifting or slight angle).

Actually, I'm not sure how to embed a screencast

Re: Zooming when in a sketch while using the 'look at' feature

rekknives — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:12:56 GMT

Re: Zooming when in a sketch while using the 'look at' feature

g-andresen — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:40:48 GMT

Hi,

Now that I understand what this is about, I can point out the zoom to position buttons on the CAD mouse.
However, I cannot say in which way this is implemented by 3-D Connexion.

günther

Re: Zooming when in a sketch while using the 'look at' feature

TrippyLighting — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:47:33 GMT

Change your view to Orthogonal, or Perspective with Ortho Faces.

That way, once you have used "look at" you can pan and the view will remain perpendicular to the view axis.

Re: Zooming when in a sketch while using the 'look at' feature

rekknives — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 20:50:54 GMT

Yep the orthographic was what I was needing... the perspective w/ ortho faces was what I was wanting to avoid, I appreicate everyone's help!