Define what is displayed in the View

1. From the main menu toolbar, select Display > Drawlist.

2. The Drawlist - 3D View window is displayed.

   

   The Drawlist contains the Sections just created, as well as the owning Structure element.

To see all of the current design:

• Select Zoom to Selection on the View Manipulation toolbar on the left-hand side of the main Design window.

  All the Sections are displayed within the 3D View window in cross section, as if viewed from above. The view is automatically scaled so that all the Sections fit neatly within it.

It is often useful to display coordinate Axes. To do this:

3. Click Display Axes on CE on the Main toolbar or select Query > Axes from the main menu bar.

   The Define Axes window is displayed:

   

   By default, the axes are positioned at the origin of the current element, but other positioning options are available from the window’s Select drop-down menu. Ordinal (X,Y,Z) or cardinal (North, East, Up) directions can be specified, as can the size of the axis arrow lines.

4. Select the tag type and required size, then select Close > Retain Axes from the window’s drop-down menu.

5. Position the mouse pointer within the 3D View window and right click to select other view directions. Do this and select Isometric > Iso 3 from the drop‑down menus to set an isometric view direction.

   An example of an isometric view direction of columns is displayed.

   

   Note: The status line shows the direction of view.

6. Different view directions can be selected (Look, Plan and Isometric).