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• Welcome to Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access
•  Online tutorials: Everyday uses
  • The Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access User Interface
  • Online tutorials: Everyday uses
  • Online tutorials: Analyze an assembly
  • Online tutorials: Inspect a 3D design
  • Online tutorials: Inspect a 2D design
  • Lightweight viewing options
•  How to
  •  Load models and other data
    • Load files
    • File types
    • Load additional modules and applications
    • Lightweight models
  •  View
    • Find a point's coordinates
    • Zoom, pan, and rotate
    • Show and hide
    • Switch between 2D and 3D views
    • Work with the structure and drawing browsers
    • Show direction in a viewport
    • Use viewport shortcuts
    •  Configurations
      • Configurations overview
      • Activate and deactivate a configuration
      • Capture a camera or drawlist in a configuration
      • Highlight objects in a configuration
  •  Analyze
    • Change radius
    • Detect interference (clash)
    • Detect Clearance
    • Cross-section
    • Measure
    • Create Blends
  •  Modify models
    • Copy faces and other recognized features
    • Paste
  •  Save, print, and exit
    • Exit Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access
    • Print
    • Save
    • eDrawings™ Publisher
    • Export to XVL
    • Export to Creo View MCAD
  • Customizing the Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access User Interface
  • Using the calculator
  • Using the Select tool
  •  Point 3D CoPilot
    •  Menu options
      • 3D pick mode
      • Example
      • Plane mode
      • Lift Point
      • View by active plane
      • Show Coordinates
      • Freeze Coordinates
      • Clear 3D Snaps
    • Repositioning
  • Direction 3D CoPilot
  • Vector 3D CoPilot
  • Axis 3D CoPilot
  • Delete 2D and 3D
  • Undo
  •  Advanced features and topics
    • Advanced features
    •  Analyze
      • Clash analysis overview
      • Change clash analysis parameters
      • Edit clash issue results
      • Show custom process features
      • Highlight a custom process feature
      • Report custom process features
      •  Measure
        • Measure: Advanced topics
        •  Measure 2D and 3D points
          • Measure 2D points
          • Measure 3D points
          • Measure the maximum 3D point
        •  Measure distances
          • Measure distance between two points
          • Measure radius
          • Measure diameter
          • Measure length of edge
          • Measure perimeter of face
          • Measure maximum distance
          •  Measure shortest distances
            • Measure shortest distance between point and edge
            • Measure shortest distance between a point and face
            • Measure shortest distance between a point and curve
            • Measure shortest distance between a point and surface
            • Measure shortest distance between two faces
            • Measure shortest distance between two surfaces
            • Measure shortest distance between an edge and face
            • Measure shortest distance between an edge and surface
            • Measure shortest distance between two edges
        •  Measure angles
          • Measure angles
          • Measure an angle from an edge
          • Measure an angle from a face
          • Measure an angle from a workplane
          • Measure an angle from a direction
          • Measure angle between faces
          • Measure angle between workplanes
          • Measure angle between directions
        •  Measure mass properties
          • Measure part and assembly properties
          • Measure the properties of faces
        •  Measure axis
          • Measure 3D axes
          • Measure the axis between two points
          • Measure one axis of the global coordinate axes (X, Y, Z)
          • Measure one axis of the local workplane axes (U, V, W)
          • Measure the axis of a cylinder, cone, or torus
          • Measure the axis of an edge tangent
          • Measure a horizontal axis of a workplane
          • Measure a vertical axis of a workplane
          • Measure the normal direction of a face as an axis
        •  Measure direction
          • Measure 3D directions
          • Measure the 3D direction of an edge tangent
          • Measure the 3D direction between two points
          • Measure the 3D direction of a cylinder, cone, or torus
          • Measure one direction of the global coordinate axes (X, Y, Z)
          • Measure one direction of the local workplane axes (U, V, W)
          • Measure the direction of the view in a viewport
          • Measure the normal direction of a face
          • Measure the normal direction of a face as an axis
        • Measure blends or chamfers
        • Measure areas
        • Measure 3D vectors
        • Measure the coordinate system
    •  Use the structure browser
      • What the browser displays
      • Control the browser
      • Search and filter objects
      • Use the Drawing Browser
    •  Use 2D
      • Access 2D Menus
      • Use the Drawing Browser
      • Use the 3D Viewport
      •  Using the measure tool
        • Use the measure tool
        • Measure an angle between two drawing elements
        • Measure the length of an edge or curve
        • Measure the radius of a circle or arc
        • Set the measure context
        • Measure the distance between two points
        • Measure the horizontal distance
        • Measure the vertical distance
    •  View models and use viewports
      • Use perspective viewing
      • Use the Dynamic (or Knobs) Dialog Box
      • Work with viewports
      • Create and delete the viewport
      • Move and resize the viewport
      • Change the viewport background
      • Freeze and unfreeze a view
      • Align the viewport with the workplane
      • Dynamically manipulate the viewport
      • Display views
      • Use the Catch Tool
    •  Position and modify
      • Use the 3D CoPilot
      • Position parts and assemblies
      • Move faces
      • Move recognized features
      • Example: Change radius
      • Create Blends: Advanced
    •  Settings
      • Adjusting the system settings
      • UI settings
      • Setting the units
      • Setting 3D graphical display options
      • Display objects using Show
      • Specify a viewport's viewing direction
      • 3D CoPilot settings
      • Lights overview
      • Dynamically change the active light
      • Change any light's brightness
      • Using the color selector
      • Change colors with the color editor
      • Edit Camera
      • Camera clipping planes
      • Model clipping planes
      • Visual capping
      • Save settings
      • Suppressing the 3D Annotation owner conflict message
      • The 2D viewport color menu
      • Showing docuplanes
      • Showing annotations
      • Showing groups of annotations
      • Redraw settings
      • The 2D show menu
•  Reference Topics
  • Change the active light's attenuation distance
  • Measure angle between edges
  • Change the active light's spot power
  • Change any light's color
  • 3D Library
  • Turn lights on or off
  • Change the active light's cone angle
  • Saving and loading lights
  • Change the active light's position
  • Generating color-shaded views
  • Defining keyboard shortcuts
  • Controlling command button properties
  • Customizing toolbars
  •  Other customizing options
    •  Glossary Topic
      • Glossary