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  1. Click Clip by Object Clip by Object ICON, and select the equipment and the two beams above the equipment.

    If the objects are already selected when you click Clip by Object, then the clipping uses the selected objects without prompting you to select objects.

  2. Click Accept .

    The view is clipped. You can click Fit View to fit the view to the objects you have selected.

  3. Click Clip by Volume or Plane , and move the top clipping boundary up to see the third story bay.

    • You can move a boundary graphically or by specifying an exact distance with PinPoint. You can set the clipping plane to a precise location by positioning the cursor over geometry.

    • You can use Clip by Volume or Plane to define the clipping volume by four points. The first two points define a rectangle in the horizontal plane, and the second two points define the front and back clipping plane locations along the z-axis.

    • You can also use Clip by Volume or Plane to specify the near and far clipping planes. Clip by Volume or Plane is useful only in orthographic views.

  4. Set the active view to Isometric, and click Active View Control to modify the parameters of the active view in a separate window.

  5. Select Side View, and modify the top clipping boundary of the active view by dragging the dotted clipping plane above all graphics.

    To clear the clipping, click Clear Clipping Clear Clipping ICON.

  6. To rotate the view about the vertical discharge of the pump, click Rotate View .

    The rotate view command displays a coordinate system triad at the center of the active window.

    You have several options for rotating the view:

    • Select an axis of the triad or any linear geometry in the model, and enter the degrees you want to rotate the view about the selected axis.

    • Click and drag the selected axis to dynamically rotate the view about that axis.

    • Click in the view away from the selected axis and drag to dynamically rotate the view in three dimensions about the center of the view.

  7. From the standard Isometric view, select the vertical pipe connected to the pump discharge nozzle.

  8. On the Rotate ribbon, type 15 degrees.

  9. Click and drag the vertical pipe to rotate the view. This allows you to look around a specific object.

  10. Click View >Previous View , and then click View > Next View.

    Now, you can navigate the ten previous and next views. Previous View and Next View can only restore the view properties for scale and orientation. They do not affect display operations, such as Show and Hide, styles, or other view properties.