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In CFD-VisCART, the 'Fit to View' function was
improved in V2007. It now checks the blanking status
before setting the view. In this tip, a car model
will be used to demonstrate the Fit to View
capability.
When you first import the model, it will be in the
default view. While working with the model, you may
have translated, rotated, zoomed in on the model in
the graphics area. In order to see the entire model in
the graphics area, but keep the current orientation,
you can use the Fit to View option instead of one of
the default views (front, back, right, etc.)
The Fit to View option is located on the View Menu
and on the toolbar, as shown in Figure 1 and Figure
2.
Figure 1. Fit to View option in the View
Menu.
Figure 2. Fit to View option in
Toolbar.
Figure 3. Fit to View of the entire car
model.
This function becomes very useful when you have some
parts blanked out and you want to focus only on the
visible parts. In this case, make sure you also blank
out the Bounding Box, since CFD-VisCART does consider
it as a part.
If for instance you want to work on the rear tire of
this model, you can blank out all other parts and hit
the Fit to View button. It will center the view on
the rear tire and show you only this part.
Figure 4. Fit to View of the rear tire and
wheel.
The Fit to View capability has been improved in
version 2007.0.40 of CFD-VisCART. The Fit to View
option is also available in CFD-GEOM.
Regards,
Emmanuel Bot
Applications Engineer
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