Split 3D Window Panes Creating and navigating a 3D split window

 

• Introduction

• Creating a Split Window

• Removing a Split Window

• Moving Between Split Windows

• Resizing the Split Window Panes

3D windows can be split into either two (vertical or horizontal) or four panes. These individual panes can be used for design, visualization and presentation work the same way as is done using a single 3D window. The advantage of split windows is that they provide additional working views of the data without the need to keep adjusting the view as would be the case when using a single window. The highlighted pane (its border is highlighted yellow) is the active pane and the one that will respond to a command. Any pane can be selected to be the active plane; moving between planes can be done using either the cursor or <Tab> key. The split window boundaries can also be resized.

The view location and orientation can be defined differently for each split window; these controls are located in the 3DView toolbar. Section orientations are the same across all split windows.

Use a split3Dwindow when modeling or designing complex 3D data sets. This will allow the data to be viewed simultaneously from different orientations and thus make it easier to check the location or placement of data e.g. when selecting an item, drawing a string while snapping to objects.

 

3D Window Cursors

Custom 3D window cursors can be set independently for each view. Once a view is active, the cursor associated with that view is shown on the Status Bar, e.g.

Tip: When 3D windows are split horizontally and/or vertically, each window 'split' can have its own custom cursor.

 

Creating a Split Window

1. Select the 3D window.

2. Using theViewribbon'sSplitcommand, digitize a point on screen to split the 3D window into 2 or 4 components

3. Check that the 3D window has been split either vertically or horizontally (or both).

The 3D window can be split horizontally: The 3D window can be split vertically: The 3D window can be split both horizontally and vertically:

Removing a Split Window

1. Select the 3D window.

2. Drag the window splitter you wish to remove up/down or left-right until it reaches the edge of the screen, then release the mouse button, or disable the relevant active toggle on the View ribbon.

3. Check that the 3D window split has been removed.

Moving Between Split Windows

1. Use the cursor to select the required 3D split window or, press <tab>.

2. Check that the required split window is highlighted with a yellow border as shown below:
   
   External 3D Views

Resizing the Split Window Panes

1. In the 3D window, move the cursor over an internal frame separating two or four panes.

2. When the cursor changes to either a 2 or 4 headed arrow, click-and-drag the internal frame to the required position. An example of a 4 panel resize is shown below, here the internal frame was selected at the intersection and dragged towards the top left:
   
   

	Related Topics
	About the 3D WindowExternal 3D WindowsIndependent 3D WindowsIndependent View Dialog