Window Tab

Window commands let you manage Composer window panes and document windows.

This page discusses:

Viewport Commands

Viewport commands let you configure the viewport layout.

Icon Command Name Description
1 PaneSpecifies the viewport pane arrangement for the current document. To select a viewport pane, click in the pane or move the mouse pointer over a pane and press Esc. The icon in the lower-left corner indicates the active pane. When there is more than one pane, Main Viewport is displayed at the bottom of the primary viewport pane. The Camera viewport property is animatable for the main viewport pane only. Some display attributes are common to all panes while other are unique:
  • Common to all panes: Actor appearance (visibility and properties), rendering style
  • Unique to each pane: Camera orientation (zoom scale and rotation angle), viewport properties (background, grid, and so on)
Tip: Navigation mode common to all viewport panes controls whether all panes of a given document use the same navigation mode. See Application Preferences - Viewport.
2 Horizontal Panes
2 Vertical Panes
3 Panes - 1 Left & 2 Horizontal Right
3 Panes - 1 Right & 2 Horizontal Left
3 Panes - 1 Up & 2 Vertical Down
3 Panes - 1 Down & 2 Vertical Up
4 Panes
Show/Hide Vector ViewToggles display of the Technical Illustration workshop preview image if one has already been generated. When ExternalVectorViewWindow is enabled, vector images are displayed in Internet Explorer See Application Preferences - Advanced Settings.

Otherwise, vector images appear in a viewport pane.

Note: You must have at least two viewport panes displayed to see the vector view.
Tip: Right-click the vector image to access Adobe SVG Viewer commands, such as zoom and save commands.

Full Screen Mode Expands the viewport to fill the computer screen. To exit full screen mode, click Close Full Screen or press F11.

Show/Hide Commands

Show/Hide commands let you show or hide Composer panes.

Command Name Description
Assembly Tree Shows or hides the Assembly tree.

See Assembly Pane.

Collaboration Tree Shows or hides the Collaboration tree.

See Collaboration Pane.

BOM Tree Shows or hides the BOM tree.

See BOM Pane.

Views Shows or hides the Views pane.

See Views Pane.

LayersShows or hides the Layers pane.

See Layers Pane.

MarkersShows or hides the Markers pane.

See Markers Pane.

Properties Shows or hides the Properties pane.

See Properties Pane.

TimelineShows or hides the timeline.

See Timeline.

WorkshopsShows or hides the workshop pane.

See Working in Workshops.

InformationShows or hides the Information tab.
Configurations Shows or hides the Configurations pane. See Configurations Pane.

Window Commands

Windows commands let you organize viewport windows when you have multiple documents open.

Icon Command Name Description
Switch WindowsDisplays the Windows dialog box. See Windows.
CascadeArranges documents in overlapping windows.
Tile HorizontallyArranges document windows one above the other.
Tile VerticallyArranges document windows side-by-side.