User Interface

Visual guide of the SimSolid Cloud user interface.

Project Dashboard

Icon palette - You can access to the Project dashboard, Project window, your account information, and help on the icon palette. Select the header to expand the icon palette.
Projects - Projects are listed here. By default, only projects associated with the current geometry file are displayed. To see all projects, open the drop-down menu above the list of projects and select All projects. Pertinent data about the project is given in columns at the top. The columns can be sorted or dragged to reorder. Additional data columns can be added by selecting the pull-down menu found with each column header. Once you select a project, detailed information appears in the panel on the right. You can double-click on a project to open.
Project action menu - Select (Project action button) or right-click on a project to access actions you can perform.
Detailed information panel - More detailed information about an individual project is displayed here.
Add project button - Use the Add project button to access the geometry file selector dialog. Select a document and then an element (Part or Assembly) to load the model and create a new SimSolid document.

The Project Window is the primary application window. This is where you setup, run, and post-process your analysis.

Project explorer - You can access panels for the current project here. Select the title bar to open or hide the project explorer.
Panels - Assembly, Connections, and Analysis panels are where you configure your analysis. You can select the header to open and close a panel. In the panel, you can select column headers to sort, or drag columns to reorder. Select (Entity action button) to perform actions on individual entities. You can also multi-select entities with Shift + Control.
Modeling window - The model is displayed here. You can select and interact with parts, change display options, and change views in the modeling window. Use the mouse for model manipulation and object/dialog list selection. For information about mouse controls, go to Mouse Controls.
With a few limitations, you can also use touch screen monitors with SimSolid Cloud. For more information, go to Touch Screen Monitor Controls.

View the model from different standard views available in SimSolid Cloud.

The following model views are available: Top, Bottom, Front, Back, Left, Right, and Isometric.

Change the orientation of the model in any of the following ways:

Option	Description
Use the View menu	In the modeling window, click the Views button. Select the desired view from the drop-down menu.
Use the coordinate triad Figure 1.	Click any of the block faces to snap that plane parallel to the screen. Double-click to rotate 180 degrees.
Define the Top view	On the icon palette, click (Settings). Click the Appearance tab. For Standard view defaults, select the desired option. Figure 2.

Choose how parts are displayed in the modeling window.