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Rotate is the default setting when a 3D document is opened. Simply click on the model and drag with your pointing device.

If the Rotate icon is not visible on the toolbar,

• Right-click on the scene background, then select Rotate.

or

• On the 3D Document toolbar, click on the down arrow located next to the current Zoom menu icon, then select Rotate.

Pan is the default setting for 2D documents.

There are several ways to pan a view:

• Select Pan from the Zoom menu (located on the 3D toolbar) or right-click on a scene background, then select Pan. Left-click+Drag.

or

• SHIFT+Left-click+Drag.

or

• If you have a wheel mouse, you can pan by pressing down on the wheel while dragging.

Left-click+Drag up to zoom out, down to zoom in.

If you have a wheel mouse, you can zoom in/out by clicking in the viewport and rotating the wheel.

1. Right-click anywhere in the background of the scene to open the Zoommenu.
2. Select Zoom.
3. Left-click+Drag up to zoom out, down to zoom in. 
   If you have a wheel mouse, you can zoom in/out by clicking in the viewport and rotating the wheel.

1. Right-click anywhere in the background of the scene to open the Zoommenu.
2. Select Zoom Window.
3. Drag across the area you would like to zoom in on. A rectangle shows the boundries of the area you are selecting.
4. Release the mouse button.The area you selected will fill your view.

1. Right-click anywhere in the background of the scene to open the Zoommenu.
2. Select Zoom Fit. SpinFire Ultimate will pan and zoom to fit the document contents entirely within the viewport.

1. Right-click anywhere in the background of the scene to open the Zoommenu.
2. Select Focus on Part.
3. Click on a part.
4. SpinFire will zoom in on that part.

1. Right-click anywhere in the background of the scene to open the Zoommenu.
2. Select Focus on Point.
3. Click on a part.
4. SpinFire will pan the scene until selected point is in the center of the viewport.

A scene always contains the Global Coordinate System and may contain additional coordinate systems. The Focus command positions the origin point of a coordinate system in the center of your view.

1. Right-click a coordinate system. This can be done either in the Markups pane or in the scene (on the 0,0,0 point).
2. Select Focus.

1. Click the Options tab. (The Options page can also be accessed from the Navigation menu or the Home page.)
2. Click the 3D Viewer tab.
3. Under Views and Viewports, Projection, select 1st Angle or 3rd Angle from the drop-down menu.
4. Click the Apply Settings button.

Click the Perspective/Parallel Mode icon on the 3D Document Toolbar.

Click the drop-down arrow next to the current rendering mode icon. For example, the current rendering mode may be Smooth Shaded, so, on the 3D Document toolbar, you would see the following:

Select the new rendering mode from the menu.

To select and change rendering characteristics, click the Rendering Effects icon on the 3D Document Toolbar.

On the Rendering Effects dialog box, select or clear checkboxes.

1. Click the markups icon in the browser toolbar to view the Markups browser pane.
2. Clear or select the check box next to a coordinate system listed in the assembly tree.
3. To hide/show all coordinate systems, clear or select the check box next to Coordinate Systems.

1. Open the Viewports menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the viewports icon to see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
2. Click the viewport arrangement you want.
3. Optional: To resize a viewport, left-click+drag a separation border.

1. In the Views browser, right-click the name of the user view.
2. Click Startup View on the context menu. A checkmark indicates that the view has been selected as the startup view.

To remove or update camera position, geometry, or section:

1. Double-click the user view name.
2. Right-click Camera, Geometry, or Section, then make a selection from the context menu.

To show camera position, geometry, or section:

1. Right-click the user view name, then select Capture Camera, Capture Geometry, or Capture Section from the context menu.

To remove all markups from the user view:

1. Double-click the user view name.
2. Right-click Markups, then select Remove All.

To add or move a markup to another user view:

1. Double-click the user view name, then double-click Markups.
2. Right-click the markup you want to move or add to another view.
3. Select from the context menu.

You may apply a part rotation or translation to a specific user view rather than to the part itself.

Note: It is strongly recommended that you create a "startup" view before applying a transformation to any user view.

1. From the Assembly tree, select the object(s) you want to transform. You can select multiple objects using Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click.
2. Right-click to open the context menu, then click Transform… to open the Transform dialog box.
3. Enter the appropriate information and click Apply. (See Assemblies and Parts in a 3D Scene and Working with Assemblies and Parts/wiki/spaces/SF1100/pages/3233338922 and /wiki/spaces/SF1100/pages/3233338941 for details.)
4. Open the Views browser. (Click the Views icon on the 3D Browser toolbar.)
5. Double-click User View to see the list of saved views.
6. Right-click the user view you want to update, then right-click Geometry.
7. Select Update Geometry from the context menu.