Learn/Drafting/Solid Modeling Tools
View HUD
Updated v2.3.7At a glance
- Bottom-center bar for how the scene renders — no menu hunting
- Shading: solid or clean wireframe
- Edges: visible-only, X-ray (show hidden edges), or off
- X-ray solids (Light/Medium/Heavy) to work against hidden geometry
- Scene helpers: toggle grid, ground, and origin axes
- Isolate a body — press I over a part, or right-click it; exit restores your view
- Quick-measure readout appears here when geometry is selected — see 3D Measure & Dimensions
The View HUD is a slim bar at the bottom-center of the 3D view that puts the common "how do I see this part" controls one click away. It only changes how the scene is drawn — it never touches your model or the saved file — and it slides out of the way of the status and error indicators automatically.
When geometry is selected, the bar also hosts the quick-measure readout — lengths, areas, angles, and distances for whatever you've clicked. See 3D Measure & Dimensions.
Controls
- Shading — flip the whole model between solid and a clean wireframe to see through it while you work.
- Edges — show only the edges you can see (the normal look), reveal the hidden edges through the part (X-ray), or turn edges off for a clean render.
- X-ray — make solids see-through at Light, Medium, or Heavy so you can line things up against geometry tucked behind a face.
- Scene — toggle the ground grid, the ground plane, and the origin axes independently; declutter for a screenshot or turn them back on to orient yourself.
Your shading, edge, scene, and X-ray choices are remembered between parts and sessions.
Isolate
Isolate focuses on a single body — everything else disappears — and puts it back exactly the way it was when you exit, including anything you hid or showed in the meantime.
- Click Isolate on the bar and then click the body you want, right-click a body → Isolate body, or press I while hovering a part to isolate it instantly.
- While isolated you can still turn other things back on; exiting always restores your original view.
- Press I again (or use the bar / right-click) to exit. The I shortcut is rebindable in Settings → Hotkeys.