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Auto align view when opening sketch
nicolas_duhamel
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Hi,
I've looked around but couldn't find a topic on this fonction : is there a way to auto-align the view (i.e. view normal to the sketch plane) when opening a sketch or creating a new sketch?
It's seems obvious, and many other CAD software auto align the view when doing so. But in OnShape, I have to manually click the "views cube" in the top right hand corner.
Thanks for your advices.
I've looked around but couldn't find a topic on this fonction : is there a way to auto-align the view (i.e. view normal to the sketch plane) when opening a sketch or creating a new sketch?
It's seems obvious, and many other CAD software auto align the view when doing so. But in OnShape, I have to manually click the "views cube" in the top right hand corner.
Thanks for your advices.
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You can also press N on the keyboard which is currently the way to do it.
HWM-Water Ltd
Anyone have any updates on this? Would love to activate a feature like this if it exists
+1 for option to auto normal to sketch and, while we're at it, hide planes. These are two keystrokes I need to invoke at beginning of every sketch
I vote for NOT making auto-aligning the sketch view an Onshape default. I see that in other CAD applications and it's getting on my nerves there. I am happy the view (which I have probably purposefully set before) does not change only because I open a sketch edit dialog. I sometimes have to help a friend who is on Fusion, and besides other annoying things Fusion does, it locks the screen to normal all the time when sketching, limiting my view on the geometry behind the sketch, making targeted selection extremely hard to execute and forcing me to unlock normal view all the time.
I have no issue hitting N now and then, should I actually need it. Please-please no default!
@MonoAndMaude And as far as auto-hiding planes is concerned: Please don't. Planes are your friend. Use them.
Agree with not as a default, and user selectable if it's added as an option. After 20 years of Pro/E that did the auto-normal, and not knowing all the time how it was moving me (especially in the early years where it didn't animate the movement), OS is way better in not moving when taking you to the sketch.